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Homeland Security and its cache of bullets
WASHINGTON — Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of. The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four ...
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Associated Press An unidentified woman answers questions on a job application Jan. 22 at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department reported that unemployment applications fell sharply last week to the lowest level in five years.
Sharp fall in jobless claims boosts outlook
WASHINGTON — The outlook for the U.S. job market is brightening after a government report showed a sharp drop in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits. Weekly applications f...
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Senate chairman calls for immigration action
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration legislation with a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal im...
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Comcast doubles down on TV in NBCU deal
LOS ANGELES — Comcast’s $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as Internet video reshape...
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Carnival cancels 12 cruises after ship fire
HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines says it is cancelling another 12 voyages for the disabled ship that is being towed to Alabama after an engine room fire left it powerless at sea. The cruises aboard ...
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Boehner: Up to Democrats to prevent budget cuts
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday it’s unlikely the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate will prevent a wave of automatic spending cuts from beginning to strik...
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Associated Press Law enforcement authorities investigate the charred remains of a cabin Wednesday where quadruple-murder suspect Christopher Dorner is believed to have died after barricading himself inside during a Tuesday stand-off with police in the Angeles Oaks area of Big Bear, Calif.
Sheriff: Cabin’s burning unintentional
LOS ANGELES — There was no question. The man standing before Rick Heltebrake on a rural mountain road was Christopher Dorner. Clad in camouflage from head to toe and wearing a bulletproof vest p...
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Pentagon creates new medal for cyber, drone wars
WASHINGTON — They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens. But the troops who launch the drone strikes and direct the cyberattacks that can kill or disable an enemy may never set foo...
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Associated Press Gerry Cahill, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines (left) walks to a podium Tuesday to address media representatives during a news conference regarding the cruise ship Carnival Triumph at the company's headquarters in Miami. After a Sunday engine room fire that left the Triumph without propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship is being towed to Mobile, Ala., and is expected to arrive there Thursday.
Stranded passengers on cruise ship facing grueling conditions
HOUSTON — The head of Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday his company was working hard to ensure the thousands of passengers stranded on a disabled ship in the Gulf of Mexico were as comfortable as ...
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Associated Press Crowds of revelers stand Tuesday on Bourbon Street, as seen from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent.
Rain, gloomy skies can’t stop Mardi Gras
NEW ORLEANS — Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. In the Fr...
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