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Bandu1-i-syn LUXOR, Egypt – A bloody feud in southern Egypt between an Arab clan and a Nubian family killed at least 23 people in two days of fighting, leaving bodies…
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What’s a good way to talk about death?
‘Selfie’ impulse can now include your own obits
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Class seeks suspected Nazi who aided Jewish family
Question remains why the helpful man decided to lend a hand to them
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State lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill nullifying city and county gun restrictions and ensure it’s…
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Here’s what is needed for next health-care sign-up
One factor is keeping any costs in check
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Afghans defied Taliban threat to vote in droves
All 8 presidential candidates support keeping American troops in country
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NEW DELHI – An Indian court on Friday sentenced to death three men who raped a photojournalist inside an abandoned textile mill last year in Mumbai, India’s biggest city. A…
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Fears mount as Afghans prepare for vote
Afghans go to the polls today to elect a new president. Officials are concerned recent attacks by Taliban forces may keep many people from voting today. An Afghan girl helps…
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Can you picture this presidency?
Former President George W. Bush says he was inspired to take up painting after reading an essay by the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on painting. An exhibit of…
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Even the healthy locked out of 2014 policies now
Elizabeth Rich helps a man sign up for the Affordable Care Act at Swope Health Services in Kansas City, Mo. Healthy customers with money to spend will no longer be…
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Steady, not spectacular: U.S. jobs up 192K in March
The U.S. reached a milestone in March, with private employers regaining all of the 8.8 million jobs they shed during the Great Recession. The U.S. Labor Department reports that businesses…
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U.S. reconsiders role in Mideast peace talks
A visibly downbeat Kerry, who has spent the better part of his 14-month tenure as America’s top diplomat trying to cajole the parties into talks, stopped short of declaring the…
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WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to release parts of a hotly contested, secret report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after 9/11, and the White House said…
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Israel drops prisoner release plan
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Palestinian and Israeli leaders to “lead” to prevent peace talks from collapsing.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press The Israeli announcement, made in reaction to…
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Senate panel votes to release CIA torture report
Feinsteindu1-i-syn The vote to declassify the 6,300-page review’s summary was 11-3. The “torture report” argues CIA methods were often cruel and ineffective. The agency disputes the findings. The two sides…
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Gunman’s mental health under review
The base’s senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said there is a “strong possibility” that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a “verbal altercation” with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday’s…
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Even the IRS chief says the tax code is too complex
John Koskinen told reporters he’s worried that the country could miss out on the best opportunity to reform the tax code since the last major overhaul in 1986. The IRS…
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Are you feeling middle class?
Delegates listen to former President Clinton speak at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Since 2008, the number of people who call themselves middle class has fallen by a fifth,…
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Chile’s magnitude-8.2 quake causes little damage, death
Fishing boats washed ashore by a small tsunami sit in Caleta Riquelme in the northern town of Iquique, Chile, after a magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck the northen coast of Chile Wednesday.…
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Ousted leader denies claims
Defensive and at times teary-eyed, Viktor Yanukovych told The Associated Press and Russia’s state NTV television that he still hopes to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get the…
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LONDON – European pollution and dust swirling in from the Sahara created a “perfect storm” of smog in Britain on Wednesday, prompting authorities to warn people with heart or lung…
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A gamble too big for GOP?
Political leaders in cities hoping to host the 2016 Republican National Convention are emphasizing their cities’ family values as they jockey to try to knock Las Vegas out of the…
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4 die in 2nd Fort Hood shooting, including gunman
A shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Texas, has left one dead, officials are reporting. The Army base was the scene of another fatal shooting in 2009 that…
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High court voids overall contribution limits
Cornell Woolridge of Windsor Mill, Md., demonstrates outside the Supreme Court in Washington as the court heard arguments on campaign finance. The Supreme Court Wednesday struck down limits Wednesday in…
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Probe ‘may go on and on and on’
Many relatives of Chinese passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are still not satisfied that Malaysian authorities are doing all they can to find the missing plane. Malaysian authorities held…