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House to vote on variable rate student loans
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth ...
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Ocean not all that separates US European fans
Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the ...
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IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
PARIS (AP) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance ...
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Alabama County Bankruptcy Workout a Test for Municipal Bondholders
Alabama’s Jefferson County will brief a federal judge on Thursday on its progress toward exiting from bankruptcy, as the county appears likely to become the first big U.S. local government to impose losses on bondholders since the 1930s. The case is seen as a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local issuer breaks under excessive financial pressure. Jefferson County’s ...
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Japanese climber 80 becomes oldest atop Mount Everest
KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Everest breaking the record set by a Nepali who climbed Everest at the age of 76 in ...
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Youngest Okla. tornado victims remembered by kin
The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 ...
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Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
BANGKOK (AP) -- Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at ...
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Japan bond yields jump following Fed comments
TOKYO -; Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. Japanese shares fell ...
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2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
CAIRO -- It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.The prison breaks added to the chaos during the 18-day uprising in 2011, and the flood of criminals onto the streets ...
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Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
BEIJING - Computer maker Lenovo Group says its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.Lenovo Group said Thursday it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. Revenue rose 4 percent over a year earlier to $7.8 billion.Lenovo ranks a close second behind Hewlett-Packard Co. as the biggest ...
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Urban renewal Big U.S. cities showing strong growth
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting ...
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Malaysian charged with sedition 2 more arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of ...
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Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) -- The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be ...
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Chechen immigrant shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
ORLANDO, fla. - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The ...
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Keep Etowah Beautiful presents awards
Keep Etowah Beautiful on Tuesday presented awards to individuals, companies and agencies that support the group’s programs at its annual breakfast at Gadsden Country ...
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Boaz board hires Clark as baseball coach
Clark, 43, is a 22-year educator, coming to Boaz from Douglas High School, where he was boys’ varsity basketball coach.Other personnel actions included non-renewals, seven resignations, one other teacher employment, three additions to the substitute list, 29 summer workers, additional duties for two remediation teachers for the graduation exam, additional duties for four graduation exam ...
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Deputies Watch Woman Die in Alabama Court www.privateofficer.com
(CN) – A woman died on a courthouse floor because Alabama sheriff’s deputies refused to give her her medicine – after arresting her for an old traffic ticket, the woman’s daughter claims in court. Ayunna Johnae London sued St. Clair County Sheriff Terry Surles, jail administrators Austin Nash and Terry Marcrum, Southern Healthcare Partners, and its employee Jennifer ...
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Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday tornado damage could top $1 billion
2013 Moore Tornado: Find all the coverage from the Moore tornado, including photo slideshows and a video from the World's award winning ...
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Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh -; A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh, the committee head said ...
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Teen birth rates decline in most US states
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ...
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Penguins rout Senators 7-3 take 3-1 series lead
Members of the Chelsea soccer team practice at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Chelsea will take on Manchester City in an ...
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Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016
Rain falls on a car at a Ford dealership in Sydney on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ford Motor Co. said it was closing its two Australian auto plants and ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. (AP Photo/Rick ...
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Asia stocks down as China factory output slips
BANGKOK -; Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is ...
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Tuscaloosa bypass remains contentious
The $250 million interstate bypass to the east of Tuscaloosa is moving ahead with infinite lethargy and recently became bogged down in further delays, which were made necessary in part by the fact that the project had become delayed and certain aspects of it were out of date.
It was decided by the city of Tuscaloosa in 1989 that they needed a bypass to the east to relieve some of the traffic on U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 82, both of which were reaching their carrying capacity and creating massive backlogs and congestion on Woolsey Finnell Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River. Read more
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