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Associated Press Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten Island, N.Y., (left), Marine Cpl. Todd Love of Atlanta (center) and Marine Cpl. Juan Dominguez of Deming, N.M., appear at the 9/11 Memorial July 4 in New York. Marrocco, 26, the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq war, has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore.
Soldier who lost 4 limbs has double-arm transplant
On Facebook, he describes himself as a “wounded warrior...very wounded.” Brendan Marrocco was the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq War, and doctors revealed Monday that...
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Associated Press A bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached an agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol Monday in Washington. From left are Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
Immigration overhaul? Senators vow action
WASHINGTON — Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizen...
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Bucknell acknowledges inflating SAT scores
PHILADELPHIA — Enrollment officials at Bucknell University, a selective liberal arts school in central Pennsylvania, inflated students’ average SAT scores over the past several years, the school’s ...
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States still have many questions on Medicaid program expansion
As state legislative sessions advance, lawmakers are debating whether to expand their Medicaid programs as provided by President Barack Obama’s health care law. It could be one of the most importan...
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US fighter jet missing on training mission
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training mission off the coast of Italy. ...
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Associated Press Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters about the fiscal cliff negotiations Dec. 21 at the Capitol in Washington. Boehner said he no longer wants to negotiate deficit reduction with President Barack Obama.
GOP looks to fight, not negotiate
WASHINGTON — Is Washington’s backroom dealing dead? House Speaker John Boehner says he no longer wants to negotiate deficit reduction with President Barack Obama. The president says he won’t neg...
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States with most gas drilling royalties
Estimates of gas drilling royalties paid to private landowners in 2010, according to the National Association of Royalty Owners, ranked in order of the top several states. Royalty payments change y...
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Associated Press Shawn Georgetti pauses on his 167 acre family dairy farm Saturday in Avella, Pa. With royalties from a Range Resources gas well on his property, Georgetti has been able to buy newer farm equipment that's bigger, faster, and more fuel-efficient.
Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives
PITTSBURGH — Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a...
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New black market: printer toner ink
NEW YORK — Manhattan hospital clerk Marque Gumbs was doing so well moonlighting as a peddler of stolen property that he drove a BMW, shopped at designer stores like Burberry and vacationed in Las V...
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Associated Press Teacher Crystal Kirch (center) talks to her students in her pre-calculus class at Segerstrom High School in Santa Ana, Calif., on Wednesday. A growing number of teachers are implementing what is known as "flipped learning," in which students learn lessons as homework, mostly through online videos produced by teachers, and use classroom time to practice what they learned.
Teachers flip for ‘flipped learning’
SANTA ANA, Calif. — When Timmy Nguyen comes to his pre-calculus class, he’s already learned the day’s lesson — he watched it on a short online video prepared by his teacher for homework. So with...
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