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PAHOA, Hawaii – After weeks of slow, stop-and-go movement, a river of asphalt-black lava destroyed a wooden shed Tuesday as it crept closer to homes in a Big Island community.…
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Navy tests new way of making clothes
Welding process could help revive U.S. manufacturing
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Ancient artifacts show early Andes settlers
Now, their stone tools and other artifacts have revealed their presence at about 14,700 feet above sea level, about as high as the Matterhorn and much higher than Machu Picchu.…
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Supply rocket explodes on liftoff
Commercial ship was carrying supplies to International Space Station
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Bombing suspect’s friend convicted of lying to FBI
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with carrying out the April 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260.FBI/Associated Press file photo FBI agents testified…
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Sheriff: 2 shot outside NC courthouse on lockdown
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol works at the scene of a shooting on Tuesday at the Nashville courthouse in Nashville, N.C. Two people were shot outside the courthouse Tuesday…
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NEWARK, N.J. – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the virus, and symptom monitoring…
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U.S. official: Fight Islamic State ideology
The Islamic State group that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria and declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic empire, in areas under its control embraces social-media platforms such…
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Third student dies in Washington school shooting
Joanne Roberts, the chief medical officer at Providence Regional Medical Center, reads a statement from the family of Gia Soriano, 14, announcing that she passed Sunday in Everett, Wash. Her…
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Governors stress home quarantine for Ebola workers
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, listens as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks at a news conference in New York. The governors on Friday announced a mandatory quarantine for…
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Disease expert argues against Ebola quarantine
He warns fight against virus may be stymied
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CAMARILLO, Calif. – A national survey of gas prices reports that the average cost of U.S. regular grade gas dropped 18 cents per gallon in the last two weeks. Industry…
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Pro-Western parties seen as leading Ukraine vote
About 3 million unable to participate
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Early voting alters campaigns’ strategies
‘The election is not a one-day event anymore’
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Extremists launch new attack
Smoke rises Saturday during fighting in Kobani, near the Turkey-Syria border. Kobani and its surrounding areas have been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September. It…
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Killing of Calif. deputies brings complexity
Investigation involving number of agencies
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NEWARK, N.J. – The health-care worker who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa is sharply criticizing the way her…
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Dems try to regain lost voters outside cities
Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan talks to supporters during a campaign stop at Sharp Farms in rural Wilson County, N.C. Hagan will face Republican Thom Tillis in November’s general election. Republicans…
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Scientists unveil goofy dinosaur
Lee Yuong-nam, director of the Geological Museum, speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. Nearly 50 years ago, scientists found bones of two large, powerful…
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New England raking in millions from leaf peepers
Jim Cole/Associated Press<br><br>A tourist photographs Crawford Notch in Carroll, N.H., as foliage reaches peak in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Officials say tourists will spend upwards of $1 billion to catch…
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Retrospective of fiber artist opens at NYC museum
Born with Down syndrome, the late artist is getting her first solo museum exhibition in the United States. “Bound and Unbound” opened Friday at the Brooklyn Museum featuring 60 of…