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Associated Press Huge piles of debris still line portions of Route 35, the main highway through the shore, Friday in Toms River, N.J. Congress voted to approve aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy, but many shore residents were angry it had taken lawmakers so long to act following the Oct. 29 storm.
Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
WASHINGTON — The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, two days after New Jersey’s govern...
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Theater shooting victim’s dad to attend reopening
DENVER — The father of a man killed in the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater says he will be present at the reopening, even though his daughter-in-law and relatives of some other victims ar...
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Army Corps tamps down barge worries
ST. LOUIS — Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that the industry fears is immin...
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Electoral College count affirms Obama’s win
WASHINGTON — Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected. In a joint session, Congress formally certified that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden wer...
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Associated Press Members of the media document store cashier Tanice Stefanich helping a customer Nov. 29, 2012, at a 4 Sons Food Store where one of the winning tickets in the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot was purchased in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Releasing information on the lottery winners reflects a broader debate playing out in state Legislatures and lottery offices nationwide: Should the winners' names be made public?
Should winners’ names be secret?
PHOENIX — When two winning tickets for a record $588 million Powerball jackpot were claimed from the Nov. 28 drawing, the world focused on the winners. A Missouri couple appeared at a press conf...
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Inmate ordered retried in ’80 ‘waiting ever since’
GATESVILLE, Texas — Jerry Hartfield was still a young man when an uncle visited him in prison to tell him that his murder conviction had been overturned and he would get a new trial. Not long af...
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Trial over pregnancy drug to begin
BOSTON — At first, the Melnick sisters thought it was just a cruel coincidence that two of them were diagnosed with breast cancer. But when two more sisters were given the same diagnosis, they c...
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Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (center) followed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, shakes hands as they walk into the House of Representatives chamber Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. They were re-elected in their current titles for the 113th Congress.
Fiscal clashes loom with new Congress
WASHINGTON — A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them, in an intensely partisan and crisis-driven era of divided...
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Associated Press A can of Spam and a jar of Skippy peanut butter are displayed. Hormel Foods, the company primarily known for Spam and other cured, smoked and deli meats says that it's buying Skippy, the country's No. 2 peanut butter brand.
Hormel orders up Skippy sandwich
NEW YORK — Hormel Foods apparently has a hankering for a peanut butter and bacon sandwich. The company primarily known for Spam and other cured, smoked and deli meats said Thursday that it’s buying...
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Retailers report higher December sales
NEW YORK — A last-minute surge in spending saved the holiday shopping season. Major retailers including Costco, Gap and Nordstrom on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue in December. T...
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