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Updated 14 years, 8 months ago
A shovel-ready project

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School deluged with calls about Tebow

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Pentagon doing damage control

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Brown winter = more green for U.S. cities

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The warm, brown winter that has disappointed snow lovers in much of the U.S. has put more green in the pockets of state and local governments…

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Mars-bound rover begins trajectory maneuver

LOS ANGELES - NASA's latest rover to Mars fired its thrusters Wednesday to adjust its course to the red planet for a landing in August.

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Supreme Court debates TV rules

WASHINGTON - In colorful give and take, the Supreme Court debated whether policing curse words and nudity on broadcast television makes sense in the cable era, one justice suggesting the policy is fast becoming moo…

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Two in a row for Romney

CONCORD, N.H. - Mitt Romney cruised to a solid victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, picking up steam from his first-place finish in the lead-off Iowa caucuses and firmly establishing himself as the m…

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
More sex education at younger ages pushed

WASHINGTON - Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the s…

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Deadly shooting, one year later

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Unemployment and elections

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Searching for gang members

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Romney's rivals look to South Carolina

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mitt Romney's rivals are all but conceding defeat in next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, looking past a weekend debate doubleheader in the…

Updated 14 years, 9 months ago
Economy picking up steam

WASHINGTON - Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be in an elusive pattern known a…