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Tropical storm warnings issued
MIAMI — Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the Southeast coast from north Florida to South Carolina as a cluster of thunderstorms was gathering strength Friday night and expected to become Tropical Storm Beryl over the Memorial ...
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Maine churches fight gay marriage
CENTRALIA, Pa. — It’s an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won’t be celebrating....
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Fights brewing over coal export
SEATTLE — With the Northwest poised to become the country’s leading coal-export region, fights are emerging on several fronts....
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Emissions reach record high
WASHINGTON — Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide reached an all-time high last year, further reducing the chances that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in global average temperature by 2020, according to the International ...
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NASA unloads SpaceX capsule
LOS ANGELES — Less than 24 hours after a historic docking, astronauts aboard the International Space Station clambered into SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft and began unloading supplies that were packed inside....
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Indiana man fatally shoots himself after hostage release
VALPARAISO, Ind. — A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said....
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Obama, Romney trying to play it safe
WASHINGTON — In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe....
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Images vary of man charged in ’79 murder
NEW YORK — The anniversary of the day 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school dawned with his suspected killer in police custody, but it ended with a muddled portrait of the man who confessed to strangling the little boy and ...
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U.S. ups deportation efforts for criminal immigrants
WASHINGTON — In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly 25 percent the number of agents tasked with finding and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal ...
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Maine churches fight gay marriage
PORTLAND, Maine — Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father’s Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November’s ballot question asking voters to ...
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Tropical storm warnings issued
