Explorers find sunken German U-boat from WWII off Mass.

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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 ...

Man convicted of starving son, dumping body

Charges dropped in ricin letters sent to Obama

School district gets bulletproof whiteboards