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FAA forecast: High air fares most of this decade

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday....
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FAA forecast: High air fares most of this decade

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday....
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Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the Obama administration's go-to civil rights groups in its efforts to build relationships with American Muslims is suing the New York Police Department over its surveillance programs, some of which were paid for with federal money....
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2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) -- Two children who were found living in a stench-filled abandoned school bus near Houston, its windows blocked and the lot around it covered in trash, are in the custody of Texas child welfare workers, officials said Thursday....
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2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) -- Two children who were found living in a stench-filled abandoned school bus near Houston, its windows blocked and the lot around it covered in trash, are in the custody of Texas child welfare workers, officials said Thursday....
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Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights....
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Pakistan's top court to deliver verdict in PM case

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict later this week in a contempt case against the prime minister that could see him losing his job, the premier's lawyer said Tuesday....

Homeless youth: the next battle for gay equality

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
NEW YORK (AP) -- Iro Uikka clutches his throat as he describes the violent clash that led to spending his nights sleeping in New York City subway cars....
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Greece: Business blasts 'undertaker' politicians

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of a major Greek business organization has lashed out at the country's politicians for failing to form a coalition government and triggering new elections, accusing them of acting like "undertakers"...

Rebels battle in Assad stronghold of Damascus

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
BEIRUT (AP) -- Bullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the center of his power....

Kerry: Time isn't right for US move against Syria

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry said Thursday the violent crackdown by Bashar Assad's regime in Syria shouldn't be tolerated, but the world must respond "in a responsible way."...

Mich.: $1M lotto winner cut from food assistance

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- State officials say a Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been removed from the food assistance program....
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Web star born: Kony video gets millions of views

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he's an Internet star now....

Obama's former nanny overwhelmed by new celebrity

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer....

Obama's former nanny overwhelmed by new celebrity

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer....

Egypt again postpones trial of US nonprofit groups

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:47
CAIRO (AP) -- A Cairo court Thursday delayed once again the case of 16 Americans and 27 other employees of nonprofit groups accused of fomenting unrest in Egypt....
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