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Hardships persist for long-term unemployed |
DENVILLE, N.J. — The phone begins to ring at 8 a.m. with incessant calls from creditors. Kevin Meyer has stopped picking up because he's sick of explaining the truth: that...
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WASHINGTON — Just a week after Republicans raised hopes for a bipartisan overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, House Speaker John A.... TUCSON — During his 18 years with the Pascua Yaqui Police Department, Michael Valenzuela repeatedly grew frustrated when responding to reports... EDEN, N.C. – An environmental group Thursday challenged Duke Energy’s assurances that drinking water from the Dan River in North... WASHINGTON — A former Salvadoran general accused of overseeing the torture and killing of thousands of civilians during a 12-year civil war... |
U.S. lead in science research and development narrows
WASHINGTON – The United States could be losing its edge in science and technology as...
Senate confirms Max Baucus as new China ambassador
WASHINGTON -- The Senate easily confirmed one of its own Thursday, endorsing the nomination of longtime Montana Sen. Max Baucus as the new U.S....
Henry Mayer, son of a Holocaust survivor, made it his mission to find the long-lost journal kept by Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi Party's chief ideologue and a confidant of Adolf Hitler. |
In southern Arizona, Glenn Weyant 'plays' the border fence with a mallet or cello bow to create haunting compositions, using the wall as an instrument of dialogue. |
California's severe drought exposes civilization's thin veneer
The severe drought in California and much of the West is a reminder that civilized life is a paper-thin veneer that overlays the deep upheavals of...
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Killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry detailed in court papers
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The young New York woman had just gotten home from rehab but couldn't wait to shoot up again. Her parents, who lived in an affluent...
Navy investigating a cheating scandal of its own
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House Republicans backing off to avoid debt standoff
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Tons of coal ash spill into North Carolina river
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Affordable Care Act will prompt some to work less, report says
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Republicans criticize surgeon general nominee at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama's choice to become the next surgeon general spent much of his confirmation hearing Tuesday deflecting...
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death calls attention to rise in heroin use
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Guantanamo detainee cites POW stipulation in bid for freedom
WASHINGTON — A Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay is mounting a novel legal challenge to win his release, arguing in a federal lawsuit...
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