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Associated Press The Supreme Court is embarking on a new term beginning Monday that could be as consequential as the last one with the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan.
Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday
WASHINGTON — When last we saw the chief justice of the United States on the bench, John Roberts was joining with the Supreme Court’s liberals in an unlikely lineup that upheld President Barack Obam...
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Associated Press State Trooper Matt Losh emerges Friday from the backyard of a home in New Fairfield, Conn., where a fatal shooting took place. Police say Jeffrey Giuliano shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son.
Homeowner kills masked son
NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A small Connecticut town was sent reeling in grief and confusion Friday after a popular fifth-grade teacher shot and killed a knife-wielding prowler in a black ski mask, only...
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Tim Cook on Apple maps: ‘Extremely sorry’
NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is “extremely sorry” for the frustration that its maps application has caused and it’s doing everything it can to make it better. Cook said in a le...
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Amtrak workers failing drug tests
WASHINGTON — The conductors, mechanics and engineers who operate Amtrak's trains have been testing positive for drugs and alcohol more and more frequently over the last six years, a government watc...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama waves Thursday as he walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Republicans lashed out at Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, a late campaign-season broadside challenging the veracity and leadership of an incumbent.
Officials explain Libya attack intelligence
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration's understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is “evolving.” Facing a ba...
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Presidential contest shifts focus to raising money
PHILADELPHIA — For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help Americans earn more, but he and Preside...
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Texas congresswoman blocks aid for Egypt
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s plan to transfer $450 million in cash to Egypt hit a roadblock Friday as a top House committee chairwoman blocked the move, saying it warrants further review...
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Romney decries cuts to defense spending: Obama talks jobs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — President Barack Obama pledged to create many more jobs and “make the middle class secure again” in a campaign-closing appeal on Thursday — more than five weeks before Electio...
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Associated Press An artist's rendering shows a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, is planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York.
NYC to round out skyline with tallest Ferris wheel
NEW YORK — The Big Apple is getting another “biggest”: the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city’s so-called “forgotten borough....
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Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya
WASHINGTON — Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, a lat...
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