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Feds: Sheriff, deputies targeted Latinos
RALEIGH, N.C. — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arr...
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Associated Press Chicago Teachers Union delegates arrive for a meeting Sunday in Chicago. Hundreds of CTU delegates reviewed a proposed contract and voted on whether to suspend the teachers strike which has kept more than 350,000 students out of school since Monday.
Chicago teachers to continue strike
CHICAGO — The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions c...
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Nonprofit group educates about blind spots in vehicles
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A national nonprofit group held an event this weekend to educate drivers about vehicle blind spots, about a week after toddler was struck and killed when a vehicle backed out ...
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Associated Press Robert Madison talks about receiving automated marketing calls, outside his office Aug. 20 in Overland Park, Kan. Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, raising questions about how well the federal "do-not-call" registry is working.
‘Do not call’ complaints up sharply with robocalls
WASHINGTON — So much for silence from telemarketers at the cherished dinner hour, or any other hour of the day. Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwanted phone solicitations, r...
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CAW National President Ken Lewenza speaks at the Canadian Auto Workers' press conference announcing the union will focus its talks with Ford as negotiations continue a day before a strike deadline between the union and the big three automakers in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Michelle Siu)
Canadian auto union to focus on Ford talks
TORONTO — The Canadian Auto Workers union will focus on reaching an agreement with Ford as negotiations continue with all of Detroit’s Big Three automakers with a strike deadline looming Monday nig...
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Husband goes back to court after 33 years
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance at trying to prove his innocence —...
Sep 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Strong support for campaign spending limits
WASHINGTON — Americans don’t like all the cash that’s going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress....
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A cannon sits in front of the Best farm in July outside Frederick, Md., where Gen. Robert E. Lee drafted orders detailing his plans for the September 1862 Confederate invasion of Maryland. A misplaced copy of the document was found near this site by a Union soldier.
Did battle, US future hang on thread of fate?
SHARPSBURG, Md. — From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 members of the Bloss and Mitchell families who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rur...
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Obama-Romney race tight with 7 weeks to go
WASHINGTON — Middle East violence is shaking up a presidential race that otherwise looks stubbornly stable, and tight. President Barack Obama holds a tiny edge, Republican Mitt Romney is seeking a ...
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AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks during the Transfer of Remains Ceremony on Friday at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
US rushes spies, drones to Libya
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, but the investigation is com...
Sep 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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