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Vietnam veteran finally gets Bronze Star
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Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested
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Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
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UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
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China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
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Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
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Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
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Stocks open lower, market headed for a weekly loss
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Wash. I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load
A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from...
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NC prisoners might lose legal advocates
The state Senate spending plan would eliminate funding for North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that opened nearly 13,000 cases last year.
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WORLD
Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.
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NATION/WORLD
UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane
A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.
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WORLD
Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients
An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.
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BUSINESS
US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April
U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring.
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NATION/WORLD
Evacuated residents of ND city returning home
Residents of a northeastern North Dakota city who evacuated their homes Tuesday because flooding threatened a nearby dam are going home.
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NATION/WORLD
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."
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WORLD
Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government...
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NATIONAL
This Week in the Civil War
This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.
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NATION/WORLD
Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital
A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said.
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BUSINESS
France won't force companies to cap executive pay
The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.








