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02/03/2012 05:01 PM
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Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years....
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02/03/2012 08:18 PM
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Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
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BEIRUT (AP) -- In a barrage of shelling, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds early Saturday in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said....
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02/03/2012 04:28 PM
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Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
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NEW YORK (AP) -- For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming - and couldn't withstand....
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02/03/2012 08:44 PM
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No charges against Armstrong
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures....
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02/03/2012 08:49 PM
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Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history....
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02/03/2012 05:05 PM
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
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02/03/2012 07:30 PM
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Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based on their religion....
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02/03/2012 08:48 PM
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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east
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DENVER (AP) -- The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border....
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02/03/2012 08:13 PM
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INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Some are pressing for new laws or regulations that would benefit their interests in energy, mining and high finance....
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02/03/2012 05:38 PM
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Super matchups everywhere with Pats-Giants
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning - Eli, and Peyton, too....
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