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Newtown sets up task force to handle donations
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Chris Kelsey is the tax assessor in Newtown, but for the better part of three weeks, his job has been setting up and organizing a warehouse to hold the toys, school supplies and ot...
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Associated Press The crowd gathers in January 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. Four years and one re-election after Obama became America's first black president, some of the thrill is gone.
Second time not as thrilling as before
WASHINGTON — Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America’s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. president is still a big deal. ...
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Associated Press Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks in February 2007, during an appearance at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Sources: Obama to nominate Hagel as Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, choosing a former Senate colleague he grew close to during...
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Hearing may be ‘mini-trial’ in theater shootings
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The suspect in the Colorado movie theater killings returns to court this week for a hearing that might be the closest thing to a trial the victims and their families will get to...
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Poll: Few Americans know all obesity risks
WASHINGTON — Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health? Carrying too many pounds may lead to or worsen some types of can...
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Fishermen hoping for help with storm losses
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — While Superstorm Sandy did highly visible damage to homes, boardwalks and roads, it also walloped the Northeastern fishing industry, whose workers are hoping for a small piece of...
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Associated Press An airport worker looks out of the car and through the open doorway of the glass security barrier in 2010 at Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington. New York City transit officials are considering similar safety barriers between passenger platforms and trains after two people were pushed and a third fell to their deaths on the tracks since early December 2012.
After subway deaths, barriers get considered
NEW YORK — Every day, throngs of riders stand on the edge of danger in the nation’s busiest subway system, waiting on platforms with nothing between them and the tracks. Dozens of subway and lig...
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Infantry now shut to women; do they want it open?
WASHINGTON — If or when the Pentagon lets women become infantry troops — the country’s front-line warfighters — how many women will want to? The answer is probably not many. Interviews with a...
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Hostess in talks to sell bread brands
A newspaper is reporting that Flowers Foods and Bimbo are emerging as bidders for the bread brands of Hostess, which in the midst of a bankruptcy-court liquidation of its assets. The Wall Street...
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Associated Press Police respond to the scene of a barricaded man Saturday in Aurora, Colo. Four people, including an armed suspect, died during an hours-long standoff at a townhome, authorities said.
Police standoff results in fatalities
AURORA, Colo. — A gunman barricaded inside his Colorado home fired shots at police from a second-story window before he was killed as SWAT officers stormed the home Saturday. Once inside, they foun...
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