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Court: Heart of gay marriage law unconstitutional

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court....
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth, ends historic trip

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The history-making Dragon spacecraft is back on Earth....
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NASA chief views history-making SpaceX capsule

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
McGREGOR, Texas (AP) -- Marred by just a few scorch marks from its re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere, the world's first commercial supply spacecraft to visit the International Space Station weathered its maiden voyage well, NASA and SpaceX officials said Wednesday....
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Children of Andrew still recall 1992 hurricane

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....
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Children of Andrew still recall 1992 hurricane

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....
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Children of Andrew still recall 1992 hurricane

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....
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Children of Andrew still recall 1992 hurricane

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
MIAMI (AP) -- When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around. One of just three Category 5 storms to strike the U.S. in the past 160 years, Andrew left at least 15 people dead and more than 150,000 people homeless, its 165 mph winds causing more than $25 billion in damage....
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Feds cracking down on unsafe bus companies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-six bus operations that transported more than 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate 95 between New York and Florida have been closed for safety violations in what federal officials say is the government's largest single safety crackdown of the motor coach industry.

Teams of officials for the ...

Paris plane crash spurs cultural growth in Atlanta

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fifty years ago, a group of 106 influential cultural and civic leaders from Atlanta traveled to Europe to visit famous museums and demonstrate the ascendant southern city's commitment to culture....
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Paris plane crash spurs cultural growth in Atlanta

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fifty years ago, a group of 106 influential cultural and civic leaders from Atlanta traveled to Europe to visit famous museums and demonstrate the ascendant southern city's commitment to culture....
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Gov't cracking down on unsafe bus companies

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twenty-six bus operations that transported more than 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate 95 between New York and Florida have been closed for safety violations in what federal officials say is the government's largest single safety crackdown of the motor coach industry....
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Gov't cracking down on unsafe bus companies

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twenty-six bus operations that transported more than 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate 95 between New York and Florida have been closed for safety violations in what federal officials say is the government's largest single safety crackdown of the motor coach industry....
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Youngest-ever speller disappointed by mistake

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) -- The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history said Thursday that she knew the word she misspelled during the competition, but she was too tired, bored and stressed out to concentrate when she stepped to the microphone....
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Youngest-ever speller disappointed by mistake

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) -- The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history said Thursday that she knew the word she misspelled during the competition, but she was too tired, bored and stressed out to concentrate when she stepped to the microphone....
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Lawsuits slam 'natural' claims from OJ to chips

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company's juice is so heavily processed it shouldn't be called "natural."...
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Lawsuits slam 'natural' claims from OJ to chips

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 08:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company's juice is so heavily processed it shouldn't be called "natural."...
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Appeals court: Heart of Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In its unanimous decision, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit ...

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