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EPA pushes strict air quality standards
6/15/12 11:03 AM
The Obama administration is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air.
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Gray hair? stress? That's not the only cost of raising a child, report finds
6/15/12 7:17 AM
A government report released Thursday found that a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $235,000 in child-related expenses from birth through age 17. That's a 3.5 percent increase from 2010.
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71-year-old N.Y. lifeguard settles age discrimination suit
6/14/12 4:15 PM
A lifeguard on Long Island who has worked in the business for more than half a century received a $65,000 settlement after he says he was fired based on age discrimination.
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Accuser: Sandusky threatened me after assault
6/13/12 11:29 PM
A witness, now 25, told jurors Sandusky assaulted him in the basement of the former Penn State assistant football coach's State College home in the late 1990s, then threatened to keep him away from his biological family.
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Obama honors dads, troops at lunch with D.C. barbers
6/13/12 6:09 PM
Longtime Northeast barbers Nurney Mason and Otis "Big O" Gamble say they got the opportunity of a lifetime, having lunch with the President as he promoted "Fatherhood Buzz."
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Michelle Obama joins Pinterest, pins family photos
6/13/12 5:00 PM
First Lady Michelle Obama captioned some of the photos herself, including recent shots of the Obama family skipping stones and playing minigolf, and older family photos including a wedding day picture.
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Boy Scout board executive does not support exclusion of gays
6/13/12 12:10 PM
A corporate executive who serves on the governing board of the Boy Scouts of America says he doesn't support the Scouts' policy of excluding gays and will work from within to seek a change.
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Zimmerman's wife arrested on perjury charges
6/12/12 5:50 PM
Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of George Zimmerman, was arrested Tuesday on perjury charges.
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Coast Guard: New Jersey yacht explosion could be a hoax
6/12/12 5:25 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard says a report of an explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey could be a hoax.
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The difference a year makes: Pentagon marks gay pride month
6/15/12 8:56 AM
This summer, the Pentagon will salute them, marking June as gay pride month just as it has marked other celebrations honoring racial or ethnic groups.
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Amazing story of survival, resilience, shared with ABC7
6/14/12 4:19 PM
It’s an amazing story of survival—Reon Schutte is a former South African Special Forces soldier who survived 13 years in a POW camp.
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Unemployment aid filings up by 6,000 last week
6/14/12 8:45 AM
More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish.
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Man found guilty in Texas stand-your-ground case
6/13/12 7:58 PM
A Texas man who claimed the state's version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a party has been convicted of murder.
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Prosecutors drop case against John Edwards
6/13/12 5:30 PM
John Edwards, whose illegal campaign contributions trial ended in an acquittal on one charge and mistrial on five others, won't be retried on the charges again.
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More trouble for Obama's Iraq ambassador nominee
6/13/12 2:44 PM
Six GOP members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday calling on him to withdraw Brett McGurk's nomination.
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Is a mom's housework worth three times a father's?
6/12/12 6:09 PM
The Insure.com Father's Day Index says that the typical father's chores around the house carries a monetary value of $20,250 if a professional were to do them. On the flip side, mom's work is worth three times that much at $60,182.
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McQueary testifies in Sandusky case
6/12/12 5:35 PM
Former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary told jurors in Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial Tuesday that he saw his ex-colleague with a prepubescent boy in an on-campus shower and that he that he heard "skin-on-skin smacking sound."
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Florida task force to review Stand Your Ground law
6/12/12 5:23 PM
"What this law is saying to us is it's okay to be a vigilante in our society today," says Trayvon Martin's father.
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