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A possible answer to why Denver is Mile High City

DENVER – Geologists may finally be able to explain why Denver, the Mile High City, is a mile high: water. A new theory suggests that chemical reactions, triggered by water far bel...

U.S., Iran press for nuke pact

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The United States and Iran plunged back into negotiation Sunday, hoping to end once and for all a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuc...

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Gay groups march in Boston parade BOSTON – Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all th...

Man, 20, charged with shooting 2 officers in Ferguson

CLAYTON, Mo. – A 20-year-old man charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had attended a protest there earlier th...

Say what? 6.5M in U.S. have reached age 112?

Social Security death records in a backlog

16 ski resorts worth hundreds of millions could be sold

NEWRY, Maine – A real estate investment trust that’s considering getting out of the snow business could sell more than dozen ski resorts from Maine to California that are worth hundreds of m...

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Listeriosis a factor, not cause, in deaths KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas health officials say a food-borne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products may have been a contribu...

Clinton email server key to Benghazi inquiry, says GOP

WASHINGTON – A member of the House committee investigating the deadly attacks against Americans in Benghazi, Libya, says Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email server could help lawmakers answer vit...

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Cameroon: 25 Boko Haram suspects dead YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon acknowledged that more than two dozen Boko Haram suspects died in custody late last year, but a government spoke...

8 people confirmed dead from Cyclone Pam

S. Pacific archipelago faced winds of 168 mph; 44 others may have died

Chemical weapons may have been used by IS in attacks

BAGHDAD – Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence that the Islamic State group used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga fighters. The allegati...

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Carbon emissions stabilize, data show PARIS – Global carbon emissions stayed stable last year even though the economy grew, according to data released Friday that could boost cha...
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