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Associated Press Magdalena Crews weeps as she embraces the grave of her husband, Gene Wesley Crews Sr., Monday at the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Germantown, Tenn.
Americans observe Memorial Day
Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanistan appro...
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Mayor of Oklahoma town familiar with tornadoes
MOORE, Okla. — Glenn Lewis looks out at a pile of twisted metal, broken wood, smashed vehicles and torn school books. This is what is left of one of the two schools in his Oklahoma town that were o...
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Associated Press Joni Kinsey, of Iowa City, Iowa, shows Girl Scouts memorabilia to two members in her troop on May 14 in Iowa City. In an effort to save money, Girl Scout councils across the country are making proposals that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: selling summer camps that date back to the 1950s.
Sales of camp sites throw Scouts into turmoil
When it came time to draw up a budget, one of Iowa’s regional Girl Scout councils reviewed its programs and made a proposal that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: selling its last four ...
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Mayor of Oklahoma town familiar with tornadoes
MOORE, Okla. — Glenn Lewis looks out at a pile of twisted metal, broken wood, smashed vehicles and torn school books. This is what is left of one of the two schools in his Oklahoma town that were o...
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Obama to nation: Don’t take US troops for granted
ARLINGTON, Va. — Reflecting on the personal toll of war, President Barack Obama on Monday implored a nation in which few volunteer for the armed forces to “always remember and to be worthy of the s...
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Associated Press Rabbi Pinchas Herman inspects machinery used for enzyme production for kosher products at Novozymes North America Inc. on April 26 in Franklinton, N.C. The inspection is an example of how the centuries-old dietary code of observant Jews is adapting to its role as a mark of quality in the global food and drinks industry.
Kosher meets industrial food at enzymes, acids
FRANKLINTON, N.C. — Orthodox Rabbi Pinchas Herman’s duties have him rappelling inside a two-story-tall stainless steel tank at a factory that makes enzymes for food products. For 10 minutes, the...
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Associated Press Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley (right), R-Iowa, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (left), D-N.Y., as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets to address immigration reform at Capitol Hill on May 9 in Washington. More than any other group, the high-tech industry got big wins in the immigration bill approved last week.
High-tech industry wins with bill
WASHINGTON — More than any other group, the high-tech industry got big wins in an immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, thanks to a concerted lobbying effort, an id...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama tours the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School and surrounding area with Moore, Okla. Mayor Glenn Lewis (left), Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (right) and Rep. Tom Cole (second from right), R-Okla., on Sunday in Moore, Okla. Obama told residents that the government will be behind them "every step of the way."
Obama offers support to tornado-torn region
MOORE, Okla. — President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind t...
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Associated Press Shertz Fire Department and Texas Parks and Wildlife members search Sunday in Shertz, Texas, for a missing teen who was swept away in a rain swollen Cibilo Creek Saturday.
Search goes on for teen missing in Texas flood
SCHERTZ, Texas — The search intensified Sunday for a teenage boy believed to have been swept away by floodwaters as he tried to swim across a swollen creek near San Antonio, authorities said. Af...
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Associated Press Flags blow in the wind above the World War Memorial Stadium on Jan. 8 in Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro residents have been grappling with what to do with the city's decaying tribute to the soldiers of World War I.
Vet honors wane as funds dry up
HONOLULU — On the shoreline of Hawaii’s most famous beach, a decaying structure attracts little attention from wandering tourists. A few glance curiously at the crumbling Waikiki Natatorium, a s...
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