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  • 4 Americans killed in drone strikes Holder

    QUETTA, Pakistan – A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police ...

  • The way of CEO pay Up up and away

    CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the last recession but ...

  • Drug cartel sets fire to rural state

    Soldiers are escorted by residents and armed members of a local self-defense group into the town of Buenavista, Mexico, on Wednesday. Residents of this town have taken up arms to defend their community against drug ...

  • IRS official denies misdeeds takes 5th

    WASHINGTON – Lois Lerner, the midlevel Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a controversy over treatment of small-government groups, Wednesday invoked her right not to testify after reading a statement denying that she had committed any crimes. "I am very proud of the work that I have done in government," she said Wednesday, reading a statement at the House ...

  • Protests follow vote to close 50 Chicago schools

    CHICAGO – The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define – for better or worse – Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment and as part of their efforts to improve the city’s struggling ...


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Movie Review

GoldenEye

It's been six years since James Bond drew his Walter PB-K on the silver screen, and since that time there has been such a drastic change in the state of the world that one is forced to ask the question: "Is there room in the 90's for 007?" In today's post-Cold War politically correct environment, James Bond does not seem to have a comfortable niche. As the new female M tells him to his face, "Mr. ... ...

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  • Contraceptive challenges move ahead

    CHICAGO – Religiously devout business owners are raising a broad rebellion against providing employees with contraceptive coverage, bringing dozens of lawsuits that seem certain to land the issue before the Supreme Court. Company owners say their religious beliefs take precedence over a new federal requirement, contained in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, that they give employees ...

  • UK leader says deadly attack likely terrorism

    In an image from video footage, a man who appears to be one of the attackers holds a knife and cleaver in his bloodied hands after a brutal attack that left one man dead Wednesday near a military barracks in London. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the attack appeared to be ...

  • Teen who wrote song that became YouTube hit dies

    LAKELAND, Minn. – When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn’t have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the teenager turned to writing music – and his farewell song, “Clouds,” became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 million views. Other musicians have covered the tune, and it inspired a ...

  • Jury told to keep debating Arias fate

    PHOENIX – Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying. The panel reported its impasse after only about 2 1/2 hours of deliberations. Judge Sherry Stephens told jurors to try to identify ...

  • Fatal falls prompt safety push at Hocking Hills

    LOGAN, Ohio (AP) - State officials say safety improvements are planned after a third fatal fall from a cliff recently in the Hockings Hills region of southeastern ...

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