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Family, truck driver die in severe storms in northeast Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — Fierce thunderstorms with strong winds tore through Oklahoma, killing a truck driver and a family whose mobile home was flipped into a creek. One storm rolled in so fast, a coupl...
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Associated Press Dark clouds loom over the skyline Saturday in New York. Two tornadoes struck New York City on Saturday one swept out of the sea and hit a beachfront neighborhood and the second, stronger twister hit moments later, hurling debris in the air, knocking out power and startling residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.
Tornadoes strike in NYC; no injuries reported
NEW YORK — Two tornadoes struck the outer edges of New York City on Saturday, hurling debris into the air, knocking out power but causing no serious injuries among startled residents accustomed to ...
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Associated Press Spectators cheer as President Barack Obama addresses the crowd at a rally at St. Petersburg College's Seminole Campus on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Post-convention TV ad crush to get even heavier
NEW YORK — Now the campaign ad crush and TV spending spree really begins in the presidential race. The TV ad campaign, with total spending expected to swell to $1.1 billion, starts up again now ...
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Race may come down to handful of unknowns
Portsmouth, N.H. — Flush with cash, Mitt Romney plans to open a new front in the White House race by challenging President Barack Obama in upper Midwest states where he might not have dug in otherw...
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Associated Press Democratic presidential hopefuls (from left) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards participate in a Democratic presidential debate in 2008 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Finally, the fall season delivers the matchup Americans have been waiting for: President Barack Obama goes one-on-one with Republican Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates.
Fall’s must-see political TV: Obama-Romney election debates
WASHINGTON — Finally, the fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama going one-on-one with Republican Mitt Romney in three prime-tim...
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Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax (right) stands with manager Walt Alston (center) and Associated Press sportswriter Joe Mooshil Jan. 12, 1964, in Chicago during a Chicago baseball writers' awards dinner. Mooshil, who became a fixture on the Chicago sports scene over the course of four decades covering the city's teams for The Associated Press, died Friday.
Former AP Chicago sports editor Mooshil dies at 85
CHICAGO — Joe Mooshil, who became a fixture on the Chicago sports scene over the course of four decades covering the city’s teams for The Associated Press, died Friday night. He was 85. Maria Mo...
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Eastwood discusses convention chair chat
LOS ANGELES — Clint Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop at the Republican National Convention was a spur-of-the-moment decision when someone backstage asked if he wanted to sit do...
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Associated Press Firefighters rescue 14-year-old Jeffrey LaPorta from a manhole Tuesday in Parma. Authorities say LaPorta fell off his bike into flood waters and traveled more than a quarter of a mile through multiple sewer pipes, at times completely submerged in water, before he found enough breathing room to await rescue.
Ohio teen sucked in, travels through sewer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An overflowing creek in a Cleveland suburb sent a 14-year-old boy on the ride of his life. Jeffrey LaPorta traveled more than a quarter of a mile Tuesday through multiple storm ...
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Associated Press A Kmart store sign glows after dark on Nov. 9 in New York. Kmart, a division of Sears Holdings Corp., said Friday that it's waiving the fees that shoppers pay to open its interest-free pay-over-time program at its discount stores and online through Nov. 17.
Kmart waives layaway fee, joining rival stores
NEW YORK — The layaway wars are heating up ahead of the winter holidays. Kmart, a division of Sears Holdings Corp., said Friday that it’s waiving the fees that shoppers pay to open its interest-...
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Associated Press Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow speaks outside the Will County Courthouse Thursday in Joliet, Ill., after a jury convicted former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson of murdering his wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. He faces a maximum 60-year prison term when sentenced on Nov. 26. Illinois has no death penalty.
Jurors give Peterson’s comments heavy weight
JOLIET, Ill. — Jurors said Friday that comments Stacy Peterson made before her 2007 disappearance played the decisive role in convincing them to convict her husband, former police officer Drew Pete...
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