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Associated Press Dr. Meeta Khan wears a face mask as she examines a respiratory patient Thursday at the Rush University Hospital emergency department in Chicago. Whether this flu season will be considered a bad season by the time it has run its course in the spring remains to be seen.
Flu season strikes early and, in some places, hard
NEW YORK — From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Penns...
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Associated Press A rare 1865 baseball card of the Brooklyn Atlantics was discovered in a photo album bought at a yard sale in Baileyville, Maine, on the Canadian border. The Saco River Auction Co., auction house expects six-figure bids at its Feb. 6 auction.
1865 baseball card found in Maine to be auctioned
PORTLAND, Maine — Six-figure bids are expected when an auction house sells a rare 148-year-old baseball card that was discovered at a yard sale in rural Maine, the auction house manager said Wednes...
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Most Americans intimidated by filing taxes
WASHINGTON — Too intimidated to fill out your tax return without help? Join the club. At nearly 4 million words, the U.S. tax law is so thick and complicated that businesses and individuals spen...
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Explosion forces shutdown at ADM plant in Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. — Archer Daniels Midland shut down operations Wednesday at its corn processing plant in central Illinois after an early-morning explosion damaged the facility. A fire broke out afte...
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Boeing defends Dreamliner, safety questions remain
Boeing’s 787 is supposed to revolutionize air travel. It just needs to get out of its own way first. The new plane is undoubtedly Boeing’s most visible. It’s built from composites instead of alu...
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Associated Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg surveys the damage to a passenger ferry after it crashed Wednesday in New York. At least 57 people were injured when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City's financial district, ripping open a right-side front corner.
High-speed ferry strikes NYC dock; dozens injured
NEW YORK — A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, seriously injuring 11 people, inclu...
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Documents show battle over lottery winner’s estate
CHICAGO — The widow of a Chicago lottery winner who authorities say was poisoned with cyanide has battled with his siblings over control of his estate, including his $425,000 prize money, court doc...
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Biden pledges urgent action from Obama on gun control
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could “take thousands of people out of h...
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Judge: NYPD must halt suspicion-less Bronx stops
NEW YORK — The New York City Police Department likely turned a blind eye to violations of the Constitutional rights of thousands of individuals detained at private residential buildings in the Bron...
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Detective: Accused theater shooter played puppets with paper bags
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — It was just hours after a deadly Colorado theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack and booby trapping his apartme...
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