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Critics complain Sandy aid tied to other projects
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:17PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.
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Treasury: Trillion-dollar coin would not be legal
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:03PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about the government minting a $1 trillion coin to solve its debt-limit crisis.
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Obama's 2nd inauguration smaller, yet still grand
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:12PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour.
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Lawyer: Mom of abducted Ind. boy wasn't homeless
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:23PM January 12, 2013 CommentBROWERVILLE, Minn. (AP) — An Indiana mother whose former in-laws allegedly abducted her son nearly 20 years ago was not homeless at the time, the woman's lawyer said, refuting claims that the grandparents needed to step in because she was unable to care for the boy.
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With almonds' rising revenues, land values soar
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:39PM January 12, 2013 CommentFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Bill Enns, a central California real estate agent specializing in farmland, fields dozens of calls every week from potential buyers. Many want almond, pistachio or walnut orchards — or any land suitable for growing nut trees.
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Group: Biden offers to speak with Newtown families
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:30PM January 12, 2013 CommentHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading an administration review of gun safety laws, has offered to talk with any families of the Connecticut elementary school shooting victims who would like to speak with him personally, a support group said Saturday.
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Family quarrels add intrigue to lotto winner death
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24PM January 12, 2013 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — In the week since news surfaced that a Chicago man was poisoned to death with cyanide just before he was to collect a lottery payout, surprising details about his convoluted family saga have trickled out daily.
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Q&A: Scramble for vaccine as flu season heats up
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those "get vaccinated" ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain already spreading through much of the country.
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Prosecutors approve search for Gacy victims
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:20PM January 12, 2013 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Detectives who have long wondered if John Wayne Gacy killed others besides the 33 young men he was convicted of murdering may soon get to search for bodies underneath an apartment complex where his late mother once lived, a law enforcement official said Saturday.
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrates centennial
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:58PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capital is swarming with women wearing crimson and cream, as one of the country's largest African-American sororities gathers to celebrate 100 years of sisterhood.
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Obama's fitness put to test at Pentagon clinic
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:50PM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama underwent a fitness test at a Pentagon health clinic on Saturday as part of a periodic medical exam coordinated by his doctor.
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1963 at 50: A year's tumult echoes still
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM January 12, 2013 CommentA new year was just beginning — an extraordinary year, in which so much would change.
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Obama: US war in Afghanistan winding down
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:40AM January 12, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — With the war in Afghanistan winding down after 11 years, President Barack Obama says the time is right for U.S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting.
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Terrorism suspect's mindset debated at Ore. trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24AM January 12, 2013 CommentPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — There's no dispute that a 19-year-old Muslim college student tried to set off a car bomb at Portland's 2010 Christmas tree lighting ceremony, but how he reached that point is the crux of a trial that began in federal court this week.
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Thugs rob LA store, take workers hostage, escape
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:18AM January 12, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police were searching for two armed robbers who escaped after storming into a Southern California department store, taking 14 employees hostage and attacking two of the captives.
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RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24AM January 12, 2013 CommentDALLAS (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the Warren Commission report was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship."
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AP Interview: George P. Bush weighing run in Texas
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:22AM January 12, 2013 CommentAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where his Hispanic roots could help extend a stranglehold on power Republicans have enjoyed for two decades.
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NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:53AM January 12, 2013 CommentALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea barriers along the coast.
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Terrorism suspect's mindset debated at Ore. trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:53PM January 11, 2013 CommentPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — There's no dispute that a 19-year-old Muslim college student tried to set off a car bomb at Portland's 2010 Christmas tree lighting ceremony, but how he reached that point is the crux of a trial that began in federal court this week.
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In gun debate, video game industry defends itself
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:48PM January 11, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The video game industry, blamed by some for fostering a culture of violence, defended its practices Friday at a White House meeting exploring how to prevent horrific shootings like the recent Connecticut elementary school massacre.
