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Budget cut warnings may prove harsher than reality
WASHINGTON — Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about to wither — including many threats that could eventually come true. Preside...
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Obama support for gun control has Chicago roots
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama’s support for gun control has its roots in a hometown plagued by deadly shootings — a city, he said Friday, where as many children die from guns every four months a...
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Teachers’ pension fund divests from gun makers
NEW YORK — The $46.6 billion pension fund for New York City schoolteachers has sold its stock in companies that make guns and ammunition, city officials announced Friday. City Comptroller John L...
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States’ choices set up national health experiment
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covere...
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2 space rocks point up the danger
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space rock even bigger than the meteor that exploded like an atom bomb over Russia could drop out of the sky unannounced at any time and wreak havoc on a city. And Hollywoo...
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Associated Press Passengers from the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph board charter planes to return home Friday at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La. Passengers finally were on the move Friday: some checked into hotels while others hopped on buses or jumped on charter flights home after five numbing days at sea on a cruise liner paralyzed by an engine-room fire.
Passengers became comrades on trip home
MOBILE, Ala. — When their cruise ship lost power, passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph could have been selfish and looked out only for themselves and their loved ones. Instead, they became com...
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‘Underdog’ cartoon co-creator dies at 85
BOSTON — William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the cartoon “Underdog,” the mild-mannered canine shoeshine boy who turned into a caped superhero to rescue his girlfriend, Sweet Polly Purebred, ha...
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Quick look at Obama’s health care law
The new health care law was devised in Washington, but it’s in the states where everyone will find out if it works. A thumbnail glance at how it’s designed: n The Patient Protection and Affordab...
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Associated Press Patrons gather at the Original OKRA Charity Saloon Jan. 16 in Houston. The new downtown bar is offering its customers a relaxed atmosphere, good drinks and food and a pledge that 100 percent of its profits will be donated to a different local charity or social cause each month.
Bartender, I’ll have another ... for charity
HOUSTON — Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic. A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed atmosphere with good drinks and f...
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Penn State: Scandal costs stand in millions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State’s bill for legal fees, consultants and other costs associated with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal stands at more than $27.6 million. An updated figure...
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