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SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.

All nine engines for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared to life Saturday morning. But with ...

Amid apparent rift, kin mourn Mary Kennedy

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Mary Richardson Kennedy had been close to the Kennedys for much of her life, as a teenage friendship led to a marriage into one of America's most famous families....
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LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two University of Southern California graduate students from China who were shot in an apparent robbery attempt last month near campus, police said....
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Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) -- Warm, dry weather hindered hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove....
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Chicago protesters break away from nurses' rally

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power - a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit....
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After NATO summit, questions about protest mindset

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
CHICAGO (AP) -- For activists, the NATO summit in Chicago served as one big stage from which to air a broad range of grievances - not just the war in Afghanistan or other actions of the 63-year-old military alliance....
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Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....
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Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....
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LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two young men have were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month, police said....
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Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976....
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Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976....
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Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
SEATTLE (AP) -- Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday....
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Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
SEATTLE (AP) -- Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday....
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Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
ATLANTA (AP) -- Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."...
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Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
ATLANTA (AP) -- Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."...
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Ultra-Orthodox plan huge NYC meeting on Net risks

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way....
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Explosive Gun Battle: Brothers In Arms

TruthNews.US - News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
Infowars | Here, a few "bitter clingers" are defending the 2nd Amendment by exercising their 1st Amendment right to promote the fun of guns.

Feds say pilot tried to bring gun on plane in NY

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 04:49
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight at Buffalo for New York City with a loaded revolver in his bag, and authorities believe he'd been flying with it for two days....
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