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Associated Press Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria shows a piece of the balloon material during the Red Bull Stratos egress training on Feb. 23 in Lancaster, Calif. It's described as a "40-acre dry cleaner bag" that, when first filled, will stretch 55 stories high. Today, this special ultra-thin helium balloon is scheduled to lift off from Roswell, N.M., to carry "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner 23 miles into the stratosphere for what he hopes will be a history-making, sound barrier-breaking skydive.
Skydiver eyes record-breaking jump
ROSWELL, N.M. — Skydiver Felix Baumgartner’s attempt at the highest, fastest free fall in history Tuesday is more than just a stunt. His planned 23-mile dive from the stratosphere should provide...
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Alzheimer drug shows some promise
BOSTON — Combined results from two studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug suggest it might modestly slow mental decline, especially in patients with mild disease. Taken separately, the stud...
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Georgia reporter Pettys dies at 66
ATLANTA — Dick Pettys, a longtime political reporter for The Associated Press who was a fixture at the Georgia state Capitol for more than three decades and a well-respected mentor to other journal...
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Man dies amid brawl at wedding in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — A man was charged in connection with a large brawl that broke out among people attending two different wedding receptions in downtown Philadelphia during the weekend, police said Mon...
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Embassy in Libya sought more security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, requested — and received — a four-month extension of a 16-member security team, a February request that showed just how dangerous the situation in t...
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Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney arrives to make a foreign policy speech at Virginia Military Institute on Monday, in Lexington, Va.
Romney: America must help Syrian rebels oust leader Assad
LEXINGTON, Va. — Mitt Romney declared on Monday the U.S. must join other nations in helping arm Syrian rebels to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, casting President Barack Obama’s efforts as weak...
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Associated Press A vial of injectable steroids from the New England Compounding Center is displayed in the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, Tenn. The CDC has said an outbreak of fungal meningitis may have been caused by steroids from the Massachusetts specialty pharmacy.
13,000 got suspect steroid shots; risk uncertain
NEW YORK — As many as 13,000 people received steroid shots suspected in a national meningitis outbreak, health officials said Monday. But it’s not clear how many are in danger. Officials don’t h...
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Associated Press Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives for a pre-sentencing hearing at the Centre County Courthouse Monday in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced today for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno.
Sandusky, victims plan to speak at sentencing
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky and at least some of his victims plan to address the judge at his sentencing, a proceeding that may last less than two hours, lawyers said after a closed-door meeti...
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Providence fight warns of pension battles elsewhere
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Cities and states around the country are shoring up battered retirement plans by reducing promised benefits to public workers and retirees. The actions taken by states vary. C...
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Associated Press World Wife Carrying Champions Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen, from Helsinki, Finland, enter the water hazard just moments before second-place finishers Jesse Wall and Christine Arsenault of South Paris during the finals of the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship on Saturday at Sunday River in Newry, Maine.
World champions win North America wife-carrying contest
NEWRY, Maine — A Finnish couple has added to their victories by taking first place in the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Maine’s Sunday River ski resort. Taisto Miettinen and Krist...
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