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Google to build cars that don’t need drivers

LOS ANGELES – Google plans to build and launch onto city streets a small fleet of subcompact cars that could operate without a person at the wheel. Actually, the cars wouldn’t eve...

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Turnout remains low in Egyptian election CAIRO – Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout that has...

West Point grads ready for post-Afghanistan future

WEST POINT, N.Y. – With combat in Afghanistan winding down, members of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2014 insist they’re equally prepared for the alliance-building future outlined by ...

China changing tactics to deal with political activists

BEIJING – In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Beijing is increasingly using public disorder charges to...

Few voters turn out in Egypt

CAIRO – Egypt on Tuesday extended its presidential election to a third day amid reports of low voter turnout that could deprive the all-but-certain winner, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-...

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Dispute hampering release of schoolgirls ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Isla...

Veterans groups blast senator’s criticism

WASHINGTON – Four prominent veterans groups and Republican Sen. Richard Burr are hurling accusations at each other after the veterans organizations declined to embrace Burr’s call for Vetera...

Court further limits executions

WASHINGTON – Twelve years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline cases from relying only on intelligence test scores t...

First lady: School meal rules working

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama is striking back at House Republicans who are trying to weaken healthier school meal standards, saying any effort to roll back the guidelines is “unacc...

Websites often struggle to manage hate speech

After Elliot Rodger went on a rampage Friday, killing six people and himself, fan pages glorifying the 22-year-old Californian sprung up on Facebook. The social networking site ha...

Tribal officials cite problems with health care

BILLINGS, Mont. – Misdiagnosed illnesses, denied payments and a shortage of trained medical personnel in government-run clinics are wrecking the federal health care system for Native America...

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Obama seeks to delay immigration review WASHINGTON – Senior White House officials say President Barack Obama asked his Homeland Security chief to hold off on completing a review o...
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