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WASHINGTON - The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - Nobody wants to buy them a beer. Full Story »
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BANGOR, Maine - Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama, in remarks aired late Sunday, awarded himself a B plus for his first 11 months in office, stressing in an interview with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey that there was still much to be done. Full Story »
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HOUSTON - The day after Houston voters chose Annise Parker to become the city's first openly gay mayor, she did as she had throughout a contentious, hard-fought campaign: focused on the brick-and-mortar realities of running the country's fourth largest city. Full Story »
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ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. - A day in the life of Edison Dardar starts with a caterwaul of a shout. A yawlp. His chest puffs up: "Yay-hoooo!" Morning cries down the road greet him. "Wa-hoooo!" .... "Yaaaah!" .... "Aaaahh-eee." The Indian fisherman smiles. His cousins and nephews are doing well. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House economists on Sunday predicted the U.S. economy will start creating jobs by spring and said that boosting employment will be at the top of President Barack Obama's agenda next year. Full Story »
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President Obama is planning to give financial executives a tongue-lashing on Monday over big bonuses and tightfisted lending. But can political rhetoric get bankers to make loans they don't want to make? Full Story »
LAS VEGAS - The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases. Full Story »
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - As a winter storm barreled toward Mount Hood, rescuers raced to find two experienced climbers missing for four days on Oregon's highest peak. Full Story »
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The mental strain of expanded deployments is prompting the military to institute new programs aimed at helping soldiers most at risk Full Story »
More than one in five borrowers of federal student loans who attend for-profit colleges default within three years of beginning repayment, new figures made available by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday show. Full Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY - The husband of a 28-year-old woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone has retained an attorney. Full Story »
DALLAS - Federal agents are investigating whether a helicopter they have held for 14 months at an airport in Texas was earmarked for shipment to Iran. Full Story »
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MADISON, Wis. - During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way — everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a life. Full Story »
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MIDLAND, Michigan (AFP) - The signs posted along Michigan's Tittabawassee River warning of dangerous dioxin levels don't really worry fisherman David Mitchell. Full Story »
CONCORD, N.H. - The original punishments — including standing on the gallows for an hour with a noose around the neck — have been softened to a $1,200 fine, yet some lawmakers think it's time for the 200-year-old crime of adultery to come off New Hampshire's books. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - The hustle was already hard for aspiring rappers like Antoine and Kawan Tucker, who ask visitors in Times Square for cash donations for their self-produced CDs. Full Story »
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