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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lea…
Woodsy sweetness on tap
CHATHAM, N.Y. - The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis' upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and - for years now - beer keg…
Reps for West Coast dockworkers urge union to OK contract
LOS ANGELES - A tentative contract agreement that restored the flow of international trade through West Coast seaports earlier this year took a big step closer Friday to becoming official, as representatives of the…
U.S. woman accused of trying to join, martyr self for IS group
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia woman was arrested Friday on charges she tried to join and martyr herself for the Islamic State group, a day after two women in N…
Dollar falls, bonds jump after disappointing U.S. hiring
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. government bond prices jumped and the dollar dipped on Friday following news that U.S. employers added the fewest jobs in a month since December 2013. The stock market was closed in observance …
Could Iran cheat?
WASHINGTON - The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be abl…
Easier access to plastic
NEW YORK - People struggling with a bad credit score, or lack of one, could benefit from a program debuting in the next few months aimed at making it easier to…
Schuller, Crystal Cathedral megachurch founder, dies
ARTESIA, Calif. - The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, a California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions of foll…
Stock split could cost Google more than $500 million
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain control of the Internet's most…
California moves to kill the lawn, save the water
LONG BEACH, Calif. - What's it going to take to get people to use a lot less water in drought-stricken California, the Technicolor landscape of lush yards, eme…
Paychecks arching upward
NEW YORK - McDonald's said it's raising pay for workers at company-owned U.S. restaurants, making it the latest employer to sweeten worker incentives in an imp…
Brown: We have to pull together
ECHO LAKE, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as s…
Former Atlanta educators convicted in cheating scandal
ATLANTA - In one of the biggest cheating scandals of its kind in the U.S., 11 former Atlanta public school educators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for their role in a scheme to inflate students' scores o…
Jury rejects Michigan man's Heinz ketchup packet patent suit
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal jury on Wednesday rejected a Michigan man's claims that a condiment package he patented in 1997 led H.J. Heinz Co. to develop its D…
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