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Associated Press The Kindle Fire is shown at a news conference Wednesday in New York. Wal-Mart Stores stores will be phasing out selling Amazon.com's Kindle tablet and e-readers, the world's largest retailer said Thursday.
Wal-Mart will stop selling Kindles
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is phasing out the sale of Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers, the second major retailer to stop offering the items in six months. Wal-Mart, the...
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Sex abuse claims stem from Tulsa megachurch
TULSA, Okla. — A 17,000-member megachurch deep in Oklahoma’s Bible Belt has been rattled by allegations that five employees waited two weeks to report the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a campus sta...
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Police: Abused teen exiled with $200
LOS ANGELES — A scrawny Georgia teen who was discovered at a bus station told police his abusive stepfather gave him $200 and a list of homeless shelters before he was sent packing on a bus to Los ...
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Is Portland really where young people go to retire?
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland may not be “a city where young people go to retire,” but it’s the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found. A famous quip by Fred Armisen on the television ...
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Dallas woman’s family sues over 911 call
DALLAS — The family of a Dallas woman found dead two days after she tried to call 911 during a deadly attack filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city and local police Wednesday. Deanna Cook...
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Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover
HOUSTON — Waving American flags and space shuttle toys, hundreds of people lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday as they watched space shuttle Endeavour touch down in Houston on its w...
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Jury hears chef say he cooked wife
LOS ANGELES — Trial resumes Wednesday for a chef who told investigators he accidentally killed his wife and then cooked her body for four days in boiling water to get rid of the evidence. David ...
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FDA urged to set standards for arsenic in rice
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration may consider new standards for the levels of arsenic in rice as consumer groups are calling for federal guidance on how much of the carcinogen can be p...
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Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound
DENVER — A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: “Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?” It’s a bit more compl...
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Arizona immigration law spurs education
PHOENIX — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead t...
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