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Democratic platform focuses on fixing the economy
WASHINGTON — Democrats approved a party platform at their national convention Tuesday that echoes President Barack Obama’s call for higher taxes on wealthier Americans while backing same-sex marria...
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Weight loss groups back NYC’s plan
NEW YORK — Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and other diet groups say they are supporting New York City’s proposed crackdown on super-sized, sugary drinks. The anti-obesity measure calls for restaur...
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New Jersey boy dies saving sister in attack
CAMDEN, N.J. — A judge has set bail at $5 million for a New Jersey man accused of stabbing two neighborhood children in the middle of the night, killing one of them. Thirty-one-year-old Osvaldo ...
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Associated Press Trucks are flooded in receding flood waters from Hurricane Isaac along Louisiana Hwy. 23 near West Point a La Hache, La., in Plaquemines Parish Monday.
Residents blame levees for floods in Louisiana
LAPLACE, La. — At the urging of residents who have long felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether the city’s for...
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Trucks drive auto sales to 3-year high
DETROIT — Big pickups carried U.S. auto sales to their highest level in three years. Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since ...
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FBI disputes claim of Apple data breach
WASHINGTON — The FBI on Tuesday disputed a computer hacker group’s claim that it stole personal identification data on millions of Apple device owners from an FBI agent’s laptop. FBI officials s...
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US construction spending falls 0.9 percent
WASHINGTON — U.S. construction spending fell in July from June by the largest amount in a year, weighed down by a big drop in home improvement projects. But spending on construction of single-fa...
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Book details rift between organizations
NEW YORK — Criticizing major players on both sides, former Susan G. Komen for the Cure vice president Karen Handel has written a blistering insider’s account of the prominent cancer charity’s decis...
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National debt hits $16 trillion
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Tuesday that the national debt has topped $16 trillion, the result of chronic government deficits that have poured more than $50,000 worth of red ink onto ...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama listens as former President Bill Clinton speaks in the briefing room of the White House on Dec. 10, 2010, in Washington. When Bill Clinton takes the convention stage to endorse Obama this week, it will be a landmark step on a path to reconciliation for two former rivals.
Clinton, Obama set aside rivalry for election
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Bill Clinton takes the convention stage in prime time Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama, it will be the most visible step on a path toward reconciliation for two for...
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