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Associated Press Drought-stricken cotton plants wilt near Pocasset, Okla., last August. Heat in 2010 and 2012 and not enough rain already have drained Oklahoma agriculture of more than $1.1 billion in direct losses.
In parts of Plains, drought fears nag in 3rd year
FREDERICK, Okla. — When Kent Walker walked through his dusty fields one morning this spring, the ominous signs were right there at his feet. His wheat crop that should have been thick, dark green a...
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Associated Press Charlie Weems (left) and Clarence Norris, Scottsboro case defendants, read a newspaper July 16, 1937, in their Decatur, Ala., jail after Norris was found guilty for a third time by a jury. It specified the death penalty.
More work in Alabama for Scottsboro pardons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work — from legal documents to public hearings — remains before the names o...
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Associated Press Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston at the Citadel Tuesday in Charleston, S.C. In a bizarre campaign that has roiled the state, Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch are locked in a surprisingly contentious contest to win a House seat in a solidly Republican district along the South Carolina coast.
Sanford seeks 2nd chance in South Carolina
BEAUFORT, S.C. — One congressional candidate is a former Republican governor seeking redemption after his career imploded in a public saga involving lies, the Appalachian Trail and an Argentine mis...
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Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria targeting weapons site
WASHINGTON — Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred overnight Thursday into Friday, the off...
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Solid job gains ease fears about economy
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases and federal spending cuts, employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in Ap...
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Associated Press Trader Thomas Donato wears a "Dow 15,000" hat as he works in his booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. A big gain in the job market lifted the stock market to a record high. The stock market surged, traders donned party hats, and the wave of buying drove three indexes through major milestones.
Stocks skyrocket to new highs following job market report
NEW YORK — Two of the most widely watched stock-market indexes marched past milestones Friday after a surprisingly good jobs report gave investors a clear sign of the U.S. economy’s strength. Th...
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Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma
BOSTON — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has ...
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NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more at stake than gun rights
HOUSTON — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a “culture war” that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping ...
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Associated Press Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution prosthetic hands during an meeting with prosthetist Ryan Spill on Thursday in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands.
App lets amputees program their own bionic hands
PHILADELPHIA — Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands. Now, he’s got an app. Koger came to Philad...
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Ricin case goes to grand jury
OXFORD, Miss. — A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others, an FBI agent testified ...
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