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Explosion forces shutdown at ADM plant in Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. — Archer Daniels Midland shut down operations Wednesday at its corn processing plant in central Illinois after an early-morning explosion damaged the facility. A fire broke out afte...
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Boeing defends Dreamliner, safety questions remain
Boeing’s 787 is supposed to revolutionize air travel. It just needs to get out of its own way first. The new plane is undoubtedly Boeing’s most visible. It’s built from composites instead of alu...
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Associated Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg surveys the damage to a passenger ferry after it crashed Wednesday in New York. At least 57 people were injured when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City's financial district, ripping open a right-side front corner.
High-speed ferry strikes NYC dock; dozens injured
NEW YORK — A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, seriously injuring 11 people, inclu...
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Documents show battle over lottery winner’s estate
CHICAGO — The widow of a Chicago lottery winner who authorities say was poisoned with cyanide has battled with his siblings over control of his estate, including his $425,000 prize money, court doc...
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Biden pledges urgent action from Obama on gun control
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could “take thousands of people out of h...
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Judge: NYPD must halt suspicion-less Bronx stops
NEW YORK — The New York City Police Department likely turned a blind eye to violations of the Constitutional rights of thousands of individuals detained at private residential buildings in the Bron...
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Detective: Accused theater shooter played puppets with paper bags
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — It was just hours after a deadly Colorado theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack and booby trapping his apartme...
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US roasts to hottest year ever recorded
WASHINGTON — America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to...
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Plaintiffs: Pregnancy drug caused cancer
BOSTON — Eli Lilly and Co. failed to test a drug’s effect on fetuses before promoting it as a way to prevent miscarriages, a lawyer charged Tuesday in opening statements in a trial over whether fou...
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Obama tries to keep momentum on gun control
WASHINGTON — Less than a month after a horrific elementary school shooting, the White House is fighting to keep the momentum for new gun legislation amid signs it’s losing ground in Congress to oth...
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