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NRA, gun control advocates claim fight far from over
HOUSTON — National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles yet to come in Congress and next year’s midterm elec...
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Professor apologizes for Keynes comments
NEW YORK — Niall Ferguson, a Harvard history professor and author, apologized on Saturday for saying economist John Maynard Keynes was less invested in the future because he was gay and had no chil...
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New evidence fuels bid for Syria solution
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh diplomatic and possible military pus...
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Associated Press R.I. Russell, widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has been staying in her parents' home.
Feds pressure widow, pals in bomb case
BOSTON — Every time the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev leaves her parents’ house, federal agents watching the residence follow her in unmarked vehicles. Federal auth...
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Associated Press Pharmacist Simon Gorelikov holds a generic emergency contraceptive at the Health First Pharmacy on Thursday in Boston. New rules permitting 15-year-olds to get the morning-after pill without a prescription are being debated by teens as well as adults, with some saying it will help kids who can't confide in an adult, while others say the lower age infringes on a parent's right to know what's going on.
Adults, teens debate ‘pill’
NEW YORK — Allison Guarino understands the controversy over new rules allowing 15-year-olds to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. But as someone who teaches pregnancy prevention to ...
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Beach bonfire spat gets hot in Southern California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Anna Abderhalden and her siblings woke before dawn to stake a claim to a coveted beachfront spot where bonfires blaze each night as a rite of summer in this surf-crazy So...
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Associated Press Drought-stricken cotton plants wilt near Pocasset, Okla., last August. Heat in 2010 and 2012 and not enough rain already have drained Oklahoma agriculture of more than $1.1 billion in direct losses.
In parts of Plains, drought fears nag in 3rd year
FREDERICK, Okla. — When Kent Walker walked through his dusty fields one morning this spring, the ominous signs were right there at his feet. His wheat crop that should have been thick, dark green a...
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Associated Press Charlie Weems (left) and Clarence Norris, Scottsboro case defendants, read a newspaper July 16, 1937, in their Decatur, Ala., jail after Norris was found guilty for a third time by a jury. It specified the death penalty.
More work in Alabama for Scottsboro pardons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work — from legal documents to public hearings — remains before the names o...
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Associated Press Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston at the Citadel Tuesday in Charleston, S.C. In a bizarre campaign that has roiled the state, Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch are locked in a surprisingly contentious contest to win a House seat in a solidly Republican district along the South Carolina coast.
Sanford seeks 2nd chance in South Carolina
BEAUFORT, S.C. — One congressional candidate is a former Republican governor seeking redemption after his career imploded in a public saga involving lies, the Appalachian Trail and an Argentine mis...
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Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria targeting weapons site
WASHINGTON — Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred overnight Thursday into Friday, the off...
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