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Google Fiber could widen digital divide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — She has no Internet at home, so Robinett Foreman sweats over lost computer time at school. The 17-year-old is one of 11 students out of 18 without home access in her business ...
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Associated Press People sit on the campus of Harvard University Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. The University may consider an honor code after 125 students were accused of cheating.
Can a Harvard honor code prevent cheating?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University, whose motto “Veritas” means “truth,” has never had a student honor code in its nearly 400-year history — as far as it knows. But allegations against 125 stude...
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Dad: Son struck at Army base
DETROIT — A soldier from Michigan who was struck with a large, wooden mallet at his Army base in North Carolina was seriously injured, his father said, expressing anger and shock that the incident ...
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Pod of pilot whales comes ashore on Florida beach
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — More than 20 pilot whales came ashore on a South Florida beach on Saturday, triggering a daylong effort by state and national officials, nearby residents and others to save them...
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Key speakers at the Democratic National Convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tuesday, Sept. 4 First lady Michelle Obama Mayor Julian Castro, San Antonio, Texas, keynote speaker Wednesday, Sept. 5 Former President Bill Clinton Senate candidat...
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Romney promotes agenda for ‘winning season’
CINCINNATI — Unveiling a new campaign speech, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney vowed Saturday to lead America to a “winning season” and insisted that his party would stick to the promise...
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Associated Press A closed carpet store sits along the Interstate 75 corridor of carpet businesses in Dalton, Ga.
Nation’s ‘carpet capital’ struggles to recover
DALTON, Ga. — Factories dot the highway and carpet retailers and mills line the main street through this town nestled in the north Georgia foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, making clear why Da...
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Associated Press A worker walks across the main stage Saturday at the Democratic National Convention inside Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama will face the opportunity Thursday at the convention to convince Americans why they should stick with him.
Obama to try to make case for sticking with him
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Don’t expect President Barack Obama to try to reinvent himself next week at the Democratic Party’s national convention. Instead, he and a slew of his defenders will seek to convin...
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Associated Press Marie Holly sits outside her office in Columbus, Ohio. For many like Holly, that "shining city on a hill" from political mythology looks more like a huffing climb up a field filled with ticks.
Sunny side up for the young and restless
COLUMBUS, Ohio — He’s 30, between jobs, with $50,000 in student debt and no clear sense what the future holds. But Erik Santamaria, Ohio-born son of Salvadorans, has a pretty awesome attitude about...
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What a buzz: For Obama, beer a way to connect
URBANDALE, Iowa — President Barack Obama was barely back in Iowa, ready to drink in the adulation of supporters, when the booze news broke: The White House beer recipe is out. The tweet from pre...
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