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Principal’s suicide, forged tests rock promising NY school
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 10:07 pmJeanene Worrell-Breeden had what she called a dream job running a public school linked with Columbia University’s Teachers College when she killed herself by jumping in front of a subway car this spring.
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Suspicious packages sent to Oregon government buildings
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 9:07 pmAuthorities in Oregon are investigating suspicious packages sent to government buildings around the state.
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House, Senate on collision course in highway debate
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 9:07 pmSenators overruled heated conservative opposition Monday and added a measure reviving the federal Export-Import Bank to must-pass highway legislation. But House Republicans declared the Senate transportation bill dead on arrival.
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‘Aggressive’ search underway for 2 teens on fishing trip
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 9:07 pmThe Coast Guard searched “aggressively” off the Florida coast and friends combed the shoreline Monday for any sign of two teenage fishermen, described as experienced boaters, who went missing three days earlier after setting out for the Bahamas on a stormy afternoon.
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China stocks volatile after big fall, Hong Kong rises
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 8:07 pmChina’s stock market was volatile Tuesday after falling the most in eight years the day before while other markets also flitted between gains and losses.
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Boy Scout board approves end to blanket ban on gay adults
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 7:07 pmThe Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on
gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the
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Oil leak caused Marine jet crash in Southern California
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 7:07 pmAn oil leak caused a Marine fighter jet to crash in a Southern California neighborhood last year, setting several homes on fire and destroying the aircraft, it was reported Monday.
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Correction: Smoltz-Tommy John Surgery story
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 7:07 pmIn a story July 2 about John Smoltz’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he would be the first player enshrined into the Hall following Tommy John surgery. Smoltz is the first pitcher to enter the Hall who had the operation. A corrected version of the story is […]
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California seeing more wildfires, but sustaining less damage
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 6:07 pmThe number of California wildfires so far this year is up, but the acreage burned is smaller, the result of favorable weather and more firefighters who can quickly be dispatched to corral flames, fire officials say.
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Correction: Hall of Fame Inductions story
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 6:07 pmIn a story July 26 about the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Associated Press reported erroneously that John Smoltz was the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame who had undergone Tommy John surgery. Smoltz was the first pitcher to enter the Hall who had the operation.
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Judge: Citizens United must disclose donor information to NY
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 5:07 pmA nonprofit conservative organization advocating for less government must disclose information about its major donors to New York’s attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the state, a judge said Monday.
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Remains of Pearl Harbor victims raised for identification
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 5:07 pmThe military on Monday exhumed more caskets containing the unidentified remains of USS Oklahoma crew members killed in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Federal appeals court upholds California’s shark fin ban
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 5:07 pmA federal appeals court Monday upheld a California law banning the sale, distribution and possession of shark fins.
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3 teens in Arkansas slaying investigation being returned
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 5:07 pmThree teenagers sought for questioning in the fatal shooting of an Arkansas couple were on their way back to the state from Texas on Monday.
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A look at wildfires burning around the West
Associated Press | July 27, 2015 4:07 pmHere is a look at wildfires burning around the West. ___ CALIFORNIA — Campgrounds were evacuated and hundreds of homes were threatened by a 2-square-mile wildfire in Sierra National Forest north of Fresno. It was 5 percent contained. — Four firefighters were injured Sunday and a fire engine was damaged in a wildfire threatening about […]
