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Obama drops by 'The Buff' restaurant in Colorado
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19PM September 02, 2012 CommentBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — President Barack Obama has made an appearance in "The Buff," visiting a restaurant by that name in Colorado.
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'Raindrops' lyricist Hal David dies in LA at 91
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:59PM September 02, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal David was a man of simple words.
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Man has to try twice to get arrested in Detroit
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:51PM September 02, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting two men and seriously wounding two others had to turn himself in twice before Detroit police would arrest him, authorities said.
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Police: NY man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:54PM September 02, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said.
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In Florida, Medicare is not a senior-only issue
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:11PM September 02, 2012 CommentWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For Bruce Cargill, an 87-year-old retiree, Medicare is a "glorious program" that, along with Social Security, keeps millions of older Americans out of poverty.
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Monster truck mishap in Ore. sends 3 to hospital
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:04PM September 02, 2012 CommentHARRISBURG, Ore. (AP) — A large four-wheel-drive truck veered out of control during a race at an Oregon motorsports complex, struck a barrier and crossed into the spectator area, where three people were injured, authorities said.
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Source: NY probing equity firms, including Bain
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:03PM September 02, 2012 CommentALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An official familiar with the probe says New York's attorney general is investigating some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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As new era begins at Penn State, challenges remain
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58AM September 02, 2012 CommentSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The shriek of the final whistle in Penn State's loss to Ohio University represented a milestone for the university as it struggles to move past the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal that has damaged it immeasurably over the past 10 months.
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Romney campaign defends omission of war talk
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:27AM September 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign is defending the Republican presidential nominee's decision to make no mention of the politically unpopular 11-year-old war in Afghanistan in his speech last week at the GOP national convention.
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Forget Marcus Welby: Today's docs want a real life
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:24AM September 02, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Don't call today's young doctors slackers.
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Late court decisions may impact 2012 election
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:17AM September 02, 2012 CommentBefore voters get a say in this year's presidential race, lawyers and judges are having theirs.
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Freight train cars derail in Chicago, no injuries
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:46AM September 02, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — A freight train struck the rear of another freight train in southwest Chicago early Sunday, derailing several rail cars and damaging a third freight train on an adjacent track, authorities said. Local reports said power was briefly knocked out to more than 2,500 people in the neighborhood.
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Obama turns to technology during convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:29AM September 02, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When the Democratic Party's national convention opens this week, President Barack Obama's target audience won't be in the crowd. It will be the small sliver of undecided voters in battleground states who will be critical to the outcome of what the polls show is a tight race with two months to go.
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ICE chief of staff resigns amid misconduct claims
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:51PM September 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned Saturday amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior lodged by at least three Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.
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Author Richard Bach injured in Wash. plane crash
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:31PM September 01, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" among other spiritually oriented books rooted in themes of flight and self-discovery, was in serious condition Saturday after his small plane crashed in Washington state.
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Top songs by Hal David and Burt Bacharach
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:26PM September 01, 2012 CommentThe notable songs of Hal David and Burt Bacharach. David died Saturday at age 91:
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Legendary songwriter Hal David dies in LA at 91
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:12PM September 01, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal David, the stylish, heartfelt lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording artists in the 1960s and beyond, has died. He was 91.
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NY teen killed putting head out of party bus in NJ
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:06PM September 01, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A teenager traveling to a Sweet 16 party was killed after he stuck his head out of the emergency hatch of a double-decker bus and hit the underside of a highway overpass, authorities said.
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Ryan says he misstated marathon claim
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:08PM September 01, 2012 CommentRepublican Paul Ryan now says he didn't run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally broadcast interview.
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Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:36PM September 01, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store with her two children. In a Chicago area where 23 people have been killed by gunfire so far this year, kids don't want to go outside. In Harlem, a 26-year-old man worries his family will get hit by crossfire.
