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Etch A Sketch inventor dies at 86
BRYAN, Ohio — Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France, the toy’s maker said. Cassagnes died Jan...
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Associated Press Groundhog Club co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, Saturday after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring, on Groundhog Day.
Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — An end to winter’s bitter cold will come soon, according to Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog. Following a recent stretch of weather that’s included both record warm temperatur...
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Associated Press Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (right) and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., join a bipartisan group of senators Monday to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Republicans face a delicate balancing act as they embrace immigration reform.
Immigration bill splits GOP
WASHINGTON — The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who care mostly about congressional races. ...
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Solar development absorbing farmland
FRESNO, Calif. — There’s a land rush of sorts going on across the nation’s most productive farming region, but these buyers don’t want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. With Califor...
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New headquarter bids to end agency rivalry
CHICAGO — A first-of-its-kind headquarters has opened in Chicago for 70 federal agents, police and prosecutors to work side-by-side, year-round to fight drug traffickers — a set-up meant to end int...
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Associated Press University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies computer scientist David Traum (left) interacts with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, seen on a "Virtual Survivor Visualization," Tuesday at the USC campus in Los Angeles. A collaboration with the Shoah Foundation is digitalizing aging Holocaust survivors to create three-dimensional holograms that would not only be able to tell their stories to future generations but to engage in dialogue with them.
Stories of Holocaust survivors retold by holograms at USC
LOS ANGELES — For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp’s gas chambers so quickly that...
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Associated Press Technician Marion Price operates equipment Friday during a CT scan of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Tjeby from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va. The CT scan produced a detailed three-dimensional image of the mummy.
Fine Arts Museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan
RICHMOND, Va. — Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond part...
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Goodbye Barney: Thousands mourn Bush’s terrier
DALLAS — Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush’s beloved black Scottish terrier. Bush and his wife, Laura, released a statement...
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Surgeon at center of Sen. Menendez trips
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — To some, Dr. Salomon Melgen was a miracle worker who brought sight to the blind. To others, he was a smooth political player known for rubbing elbows and jet-setting. Whi...
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Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule in health plans
WASHINGTON — Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to cover...
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