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Nereus, the robotic submarine developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, has reached the depths of the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean on May 31, becoming only the third craft to reach the abyss in history. Resurrected to swim down to a..
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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First lady Michelle Obama on Monday urged students to remember in their thoughts and prayers those suffering from the swine flu in Mexico.
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AP, Portland
First-quarter earnings so far from across the market are coming in better than expected _ largely as a result of a very low bar.
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AP, Pittsfield
Amherst and Williams colleges are marking the 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate baseball game with a rematch.
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First lady Michelle Obama hopes to turn an annual White House picnic for members of Congress into a community service event for lawmakers and their families.
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Almost two weeks before tests confirmed she was the first person to die of swine flu, doctors in the southern colonial town of Oaxaca couldn’t figure out what was...
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First baseman Kevin Youkilis and right fielder J.D. Drew were out of the Boston Red Sox lineup for Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians.
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First Solar, the nation’s largest solar panel maker, reported Wednesday that first-quarter profits more than tripled as the company inked numerous new power...
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First lady Michelle Obama kept her promise to actively volunteer in the Washington area Wednesday, bagging lunches for hungry children at a local food bank on her...
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First Solar Inc., the nation’s largest solar panel maker, says its profit more than tripled in the first quarter despite tightened bank lending that has made it...
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The 21 women nervously mingling at the White House were among the best in their fields.
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First dog Bo is a “kind of crazy” puppy who likes to chew on people’s feet, Michelle Obama told children visiting the White House on Thursday.
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First, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt.
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They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about...
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First they felt their reputations were stained by the financial meltdown. Now they’re paying a price they protest is unfair.
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For one weekend, Jim Schwartz gets to stop worrying about the NFL draft and be a coach again.
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Rex Ryan gathered the New York Jets around him in the middle of the field and punctuated his first practice as a head coach with a complaint.
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A federal judge has ruled the IRS can serve a summons on First Data Corp., its affiliates and subsidiaries for information on suspected tax evaders.
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AP, Minneapolis
First the coach, now the general manager.
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The Department of Justice is seeking information from payment-card processor First Data Corp. on merchants who may be using offshore accounts to hide income and avoid...
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