Archive By Section - Nation
NEW YORK (AP) - Remember those declarations that teens are done with Facebook? Think again.
April 14, 2015
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie proposed pushing back the age of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare for future retirees on Tuesday as part of a plan to cut deficits by $1 trillion over a decade, an approach he said would confront the nation's "biggest challenges in an honest way."
April 14, 2015
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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) - Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74.
April 14, 2015
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says it has a pretty good idea who visited the destination last year: 45-year-old married people making $40,000 or more, with one-third of them coming from neighboring California.
April 14, 2015
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SANTA CLARA (AP) - Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $1.99 billion.
April 14, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The shrinking space on airplanes is surely uncomfortable, but it might also be dangerous for passengers' health and safety.
April 14, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted legislation to ease some mortgage lending requirements of the sweeping 2010 law reining in banks and Wall Street as the Republican majority continues its assault on the so-called Dodd-Frank law enacted after the financial crisis.
April 14, 2015
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SEATTLE (AP) - An airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped in a plane's cargo hold forced a Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight to return to Seattle on Monday afternoon.
April 14, 2015
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Two suburban Washington, D.C., parents are under scrutiny again for letting their 6- and 10-year-old children play in a park and walk home alone in a case that has stirred debate about "free-range" parenting and government powers.
April 13, 2015
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black man can be heard telling his supervisor twice that he didn't understand why the man ran away, according to dashcam video.
April 13, 2015
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OREGON PANEL CONSIDERS NOISE REGULATIONS FOR HAND DRYERS: SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon lawmaker proposed legislation Monday creating uniform standards for hand dryers in public restrooms, citing the proliferation of powerful dryers that, while efficient, can sometimes trigger tinnitus or cause discomfort for people with development or sensory disabilities.
April 13, 2015
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott was looking for jobs in Los Angeles on Monday.
April 13, 2015
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A Lamborghini that was part of an exotic car racing attraction at Walt Disney World crashed into a guardrail, killing a passenger and injuring the driver on Sunday, police said.
April 12, 2015
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PANAMA CITY (AP) - With a cordial evening handshake, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved Friday toward a groundbreaking meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in what would be a remarkable display of reconciliation between two nations.
April 10, 2015
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Eric Jackson took a bullet in the forearm during the deadliest mass shooting on a U.S. military base, and returned to Fort Hood five years later with other survivors Friday to receive Purple Heart medals.
April 10, 2015
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