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Associated Press Abdulah Salim Jr. shares a photograph of his father, Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins, who was a prominent Charlotte civil rights leader, Thursday in Silver Spring, Md. In the spring of 1963, Hawkins led 65 people on a four-mile march from an African-American college to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
City remembers 1963 ‘eat-in’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlott...
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In this photo taken April 3, 2013, nutrition scholar Prof. Barry Popkin, who heads the University of North Carolina Food Research Program, poses for a photo in his Chapel Hill, N.C., office. Popkin and researchers he leads are creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are purchasing in stores and eating, something he calls "mapping the food genome." "The country needs something like this, given all of the questions about our food supply," he says. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
What do we eat? New food map can tell us
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United ...
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Associated Press People attend to a victim who was hit by a car during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival Saturday in Damascus, Va. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.
Official: Driver likely had medical condition
DAMASCUS, Va. — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentional...
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Weeklong traffic mess possible after derailment
HARTFORD, Conn. — Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passenge...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama walks out of the White House Oval Office in Washington on May 17, and heads toward the Marine One helicopter on his way to Baltimore as part of his "Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours."
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
WASHINGTON — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama’s agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administratio...
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ASSOCIATED PRESS/Richard Rodriguez Boy Scouts Eric Kusterer (clockwise from left), Jacob Sorah, James Sorah, Micah Brownlee and Cub Scout John Sorah hold signs Wednesday at the "Save Our Scouts" Prayer Vigil and Rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas. With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly ...
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Associated Press NTSB member Earl Weener addresses the media at a news conference near the scene of Metro-North train collision on Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn. Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
Official: ‘Amazing’ no one died in train collision
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it’s fortunat...
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Beach fees fight still heating up
LOS ANGELES — Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it’s customary to dit...
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Associated Press Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Blackburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade on Saturday in Damascus, Va.
Dozens injured after car drives into parade
DAMASCUS, Va. — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia moun...
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Boston to review bombings response
LOWELL, Mass. — Boston’s police department and mayor’s office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month’s bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday. ...
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