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Kentucky man catches snapping turtles, TV audience
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:01AM June 01, 2012 CommentLEBANON, Ky. (AP) — Ernie Brown's search for dangerous snapping turtles in a central Kentucky pond ends in a swirl of muddy water and loud whooping sounds, his bare hands clutching one of the angry, armored reptiles.
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Police laud 'hero' in Seattle shootings
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:29AM June 01, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — The man had been banned from the artsy Seattle cafe for acting out, but he showed up anyway and tried to place an order. After the barista declined to serve him, he stood up, took out a gun and began shooting as people scrambled for cover.
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US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:04AM June 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.
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Jobless rate now a leading political indicator
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:53AM June 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The weak May unemployment report presents President Barack Obama with a sobering reminder that his stewardship of a gradual recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression presents a tenuous argument for his re-election.
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Venus Takes Center Stage
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:35AM June 01, 2012 CommentSIX PACK: NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 1,200 planets beyond the solar system. This artist's illustration shows a newly discovered planetary system—the sunlike star Kepler-11 and its six planets, the most densely packed planetary system known.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a spectacle that won't repeat for another century — the sight of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun.
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GOP Stands Down on Social Issues, Focuses on Jobs
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House Speaker John Boehner speaks to the media in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What "religious freedom" bill?
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Poll names Anchorage residents worst-dressed
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:43AM June 01, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage residents are apparently not dressing to impress.
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Circus family's patriarch marks 80th birthday
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:18AM June 01, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — Brian Dewhurst always knew he would be a circus act.
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Big sodas today; bagels with a schmeer tomorrow?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:08AM June 01, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves?
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Thousands brace for disaster in Ore tsunami drill
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:07AM June 01, 2012 CommentCOOS BAY, Oregon (AP) — Tom Paris called encouragement over his picket fence to about 400 small school children walking past his house in line in this Oregon coastal community's first tsunami evacuation drill.
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Clemens turns to manager and massage therapist
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:46AM June 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense attorneys used a former baseball manager and a massage therapist to argue that Roger Clemens didn't change much physically late in his career, as they try to undercut the government's case that the pitcher turned to performance-enhancing drugs to prolong his time in the big leagues.
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California girl captures National Spelling Bee
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:23AM June 01, 2012 CommentOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The story of this spelling bee champion begins in the car, on the daily commute to kindergarten with father at the wheel.
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Gay married couples look to high court on benefits
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:52AM June 01, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Fresh from a favorable ruling by a federal appeals court, Dorene Bowe-Shulman can't wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether same-sex married couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples.
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Panetta to stress commitment to Asia-Pacific
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00AM June 01, 2012 CommentABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is traveling through Asia this week, determined to show the U.S. is serious about shifting its focus to the region, amid growing worries about China's increasingly aggressive posture and North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
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Photos: Faces say it all at National Spelling Bee
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:12PM May 31, 2012 CommentOXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The National Spelling Bee is — of course — all about words. But their faces say it all, too. The pondering, confusion, relief and ultimately — either triumph or defeat. The kids competing in the spelling bee were whittled down to 50 and eventually two and finally one on Thursday night.
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House passes veterans funding bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:24PM May 31, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to boost health care spending for veterans and provide more money to compensate record numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming service-related disabilities as they return home.
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth, ends historic trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:20PM May 31, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Triumphant from start to finish, the SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA's new approach to exploration.
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Wis. archdiocese no longer paying priests to leave
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:19PM May 31, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee and a former priest who received money to leave the ministry following allegations of sexual abuse say that payment and others were a form of charity meant to help men transition to a new life following the priesthood.
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Defense of Marriage Act heads to US Supreme Court
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:17PM May 31, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday that denying benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional.
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US is heaping new pressure on Russia over Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:07PM May 31, 2012 CommentCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil war that could spill across the Middle East with devastating effects.
