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Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in films, on television and on Broadway in the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," has died at age 81....
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Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing
To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see....
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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east
DENVER (AP) -- The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border....
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Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
BEIRUT (AP) -- In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday....
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Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands....
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Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history....
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No charges against Armstrong
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures....
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Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based on their religion....
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
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Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years....
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Report: Hamilton has relapse with alcohol
DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Morning News is reporting Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar....
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2 dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot
CAIRO (AP) -- Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt....
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Trump endorses Romney after a puzzling Vegas day
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- With his trademark flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday on the famed Las Vegas strip - just hours after Newt Gingrich's advisers were spreading the word that The Donald would be anointing him instead....
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Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
NEW YORK (AP) -- The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, including all seven in California, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest....
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Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination - and it's no joke....
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Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong....
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AG Holder, House Republicans clash over documents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with Republicans at a House committee hearing Thursday over demands that the Justice Department turn over more documents about a flawed gun-smuggling investigation....
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Groundhog wars: Rodents diverge on winter forecast
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter on Thursday, making him the minority opinion among his groundhog brethren who seem to think that spring is coming early....
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Document shows NYPD eyed Shiites based on religion
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews and a newly obtained secret police document....
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From shipwreck in Italy, a treasure now beckons
ROME (AP) -- In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th-century Bohemian crystal glassware and thousands of art objects, including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master....
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