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China's city code enforcers chided for violence
BEIJING (AP) -- A branch of city governments China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social tensions, a rights group said Wednesday....
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Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners....
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Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus
BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank....
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Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates
Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates:...
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Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....
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Report: More support needed for kinship caregivers
NEW YORK (AP) -- As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes....
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US goes after ex-Mexican governor's Texas property
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate, federal prosecutors alleged in two forfeiture cases filed Tuesday....
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Phillips, Sanchez face off on 'Idol' finale
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jessica Sanchez wishes she could've changed one thing during the "American Idol" finale: her final song....
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Remains of 10 Ohio veterans found are buried
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Veterans and civilians stood side by side to honor 10 Ohio veterans whose remains were buried Tuesday with full military honors, several months after they were found in a funeral home basement....
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Oregon police: 5 dead in apparent murder-suicide
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A mother and her three children were found dead in a burned house, and the children's father was found dead later in a car, all victims of what police in this city in northwest Oregon said Tuesday appeared to be a murder-suicide....
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AP, news groups sue Idaho over execution access
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Associated Press and 16 other organizations are suing the state of Idaho to force officials to allow media witnesses to view executions in their entirety....
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White supremacist gets 40 years in Ariz. bombing
PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a white supremacist to 40 years in prison for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix....
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APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. institute claimed Tuesday....
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Beam them up: Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor in orbit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets....
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Boy Scouts get tech-savvy to boost membership
DALLAS (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America is trying to recruit a new generation of kids to join its troops with high-energy, high-tech activities that include thrill-inducing zip lines at a new adventure camp, apps and a television show....
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APNewsBreak: Franciscan files tell abuse story
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thousands of pages of confidential files for nine Franciscan friars accused of molestation tell the story of systemic abuse with the Roman Catholic religious order dating back decades....
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Senate panel approves airline security fee hike
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for those taking nonstop flights....
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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule....
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CBO warns of US falling off 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new government study says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect would probably throw the economy into a recession....
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Senate panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, Egypt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel has approved a foreign aid budget for next year that cuts U.S. assistance to Pakistan and Egypt....
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Taliban, Afghan neighbors could hamper NATO's exit
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The NATO summit's plan to "responsibly wind down" the Afghan war is not entirely in the hands of President Barack Obama and his fellow world leaders....
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Aunt: Suspect in NJ tourist killings mentally ill
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A woman arrested in the daytime stabbing deaths of two Canadian tourists laughed, frowned, grimaced and repeatedly asked where her lawyer was during a court appearance on Tuesday....
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Ryan Crocker, ambassador to Afghanistan, to leave
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and retiring from the U.S. foreign service after a storied tenure in some of the world's most d...
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Cuba's first daughter has gone beyond Castro name
HAVANA (AP) -- She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity....
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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncle Sam may still want you. But you? Maybe not....
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