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Documents detail Nixon, Clinton ties
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — In the final months of his life, Richard Nixon quietly advised President Bill Clinton on navigating the post-Cold War world, even offering to serve as a conduit for messages t...
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Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote for now
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as the nation’s next defense secretary over unrelated questions about President Barack Obama’s a...
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Associated Press Joaquin "El Chapo'' Guzman, a drug kingpin in Mexico, is labeled Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1. during a news conference Thursday in Chicago. It is the first time since Prohibition, when the label was created for Al Capone, that anyone else has been designated Public Enemy No. 1.
Cartel kingpin is Chicago’s new Public Enemy No. 1
CHICAGO — A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city’s new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibiti...
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Associated Press Perch swim together in 2009 in Sweden. A study show drugs in water could threaten the fish population and upset the delicate dynamics of the marine environment.
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer negative reaction
BOSTON — What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it’s an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They eve...
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Associated Press The sun sets as the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay Thursday near Dauphin Island, Ala. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire.
Cruise ship slowly heads to land
MOBILE, Ala. — This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph finally drew nearer to port Thursday as miserable p...
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Homeland Security and its cache of bullets
WASHINGTON — Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of. The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four ...
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Associated Press An unidentified woman answers questions on a job application Jan. 22 at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department reported that unemployment applications fell sharply last week to the lowest level in five years.
Sharp fall in jobless claims boosts outlook
WASHINGTON — The outlook for the U.S. job market is brightening after a government report showed a sharp drop in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits. Weekly applications f...
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Senate chairman calls for immigration action
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration legislation with a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal im...
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Comcast doubles down on TV in NBCU deal
LOS ANGELES — Comcast’s $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as Internet video reshape...
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Carnival cancels 12 cruises after ship fire
HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines says it is cancelling another 12 voyages for the disabled ship that is being towed to Alabama after an engine room fire left it powerless at sea. The cruises aboard ...
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