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POLITICS

Administration projects $1.2T budget deficit

TransCanada gets OK for south part of pipeline

Defense: Shooting suspect in ‘Batman’ movie massacre was seeing psychiatrist

Man heavily armed & calling himself 'a joker' threatened shooting up business

Chick-fil-A sandwiches now a political symbol

Some medics idled for 20 minutes after Colorado movie massacre

National drought rapidly intensifying

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THE VALLEY

Defense cuts could hit civilian workforce

NBC tops $1 billion in Olympics ad sales despite weak economy

NEW YORK (AP) - NBC said Wednesday that it has topped the $1 billion mark in advertising sales for the Olympic Games beginning this week in London.

GOP puts Obama on defense for a bit

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HEALTH

Report: Suspect described killings in package to University of Colorado

DENVER (AP) - The university once attended by a man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater confirmed on Wednesday that it received a suspicious package two days earlier that was turned over to authorities, but it wouldn't confirm its contents or sender. The University of Colorado, Denver said the U.S. Postal Service delivered the package to its medical ...

Many drugs remain legal that can give users high after 'bath salts' ban

5 year-old shoots 2-year-old sister in Kentucky

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of LA

Missing woman, thought dead, surfaces in Fla.

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to retail customers

Ohio executes man who killed, raped 6-month-old

Justice appeals morning-after case

Food, skin allergies increasing in children

FBI: Backpack from Boston suspect's room

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FROSTY START FOR UPSTATE NY ICE CREAM TRUCK SEASON: GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The chilly relationship between rival upstate New York ice cream truck operators got out of hand this season, with Sno Cone Joe trying to chase Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of the market, authorities said Wednesday.

'American Idol' is now 3rd-rated competition show

Kansas school apologies to Airman in prom dispute

Kansas school apologies to Airman in prom dispute

Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up

Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News

Worker dies in blender at Oregon meat plant

Utah referee critically hurt by soccer game punch