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CINCINNATI – Tons of concrete and steel covered the southbound lanes of a major artery Tuesday after an overpass collapse during demolition work left one worker dead, a tractor-trailer driver…
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SANAA, Yemen – Shiite rebels shelled the residence of Yemen’s leader and swept into the nearby presidential palace Tuesday in what a top army commander said was an unfolding coup.…
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New privacy concerns over government’s health care website
Privacy experts are raising concerns that dozens of data firms helping the U.S. government improve the HealthCare.gov website are receiving personal data about users that could be improperly used to…
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Obama: The shadow of crisis has passed
In a shift from State of the Union tradition, Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress was less a laundry list of new proposals and more an attempt to…
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Police: Doctor shot inside hospital, gunman killed himself
Steven Senne/Associated Press<br><br>Medical personnel walk past law enforcement officials, right, as they depart the Shapiro building at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Tuesday. A person was critically shot at…
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Cuba tells senators it welcomes closer ties
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy from Vermont tours the city during a three-day visit to Havana, Cuba. Leahy said Cuban officials are open to President Barack Obama’s proposal to increase political…
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemen’s U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one…
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CINCINNATI – Four death-row inmates who are suing Ohio officials over a new state law that shields the names of companies providing lethal injection drugs want a federal court to…
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Dems near to picking site for ’16 convention
Democrats are getting close to picking the site for their 2016 party convention with New York City being one of the finalists. Also in the running now are Philadelphia and…
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Israel, Lebanon prepare for attack
Tensions soar after Israeli attack in Golan Heights
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Obama honors King by helping next generation
President Barack Obama participates Monday in a service project at Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and in honor of King’s life…
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To counter terror, Europe’s police reconsider their arms
A tourist takes photographs as French police patrol under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Since last week’s terrorist attacks that killed 17 people in Paris, European police officials are reconsidering…
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Faith, community leaders gather in Atlanta to celebrate MLK
King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, urged those gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for the 47th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Commemorative Service to act out against…
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Surprise! Global wealthy growing richer
Guess how much the richest 1% will own next year?
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TOKYO – Shin Dong-hyuk, the North Korean prison-camp survivor who has admitted that parts of his well-known tale are inaccurate, has urged his supporters to continue publicizing the “horrendous and…
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Youngest Selma march participant describes the day
Those were the first words Lynda Blackmon Lowery says she heard from the mouth of Martin Luther King Jr. “And those three words changed my life,” said Lowery, who at…
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Multiple gunshots were fired outside Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware, and a vehicle fled the area on Saturday night, Secret Service officials said. The vice president and his…
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Romney, Clinton offer signs 2016 will be about economy
And that ostensibly populist message about wages and jobs for the middle class? It’s what their potential rivals for the Democratic and Republican nominations – Jeb Bush and Elizabeth Warren,…
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In Islam, Muhammad’s image has long, complicated history
A carved depiction of the prophet Mohammed (center) rests in the courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court building, which was built in the 1930s. It was during the colonial era…
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Scientists get big idea from diapers
A new procedure based on the same principle that allows babies’ diapers to absorb water is being used to reveal tiny details in cells of human and mouse tissue.Science journal…
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CORONADO, Calif. – Not yet in the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitt Romney already are previewing the likely focus of the 2016 campaign, a competition over who’s better…
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Europe buckles down against terrorism
Brothers in Charlie Hebdo attack were quietly buried in France