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Analysts rate chance US provides next pope
NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly influence without an American in the seat of St. Pete...
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Associated Press U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., greets people in the lounge of the Seven Hills Foundation's new facility Monday in Milford, Mass. Kennedy is the grandson of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. President John F. Kennedy was his great-uncle.
Congressman edges Kennedy name back into politics
WASHINGTON — He glances down the hallway to his left, takes three steps to the right and, with a smile, spins back left. It’s another wrong turn for Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., who was raised...
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Jack Eskridge, designer of Cowboys’ logo, dies
DALLAS — The man credited with designing the famed blue star logo of the Dallas Cowboys has died. The Cowboys say Jack Eskridge died Monday at a Valley Falls, Kan., hospital. The funeral for the 89...
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Life on run ends for police killer
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — As soon as he heard officers were chasing the suspected cop killer in a stolen truck, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Roger Loftis was certain: His buddy Jeremiah Mac...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama greets supporters after arriving at West Palm Beach International Airport on Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla. President Obama is spending the weekend in Palm City, Fla.
Obama plans outings for Florida weekend
PALM CITY, Fla. — Faced with a long weekend in an empty White House, President Barack Obama figured he needed a getaway, too, so he put together a golf outing with some buddies. Not at Joint Bas...
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Associated Press Crew members watch the activity on the dock after the Carnival Triumph was towed to the cruise terminal Thursday in Mobile, Ala. In the case of Carnival Cruise Lines, the owner of the Carnival Triumph, which spent days in the Gulf of Mexico disabled after an engine fire, vacationers looking up information about the ship before boarding would have found mostly clean marks and few red flags.
No central agency inspects cruise ships
MIAMI — A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health...
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Budget cut warnings may prove harsher than reality
WASHINGTON — Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about to wither — including many threats that could eventually come true. Preside...
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Obama support for gun control has Chicago roots
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama’s support for gun control has its roots in a hometown plagued by deadly shootings — a city, he said Friday, where as many children die from guns every four months a...
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Teachers’ pension fund divests from gun makers
NEW YORK — The $46.6 billion pension fund for New York City schoolteachers has sold its stock in companies that make guns and ammunition, city officials announced Friday. City Comptroller John L...
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States’ choices set up national health experiment
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covere...
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