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Former spaceflight director dies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Family members say that Dyer Brainerd Holmes, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, has died. Hol...
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Navy reviews fire safety of uniforms
NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy said Friday that it is reviewing whether flame-resistant clothing should be made available for every sailor at sea after a test revealed the camouflage working uniforms most...
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No charges for NBC host over magazine
WASHINGTON — NBC journalist David Gregory won’t face charges for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his “Meet the Press” news program last month, District of Columbia prosecutors ann...
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Key things to know this flu season
n The situation: The annual flu season hit about a month early this year, and illness is now widespread in 47 states. Many cases are caused by a flu strain that tends to make people sicker. n T...
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Little expected from exam of gunman’s body
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s chief medical examiner says he doubts toxicological tests and genetic analysis of the body of the gunman who fatally shot 20 children and six educators at an element...
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Democrats urge Obama to weigh debt ceiling hike
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s top Democratic allies in the Senate advised him Friday to consider “any lawful steps” to make sure the government does not default of its debts and spur an eco...
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Kerry’s words on Assad will draw scrutiny
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kerry has held up Syria as a country that could bring peace and stability to the region. He predicted the now-disgraced regime of President Bashar Assad would pursue a legiti...
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Delay in Holmes plea disturbs victims, families
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A stunned silence settled over a courtroom Friday after the father of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings loudly cursed defendant James Holmes, prompting a sympath...
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Sheriff: Teen planned attack
TAFT, Calif. — Authorities say a boy who fired on classmates and wounded one at a rural California high school had planned the attack and targeted students he felt had bullied him for more than a y...
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Biden, NRA clash over new gun control proposals
WASHINGTON — Despite fresh opposition from the National Rifle Association, the Obama administration is assembling proposals to curb gun violence that would include a ban on sales of assault weapons...
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