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Chairman: Clinton didn’t make Benghazi call
WASHINGTON — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillar...
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After 100 years, Rockefeller charities group remain active
NEW YORK — For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: “To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.” With that mission, underwritten by the vas...
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Gunmen fire into crowd at parade
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The FBI said the shooting ...
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2 bodies found after standoff
TRENTON, N.J. — Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recove...
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Associated Press Calaveras County sheriff's deputies and volunteers stand watch at Jenny Lind Elementary School after the murder of one its students over the weekend in Valley Springs, Calif. Authorities on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a quiet Northern California community last month.
Mom: Accused boy ‘could never’ hurt sister
VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — A day before a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister, his mother described him as “protective” of his younger sibling. Leila Fowle...
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Associated Press One of the new Amtrak Cities Sprinter Locomotives built by Siemens Rails Systems moves down some rails Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. The new electric locomotive will run on the Northeast intercity rail lines and replace Amtrak locomotives that have been in service for 20 to 30 years.
Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
NEWARK, N.J. — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better relia...
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Bloomberg bars reporters from client activity
LOS ANGELES — Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP says it has corrected a “mistake” in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists’ special access to client log-in activity on t...
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Poll: Conspiracy belief around JFK slipping slightly
A clear majority of Americans still suspect there was a conspiracy behind President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but the percentage who believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone is at its highest l...
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Drugmakers, health groups tackle cancer
TRENTON, N.J. — Two multinational drugmakers are teaming up with top global health groups to protect millions of girls in the world’s poorest countries from deadly cervical cancer. Starting with...
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Associated Press Air Force Secretary Michael Donley (left) and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III testify at a Capitol Hill hearing on May 9 in Washington. Following the Air Force's removal of 17 nuclear missile launch officers, Donley says he worries that talk of further shrinking of the nation's nuclear force is having a "corrosive effect" on the service.
General orders extra review of nuclear crew’s shortfalls
WASHINGTON — The general who commands the nation’s nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he to...
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