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Several men wrongly convicted or arrested with bite evidence
Many of the 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more than 23 years before he was exonerated. O...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama answers questions at a White House news conference April 30 in Washington, where he strongly suggested he'd consider military action against Syria if it could be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons.
Iraq no-fly zone viewed as symbol for one in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria’s civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when Americ...
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Arkansas Sen. Pryor hit from right, left before 2014
LITTLE ROCK — The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama’s “closest ally” in the state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control advocacy group...
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Report: Assaults increase on rangers, police in public parks
WASHINGTON — Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal reso...
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Cheney says his health ‘nothing short of miracle’
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his health is “nothing short of a miracle.” The heart transplant recipient says he now wakes up each morning “with a smile on my face, thankfu...
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FILE - In this June 3, 2013, file photo House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., right, talks with the chairman of the committee that funds the IRS, Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the House Financial Services and General Government subcommittee, on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing with acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. Republicans have fought the health care law since it was enacted in 2010 without a single GOP vote. Now the IRS scandals are getting some Republicans a timely excuse to to starve it by refusing funding for its implementation. ÒI think itÕs safe to say theyÕre (IRS) not going to get the kind of increase theyÕre asking for,Ó said Crenshaw, R-Fla. ÒThe question is, based on their bad behavior, are they going to end up with less money?Ó he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases
WASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status,...
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Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US
MINNEAPOLIS — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael K...
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Investing in an uncertain market can be scary
NEW YORK — The investment landscape can be a scary place. This year’s stock market surge has stalled and the market is too choppy to provide any sort of reassurance. Savings accounts earn practi...
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Associated Press An undated screenshot provided by Microsoft shows Microsoft's Office software package iPhone application, which offers the ability to read and edit text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations on a phone. The company isn't making an iPad version.
Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets
NEW YORK — Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boo...
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Associated Press An American flag hangs in front of a burning structure Tuesday in the Black Forest, a thickly wooded rural region north of Colorado Springs, Colo. Authorities reported early Saturday that 473 houses had been incinerated. That compares with a report of a little over 400 just a few hours earlier.
Firefighters advance containment on wildfire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado sheriff said firefighters “are getting the upper hand” on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gain...
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