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Amtrak workers failing drug tests
WASHINGTON — The conductors, mechanics and engineers who operate Amtrak's trains have been testing positive for drugs and alcohol more and more frequently over the last six years, a government watc...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama waves Thursday as he walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Republicans lashed out at Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, a late campaign-season broadside challenging the veracity and leadership of an incumbent.
Officials explain Libya attack intelligence
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration's understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is “evolving.” Facing a ba...
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Presidential contest shifts focus to raising money
PHILADELPHIA — For a day, the presidential contest was almost all about money — money to wage the presidential contest, that is. Mitt Romney promised to help Americans earn more, but he and Preside...
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Texas congresswoman blocks aid for Egypt
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s plan to transfer $450 million in cash to Egypt hit a roadblock Friday as a top House committee chairwoman blocked the move, saying it warrants further review...
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Romney decries cuts to defense spending: Obama talks jobs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — President Barack Obama pledged to create many more jobs and “make the middle class secure again” in a campaign-closing appeal on Thursday — more than five weeks before Electio...
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Associated Press An artist's rendering shows a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, is planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York.
NYC to round out skyline with tallest Ferris wheel
NEW YORK — The Big Apple is getting another “biggest”: the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city’s so-called “forgotten borough....
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Republicans assail Obama on 9/11 attack in Libya
WASHINGTON — Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, a lat...
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New tests show less benzene in water wells
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — New groundwater testing in Wyoming shows lower levels of the carcinogen benzene than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported when it linked contaminants in two water...
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Associated Press Andy Williams arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in Los Angeles in 2009. Williams, who had a string of gold albums and hosted several variety shows and specials, died Tuesday at his home in Branson, Mo.
’60s, ’70s hits defined Williams
BRANSON, Mo. — For the older — OK, squarer — side of the generation gap, Andy Williams was part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and ’70s, with easy-listening hits like “Moon River,” the “Love Story”...
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Election ‘mania’ missing on college campuses
ELMHURST, Ill. — What a difference four years can make. In 2008, college campuses were filled with campaign posters and political rallies — and frenzy. Remember “Obamamania?” This year, it’s dif...
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