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In campaign, a battle over owning America's story
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Over and over, they spun different versions of the same notion. We are telling America's story, they said. We are redefining, recapturing, reframing the American dream. A deep obsession with the story of America — who tells it and who gets to write its next chapter — was a rare piece of common ground that speakers at the Republican and Democratic conventions managed to share.
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Despite pleas, missing SC boy falls by wayside
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:49PM September 08, 2012 CommentCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Despite detectives' pleas to national media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old black boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread attention given to other missing children's cases. Some advocates say the reason why may be as simple as the toddler's gender — and his race.
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Russia rebuffs Clinton on Syria, Iran penalties
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:38AM September 08, 2012 CommentVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russia on Saturday soundly rejected U.S. calls for increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish power. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to prod Moscow into supporting U.N. action to end the crisis in Syria and she expressed hope that Congress would repeal Cold War-era trade restrictions on Russia.
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War-weary US is numbed to drumbeat of troop deaths
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:36AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It was another week at war in Afghanistan, another string of American casualties, and another collective shrug by a nation weary of a faraway conflict whose hallmark is its grinding inconclusiveness.
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Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:35AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is a similar question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took office?
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Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:46AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Finally, the fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama going one-on-one with Republican Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates.
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Philly love triangle leads to plane scare, arrests
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:46AM September 08, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A bizarre love triangle is to blame for a midair explosives scare that led to an aborted flight and a man being taken into custody twice in two states within about 12 hours, authorities say.
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Obama commemorates anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:01AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Americans to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by remembering how far the nation has come since that day.
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Hearsay bothers last juror to find Peterson guilty
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36AM September 08, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The final juror to agree to convict Drew Peterson of murder in the death of his ex-wife says he "barely slept" one night during the proceedings because the same nagging questions kept popping into his head.
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3 states oppose federal anti-gay marriage law
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:44AM September 08, 2012 CommentMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general says the state has joined New York and Connecticut in asking a federal appeals court to rule the federal law that fails to recognize gay marriage as unconstitutional.
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NY police accidentally shoot shop worker to death
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33AM September 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a convenience store worker who plowed into him on a sidewalk while frantically fleeing an armed robbery early Friday, a sudden encounter that the police department called a tragic accident.
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Calif. man pleads guilty in friend's grisly death
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33AM September 08, 2012 CommentCRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges.
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Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:39PM September 07, 2012 CommentVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the region as it seeks to quell growing maritime tensions.
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Jurors give Stacy Peterson's comments heavy weight
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:01PM September 07, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors said Friday that comments Stacy Peterson made before her 2007 disappearance played the decisive role in convincing them to convict her husband, former police officer Drew Peterson, of killing his ex-wife — though the juror who held out longest described feeling uncomfortable relying on that hearsay.
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Gloomy jobs report shadows race with 60 days left
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:12PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Seizing on the timing, Republican Mitt Romney said Obama's convention party had given way to quite a "hangover."
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Aide: Rep. Jackson home after depression treatment
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:08PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson's chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday.
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Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:50PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday. Teachers are ready to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, job security and teacher evaluations.
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Decision not to charge Ariz. sheriff isn't the end
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:49PM September 07, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — The federal abuse-of-power investigation into America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff may have been closed without criminal charges but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's legal troubles are far from over.
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Officer charged in Arkansas teen's shooting death
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:11PM September 07, 2012 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A police officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old Arkansas boy has been charged with felony manslaughter after investigators determined his account of the incident didn't match evidence at the scene.
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Peterson jurors matched clothes out of boredom
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:08PM September 07, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Among the many questions that arose during Drew Peterson's murder trial, one of the least weighty but most perplexing was — what on earth were jurors trying to say by meticulously coordinating their clothes each day?
