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CIA thwarts ‘undetectable’ al-Qaida bomb plot
WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the...
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Associated Press U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar shakes hands with his primary-election opponent, Richard Mourdock, at the Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner Monday evening. Sen. Lugar is seeking a seventh term, but low early voter turnout is an issue.
Primary sees fewer early voters
INDIANAPOLIS — As the toughest primary battle in his almost four-decade Senate career neared its end, Republican Richard Lugar tossed darts at a wooden board in an Indiana retirement home Monday an...
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Associated Press A member of the FBI conducts a search of the yard of Adam Mayes and the surrounding area of the home Monday after two bodies were discovered in his yard in the Alpine Community in Union County, Miss. The bodies were identified as a missing Tennessee woman and her oldest daughter.
FBI: Bodies of missing mom, daughter found
GUNTOWN, Miss. — The bodies of a Tennessee mother and her oldest daughter were found behind an alleged kidnapper’s house in north Mississippi, the FBI said Monday, and authorities believe the woman...
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Associated Press Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's vague stance on gay marriage is facing fresh scrutiny. Duncan has broken ranks with the White House, stating his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage.
Obama pressured on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny. Education Secretary Arne Duncan broke ranks with the White House on Monday, stating ...
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No bullet wound found in soldier Skype death
WASHINGTON — Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound or evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a Skype video chat with his wife. Capt. B...
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20-year forecast shows no end to obesity epidemic
WASHINGTON — The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don’t take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Mond...
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Study: Savings and risks in health insurance trend
WASHINGTON — It’s the hottest trend in job-based health insurance: plans that give you a personal savings account for medical bills but also require you to pay a hefty share of costs before coverag...
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Fatal Philly river crash trial begins
PHILADELPHIA — Video footage played Monday at the opening of a trial stemming from the boat crash that killed two Hungarian tourists shows the teenage girl killed in the collision toss a deckhand h...
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Librarian: Edwards asked Mellon for more money
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Shortly before his 2011 indictment on corruption charges, John Edwards called the elderly heiress whose money helped hide his pregnant mistress and asked for $3 million more, a w...
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US won’t negotiate with al-Qaida on aid worker
WASHINGTON — The White House says the Obama administration does not and will not negotiate with al-Qaida even though it is concerned about the safety and well-being of a 70-year-old American aid wo...
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