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US looking at action against China cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. compan...
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Associated Press Members of the Phoenix Police Department SWAT team exit the garage at the home of a suspected gunman who opened fire at a Phoenix office building, wounding three people, one of them critically, and setting off a manhunt that led police to surround his house for several hours before they discovered he wasn't there, Wednesday in Phoenix. Authorities believe there was only one shooter. They don't believe the midmorning shooting at the complex was a random act.
Police: 1 dead in Arizona shooting
PHOENIX — A gunman opened fire at a Phoenix office complex on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding two others and setting off a manhunt. Police warned the public that he was “armed and dangerous...
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Associated Press STS-107 crew members wearing red shirts to signify their shift's color in 2003, are astronauts Kalpana Chawla (bottom, from left), mission specialist; Rick D. Husband, mission commander; Laurel B. Clark, mission specialist; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist. Wearing blue shirts, are astronauts David M. Brown (top, from left), mission specialist; William C. McCool, pilot; and Michael P. Anderson, payload commander. The astronauts were killed on Feb. 1, 2003, in the final minutes of their 16-day scientific research mission aboard Columbia.
Shuttle Columbia’s anniversary approaches
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of college with a master’...
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Judge nixes Sandusky’s bid for new abuse trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week proceeding that en...
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Researchers expose obesity myths
Fact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School gym classes make a big difference in kids' weight. All are myths or at least presumptions that may not...
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Powerful storms flip cars, destroy homes; 2 dead
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, generating tornadoes and dangerous winds that flipped cars on a major Georgia interstate, demolished homes and businesses...
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Police negotiate with gunman who kidnapped student
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and d...
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Boeing sticks to 787 production, battery
Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion batteries at the center of the plane’s problems, CEO Jim McNerney said Wednesday....
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Associated Press Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., acknowledges a greeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Kerry was confirmed by the whole Senate later Tuesday.
Senate confirms Kerry for State
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal succ...
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US eyes drone base with al-Qaida in mind
WASHINGTON — Plans to base unarmed American surveillance drones in the African nation of Niger highlight the Obama administration’s growing concern about extremist influences in the volatile region...
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