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Feds say delay made oil spill worse
BILLINGS, Mont. — Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana’s Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulat...
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Associated Press The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk sits aground off a small island Tuesday near Kodiak Island. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship which grounded off the island during a storm, officials said, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources.
Critics say ship’s grounding shows drilling danger in Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The grounding of a petroleum drilling ship on a remote Alaska Island has refueled the debate about oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, where critics for years have said th...
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Senate’s fiscal deal forged in flurry of final negotiations
WASHINGTON — They had 80 hours to finish or fail. Stuck in a “fiscal cliff” stalemate, trust nearing tatters, President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans changed the game after Christmas. It t...
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Clinton receiving blood thinners
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she’s being treated for a blood clot in her head. Her doctors say blood thinners are bein...
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Regular season winners don’t always make playoff champions
— The Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, who tied for the league’s best record at 13-3, are well aware of one of the NFL’s biggest truisms: more often than not, the regular season is for suckers. ...
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‘Cliff’ avoided
WASHINGTON — Past its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesd...
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Newspaper defies trend to cut costs
SANTA ANA, Calif. — New and expanded sections to cover business, automobiles and food. A nearly five-fold increase in community news pages and more investigative reporting. Even daily color comics....
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Sandy Hook students, teachers heading back to school Thursday
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Since escaping a gunman’s rampage at their elementary school, the 8-year-old Connors triplets have suffered nightmares, jumped at noises and clung to their parents a little more th...
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Woman falls on subway tracks, dies
NEW YORK — New York City police say a young woman stumbling around on a Manhattan subway platform not far from Times Square fell onto the tracks and was killed by a train. The accident happened ...
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Associated Press High fructose corn syrup is listed as an ingredient on a can of soda in 2011 in Philadelphia. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.
Brain image study indicates fructose may spur overeating
This is your brain on sugar — for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lea...
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