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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:51 -0400 Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams |
 NEW YORK (AP) — Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:05 -0400 Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 |
 Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:30 -0400 Derby winner Orb arrives at Pimlico for Preakness |
 BALTIMORE (AP) — Orb has settled into the place reserved for royalty at Pimlico Race Course — stall 40.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:11:30 -0400 Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe |
 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:51 -0400 Drug manufacturer agrees to $500 million penalty |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S.
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:51 -0400 Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet |
 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and more energy efficiency.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:04:29 GMT Bloomberg Took Secret Path to a New Schools Chief |
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:28:20 GMT Tentative Deal in Iraq Keeps Maliki in Power |
Iraq’s leaders reached a tentative agreement to end an eight-month political impasse and return Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to power.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:14:21 GMT Wal-Mart Says ‘Try This On’: Free Shipping |
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:28:20 GMT Life in Shadows for Mentally Ill in China, With Violent Flares |
Psychiatry has been revived in China, but mental health remains a medical backwater, desperately short of financing, practitioners and esteem.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:15:16 GMT Music Review: For Nashville’s Royalty, the Shake-Up Goes On |
Victories for Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the Country Music Awards were only some of the signs that Nashville is coming to terms with a new establishment.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:17:49 GMT Obama Warns North Korea in Speech |
President Obama said North Korea faces further isolation unless it gives up nuclear weapons.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:20:02 GMT Drug Suits Raise Questions for Doctors, and Juries |
As recent lawsuits suggest a long-term risk, doctors and drug makers are debating the use of osteoporosis drugs.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:59:43 GMT U.S. Struggles to Restore Middle East Talks |
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Egyptian officials, trying to overcome an impasse.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:33:36 GMT Political Times: Alaska May Offer a View to Future Elections |
The last undecided Senate race could be weird politics or it could be an indicator of the rise of the independent voter.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:14:21 GMT Countries See Hazards in Free Flow of Capital |
Foreign capital in emerging markets has played a crucial role in development, but some are questioning its benefits.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:10:02 GMT Cuomo Visits Sing Sing and a Psychiatric Center |
At a prison and a psychiatric center, Governor-elect Andrew M. Cuomo spoke of wasteful spending and needed services.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:48:02 GMT U.S. Tweaks Message on Troops in Afghanistan |
The Obama administration is emphasizing the idea that the United States will have forces in Afghanistan until at least the end of 2014, which is a change in tone.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:05:07 GMT New Yorkers From Mexico Escorted Miner in Race |
Juan Jesus Lopez and Rene Cuahuizo couldn’t afford the entrance fees for this year’s New York City Marathon, but had a chance to run with Edison Peña, the Chilean miner.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:10:02 GMT Lichtenstein Tops Warhol in Auction |
Christie’s sale totaled $272.8 million, and featured instantly recognizable Pop Art images that virtually screamed their creators’ names.
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 01:09:03 GMT Retail sales gain shows some strength in economy |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. 
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 01:06:23 GMT Canada's Liberals win Newfoundland seat in early test for Trudeau |
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Liberals regained a seat in the House of Commons on Monday in a race viewed as an early test of the popularity of the party's new leader, Justin Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
  
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| Tue, 14 May 2013 00:14:35 GMT Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press said on Monday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 23:47:03 GMT Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127 |
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi salvage workers on Monday neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in on itself and killed 1,127 people. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 22:48:38 GMT Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. 
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| Mon, 13 May 2013 20:50:53 GMT Retail sales gain shows some strength in economy |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. 
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