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Militants post photos online of mass killing in Iraq
The pictures on a militant website appear to show masked fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, loading the captives onto flatbed trucks before forcing…
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Dinosaur find tests theories on extinctions
Paleontologist Pablo Gallina his team of Argentine paleontologists say the fossils they recovered in Argentina’s Patagonia region belongs to a new species of Diplodocid they named “Leinkupal laticauda” and evolved…
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Pet burials range from bottom of the sea to the sky above
From companies that will send your pet’s remains to the heavens to those who will help scatter them at sea – or turn them into a lab-created gemstone for your…
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Chicago man filling potholes – artfully
Chicago mosaic artist Jim Bachor works in his basement placing tiles on his next mosaic art piece that reads “POTHOLES.” Bachor has filled a few potholes around the city and…
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Capturing everyday life – by hiring a photographer
Each month, a team of professional photographers shoots them as they go about their daily lives at home and around New York City. “As a baby, she changes every month.…
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NASA still hoping to test flying saucer
This saucer-shaped vehicle will be used to test new parachutes and drag devices that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes will allow it to send heavier payloads – including…
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Big-city medicine reaching small towns
Although the nearest clinic was just a 10-minute drive from Soukup’s South Dakota ranch, the doctor on duty did not have much experience treating such injuries. He had rarely inserted…
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People denying climate change ignoring science, Obama says
Graduates shouldn’t let the ‘stubborn status quo’ stymie their best efforts
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Borders are blurring in tumultuous Mideast
1916 lines drawn to British, French regional interests
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff that likely will mark the country’s first peaceful transfer of authority, an…
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A call to arms goes out to Shiites against militants
Iraqi cleric urges help fighting encroachers
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Veterans’ health care will be costly
Senate bill would double spending, add $35B during the next 3 years
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Obama on Father’s Day: Being a dad takes courage WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is urging fathers to get more involved in their kids’ lives and to serve as mentors…
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Ukraine military plane downed
49 killed; country’s new president vows to punish attackers
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Gun-control demonstrators march over Brooklyn Bridge
Some states have tightened gun rules, others have loosened
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Waits for doctors can vary widely outside VA
David and Marianne Trujillo exit the Vetaran Affairs facility in El Paso, Texas. It’s not just veterans who sometimes have to wait for health care. Depending on where you live…
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Iraqi: U.S. didn’t prepare troops
A municipality bulldozer and people clean up trash from a street in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, which has been captured by Sunni militants.Associated Press The official, who spoke…
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Standoff on immigration
Immigration activists want President Barack Obama to block deportations of illegal immigrants immediately rather than wait for an overhaul of immigration laws.Susan Walsh/Associated Press file photo This week, lawmakers from…
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WASHINGTON — Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new…
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Pot candy getting no Kisses
A photo illustration shows the similarities between a Hershey’s Mr. Goodbar and the marijuana-infused Mr. Dankbar sold by Seattle-based Conscious Care Cooperative.Jerry Mosemak/USA TODAY Hershey’s has filed two trademark infringements…
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Obama warns Iraq must take action to end political troubles
President Barack Obama says it may take several days before his administration decides what kind of assistance it will provide Iraq to help the Mideast nation battle an Islamic insurgency.Charles…
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Bergdahl back in U.S. after years as Taliban captive
Military officials arrive early Friday morning at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held captive for five years by Taliban jihadists…
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U.K. court says terror trial can be partly secret
Media organizations had argued that would be a first in British legal history, and a dangerous precedent. The case concerns two men who were arrested last year and charged with…
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Fighting raises fears of Iraqi collapse
Iraqi men protest the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq outside an army recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi government is urging people to sign up for military…
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ISLAMABAD – Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month…
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Feds seek to keep local spying rules secret
Local police used the Stingray surveillance device at the Berkshire Manor Apartments in Tallahassee, Fla., to gather information for a criminal case, but the police department refused to release information…