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Panetta tells Afghans that US remains committed

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday told Afghan officials that recent violence - such as the incident last weekend in which a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree - will not deter the United States from carrying out its mission in Afghanistan....
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Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
HONOLULU (AP) -- The grisly discovery of a child's six fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu housing complex has left residents bewildered....
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Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
HONOLULU (AP) -- The grisly discovery of a child's six fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu housing complex has left residents bewildered....
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US scrubbed plan to protect exchange students

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....
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US scrubbed plan to protect exchange students

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Cameron, Obama meeting on weighty issues

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House with all the pomp of a state visit as the allies stress their unity in dealing with hot spots like Iran, Syria and Afghanistan....
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Barbers, beauticians get snippy over striped poles

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol - that red, white and blue pole - and it may be time to hide the scissors....
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Panetta lands in Afghanistan to meet with leaders

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to meet with troops, commanders and Afghan government officials just days after a U.S. soldier allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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GOP, Dems urge US 'stick to plan' in Afghanistan

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....
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U.S. scrubbed plan to protect exchange students

JACKSON, Miss. — Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.

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Arab-Muslim comedy finding voice after 9/11

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The comedian who made his name on the "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" made one thing clear when he opened a recent set at Michigan State University: "Tonight, it's not Islam 101."...
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Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book form

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free online rival Wikipedia made an irony-free note of that fact....
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Unusually warm March temps might stick around

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
CHICAGO (AP) -- Boaters cruised along the river in downtown Chicago. Golfers smacked balls in Minnesota....
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Billionaire family offers Mass. campus for free

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....
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Billionaire family offers Mass. campus for free

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....
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Billionaire family offers Mass. campus for free

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into an essential destination for Christian institutions nationwide with one extraordinary promise....
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Rutgers webcam spying trial is heading to jury

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors are set to deliberate the case of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man....
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Billionaire family offers Mass. campus for free

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 02:50
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A billionaire family from Oklahoma has turned a no-stoplight town in Massachusetts into a destination for Christian institutions nationwide with an extraordinary promise....
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