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Airline expects about 4,400 job cuts
DALLAS — American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be closer to 4,400. The notices went out to...
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Associated Press Zoe Shyba, 4, and Aidan Lain, 7, play "Kinect Sesame Street TV" at the Sesame Street Workshop Sept. 5 in New York. "Kinect Sesame Street TV" uses Kinect, a motion and voice-sensing controller created by Microsoft, to give Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the Sesame Street crew a chance to have a real two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience.
Sesame Street goes interactive
NEW YORK — Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the “Sesame Street” crew have always talked to kids. Now, they’ll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the motio...
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Associated Press Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left), accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures during a news conference June 29 at the Pentagon. As the final "surge" troops leave Afghanistan, troubles continue to mount.
Setbacks arise as troop ‘surge’ ends
WASHINGTON — The end game in Afghanistan is off to a shaky start. Just as the last U.S. “surge” troops leave the country, trouble is breaking out in ways that go to the core of the strategy for ...
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Inmate says he’s too obese for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying he’s too heavy for the state’s lethal injection process. Ronald Post shot and...
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Feds: Sheriff, deputies targeted Latinos
RALEIGH, N.C. — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arr...
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Associated Press Chicago Teachers Union delegates arrive for a meeting Sunday in Chicago. Hundreds of CTU delegates reviewed a proposed contract and voted on whether to suspend the teachers strike which has kept more than 350,000 students out of school since Monday.
Chicago teachers to continue strike
CHICAGO — The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions c...
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Nonprofit group educates about blind spots in vehicles
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A national nonprofit group held an event this weekend to educate drivers about vehicle blind spots, about a week after toddler was struck and killed when a vehicle backed out ...
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Associated Press Robert Madison talks about receiving automated marketing calls, outside his office Aug. 20 in Overland Park, Kan. Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, raising questions about how well the federal "do-not-call" registry is working.
‘Do not call’ complaints up sharply with robocalls
WASHINGTON — So much for silence from telemarketers at the cherished dinner hour, or any other hour of the day. Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, r...
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CAW National President Ken Lewenza speaks at the Canadian Auto Workers' press conference announcing the union will focus its talks with Ford as negotiations continue a day before a strike deadline between the union and the big three automakers in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Michelle Siu)
Canadian auto union to focus on Ford talks
TORONTO — The Canadian Auto Workers union will focus on reaching an agreement with Ford as negotiations continue with all of Detroit’s Big Three automakers with a strike deadline looming Monday nig...
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Husband goes back to court after 33 years
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance at trying to prove his innocence —...
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