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Germany’s anti-euro party grows
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Germany’s anti-euro party grows

April 13, 2013

The new anti-Euro party ‘Alternative fuer Deutschland’ (Alternative for Germany) had to open a second room to squeeze in more than 1,500 members who had come from across the country…

After search, Texas man charged with threat
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After search, Texas man charged with threat

April 13, 2013

Eric Williams, 46, was admitted to the Kaufman County Jail early Saturday morning, jail records show. Bond was set at $1 million for the terroristic threat charge and at $1…

Obama’s budget plan limits bargaining power
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Obama’s budget plan limits bargaining power

April 13, 2013

Copies of President Barack Obama’s budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are prepared for delivery. The proposal includes entitlement cuts that many Democrats say take away leverage to win tax…

Medicare rise could ding some middle-class people
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Medicare rise could ding some middle-class people

April 13, 2013

Pugach doesn’t see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama’s budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge…

190M-year-old dino bones shed light on development
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190M-year-old dino bones shed light on development

April 13, 2013

The 190-million-year-old fossils unearthed in China belonged to Lufengosaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur known for its gigantic size, with adults reaching 30 feet long. A detailed look at more than…

Police grapple with cybercrime
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Police grapple with cybercrime

April 13, 2013

Confiscated computers and child-oriented pornographic tapes fill the storeroom shelves in the Florida Attorney General’s Child Predator CyberCrime Unit office in Jacksonville, Fla. Local law-enforcement agencies are working to improve…

Cartel racehorse case goes to trial
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Cartel racehorse case goes to trial

April 13, 2013

But with the millions of dollars spent – sometimes in the form of duffel bags stuffed with cash – on horses named with handles such as Number One Cartel and…

Texas rethinking testing, curriculum standards
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Texas rethinking testing, curriculum standards

April 13, 2013

Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, a Realtor in Austin, Texas, has joined a group of mothers worried that testing and curriculum standards in Texas schools will fall too far. Her daughters are…

Soviet Mars craft may be found
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Soviet Mars craft may be found

April 13, 2013

Photos taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the red planet pointed to what may be the Mars 3 lander along with its parachute, heat shield and other hardware that…

Rise of anti-Thatcher tune challenges BBC
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Rise of anti-Thatcher tune challenges BBC

April 12, 2013

By Friday, the online campaign had propelled the “Wizard of Oz” song to No. 1 on British iTunes and into the top five of the music chart used by the…

Kerry to North Korea: Don’t test missile
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Kerry to North Korea: Don’t test missile

April 12, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and South Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se share a few words while waiting for a group meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye…

Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies
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Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

April 12, 2013

Jonathan Winters, who inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, died Thursday at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes. He was 87.Associated Press file photo The Ohio native…

U.S. intelligence: N. Korea may have nuclear warhead
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U.S. intelligence: N. Korea may have nuclear warhead

April 11, 2013

President Barack Obama listens as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discusses North Korea’s escalating rhetoric about a missile launch. Obama says it is time for the country to end its “belligerent…

Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches political group
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches political group

April 11, 2013

Zuckerberg announced the formation of Fwd.us (pronounced “forward us”) in an op-ed article in The Washington Post late Wednesday. In it, he said the U.S. needs a new approach to…

Senate group wraps up work on immigration bill
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Senate group wraps up work on immigration bill

April 11, 2013

After months of arduous closed-door negotiations, the “Gang of Eight” senators, equally divided between the two parties, had no issues left to resolve in person, and no more negotiating sessions…

N. Korea hints it will soon launch a missile
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N. Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

April 11, 2013

U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets prepare to take off from a runway during their military exercise at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Osan, South Korea.Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press On…

Gun-control bill clears first hurdle in Senate
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Gun-control bill clears first hurdle in Senate

April 11, 2013

With the Capitol in the background, an unidentified man walks past thousands of grave markers erected in a mock cemetery on the National Mall in Washington to honor the victims…

Malawian government harshly criticizes Madonna
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Malawian government harshly criticizes Madonna

April 10, 2013

A spokesman for the pop star denied the accusations and suggested they were prompted by the recent removal of the president’s sister as head of Madonna’s humanitarian organization there. The…