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US warns Americans of travel dangers in Algeria
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:54PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is warning American citizens about the risks of travel to Algeria and is authorizing the families of State Department staff to leave the country if they choose.
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Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:21PM January 19, 2013 CommentAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms, with demonstrators carrying rifles and pistols in some places while those elsewhere settled for waving hand-scrawled signs or screaming themselves hoarse.
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Obama girls rock out with military kids at concert
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Usher sang "Yeah!" Katy Perry donned star and stripes for "Firework." And a ballroom full of lucky kids got to rock out with Sasha and Malia Obama at Saturday's Kids' Inaugural Concert, a star-studded event that honors America's military families.
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AP source: Inaugural ball to feature Lady Gaga
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:59PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Watch out Beyonce and Katy Perry. There's another diva set to perform during the inauguration festivities — Lady Gaga.
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On 2nd term eve, Obama cites commitment to service
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:45PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a second term, President Barack Obama invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to service Saturday as inauguration-goers flocked to the capital city for a distinctly American celebration including an oath-taking as old as the republic, a splashy parade and partying enough to last four years.
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5 hurt in shootings at gun shows in Ohio, Ind., NC
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:34PM January 19, 2013 CommentMEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter firearm limits.
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Nicks, Fogerty, more join Grohl for Sundance gig
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:34PM January 19, 2013 CommentPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — As Dave Grohl took to the stage at the Park City Live, he gave the audience an expletive-laced warning: "It's going to be a long night."
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Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:19PM January 19, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial Saturday for free-information advocate Aaron Swartz called for changing computer-crime laws and the legal system itself.
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Obama says US ready to assist Algerian officials
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance officials need in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Algeria.
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Te'o not alone in claiming online wishful thinking
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:29PM January 19, 2013 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — It started out a stunner: The Heisman Trophy runner-up had told heartbreaking stories about a dead girlfriend who didn't exist. Then it became unreal: The All-American linebacker said he had been duped, and theirs was a relationship that existed only in phone calls and Internet chats.
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Future of Wash., Colo. pot farming still uncertain
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM January 19, 2013 CommentYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Irrigation canals line Washington's Yakima Valley east of the Cascade Range, transforming a desert landscape into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world — including crops for some of America's biggest vices.
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AP Exclusive: Sikh shooting victim slowly improves
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:58PM January 19, 2013 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — Day after day, Raghuvinder and Jaspreet Singh hovered by their nearly comatose father and repeated a single word — a word their dad probably spoke more than any other in his lifetime: "Waheguru."
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Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:50PM January 19, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion.
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Filmmaker Dabis casts fresh Sundance face: herself
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:53PM January 19, 2013 CommentPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Filmmaker Cherien Dabis has introduced a fresh new actor to crowds at the Sundance Film Festival: herself.
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Marines studying mindfulness-based training
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31PM January 19, 2013 CommentCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps, known for turning out some of the military's toughest warriors, is studying how to make its troops even tougher through meditative practices, yoga-type stretching and exercises based on mindfulness.
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Latest inaugural forecast: Bit warmer than in 2009
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:58PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Consider it the first fact check of a Barack Obama campaign pledge for his second term: Will he, or Mother Nature, deliver on promised warmer Inauguration Day weather?
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Same-sex military couples struggle for recognition
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:07PM January 19, 2013 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. Karen Alexander fought for her country in Iraq, but back home she often feels the U.S. Army is fighting against her.
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NY gun control law limits access to permit info
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:54PM January 19, 2013 CommentWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — New York's new gun control law may be the nation's toughest, but it also includes broad new privacy provisions allowing would-be gun owners to shield their identities from reporters and the public.
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3-D sonar provides new view of Civil War shipwreck
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:34PM January 19, 2013 CommentGALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The remains of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during Civil War combat now can be seen in 3-D sonar images from the Gulf's murky depths, revealing details such as a shell hole that may have been among the ship's fatal wounds.
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Clinton urges participation in service projects
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:21PM January 19, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton urged people to participate in service projects, saying there's a chain of service that links generations of Americans from all across the country.
