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PARIS (AP) - A series of attacks targeting young concert-goers and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed as many as 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. President Francois Hollande pledged that France would stand firm against what he called terrorism.
November 13, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military is "reasonably certain" its drone strike in Syria killed the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages.
November 13, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - There's little doubt which candidate the Democratic Party establishment supports for president. It's not even close.
November 13, 2015
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PRICE, Utah (AP) - A Utah lesbian couple said Friday they are relieved after finding out they will be able to keep a baby girl they have been raising as foster parents.
November 13, 2015
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans police crime lab technician was called to a crime scene to photograph a shooting victim, only to realize that the dead man was her ex-boyfriend and father of her child.
November 13, 2015
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ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A man gave a fatal dose of a powerful painkiller to his girlfriend's 17-year-old daughter because she was upset about not seeing her boyfriend, according to a police affidavit released Friday.
November 13, 2015
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SAN LUIS OBISPO (AP) - Bird flu took a bite out of the turkey supply. Heavy rain washed out the pumpkin crop. Yet Thanksgiving groceries likely won't cost Americans much more than last year, and nobody should have to miss gobbling down their favorite holiday foods.
November 12, 2015
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - More than 100 women who blame their pregnancies on errant birth control packaging have joined a negligence lawsuit filed in Philadelphia against several drug companies.
November 12, 2015
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HELSINKI (AP) - After the smartphone and fitness bracelet, here comes the smart ring. And the smart pacifier, and smart rollator.
November 12, 2015
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged Wednesday with making a terrorist threat, adding to the racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top administrators to resign earlier this week.
November 11, 2015
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The presence of three women on the U.S. Supreme Court isn't enough to convince Justice Antonin Scalia that the court has become a diverse body.
November 11, 2015
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Seven associates of a Florida real estate investment company were on the second day of a multicity Midwestern trip to look at property for potential shopping centers when their small jet crashed into an Ohio apartment house, killing all nine people onboard.
November 11, 2015
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A single mother of eight young children was shot to death by an ex-boyfriend during an argument over money for diapers and baby wipes, police said in a criminal complaint.
November 11, 2015
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Roy Hawthorne recalls his time served during World War II with pride, effortlessly sharing his native Navajo language as he shows off how he used codes to trick the Japanese.
November 11, 2015
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LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey officials say it was inappropriate for a county police academy to have a self-described former Muslim terrorist speak at a class called "Know Your Enemy."
November 11, 2015
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