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Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria targeting weapons site
WASHINGTON — Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred overnight Thursday into Friday, the off...
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Solid job gains ease fears about economy
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases and federal spending cuts, employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in Ap...
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Associated Press Trader Thomas Donato wears a "Dow 15,000" hat as he works in his booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. A big gain in the job market lifted the stock market to a record high. The stock market surged, traders donned party hats, and the wave of buying drove three indexes through major milestones.
Stocks skyrocket to new highs following job market report
NEW YORK — Two of the most widely watched stock-market indexes marched past milestones Friday after a surprisingly good jobs report gave investors a clear sign of the U.S. economy’s strength. Th...
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Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma
BOSTON — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has ...
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NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more at stake than gun rights
HOUSTON — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a “culture war” that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping ...
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Associated Press Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution prosthetic hands during an meeting with prosthetist Ryan Spill on Thursday in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands.
App lets amputees program their own bionic hands
PHILADELPHIA — Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands. Now, he’s got an app. Koger came to Philad...
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Ricin case goes to grand jury
OXFORD, Miss. — A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others, an FBI agent testified ...
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Associated Press During a moment of silence, Joan Olsen (left) and her daughter Emily Olsen embrace at the start of the Walk for Suicide Awareness in September in Kaukauna, Wis. Joan and Emily were honoring Chris Olsen, Joan's husband and Emily's father. The suicide rate among middle-age Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in the decade between 1999 and 2010, the government reported Thursday, but the rates in younger and older people did not change.
US suicide rate jumps sharply for middle-aged
NEW YORK — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. ...
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Remains of suspect claimed
BOSTON — The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died after a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday. Department of Pu...
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Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?
WASHINGTON — It’s a chemical that’s been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby’s ba...
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