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GM recalls nearly 27K vehicles to fix transmissions
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The General Motors recall affects Buick LaCrosse full-size cars and Cadillac SRX crossover SUVs from the 2013 model year.
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Statue of Liberty to reopen by July 4
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The Statue of Liberty will reopen by July 4, officials said Tuesday.
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Bombings in Iraq kill 65 a decade after invasion
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The symbolism of Tuesday's attacks was strong, coming 10 years to the day, Washington time, that President George W. Bush announced the start of hostilities against Iraq. It was already early March 20, 2003, in Iraq when the airstrikes began.
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23 urged to get rabies shot after transplant death
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Public health agencies in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland and North Carolina began searching at least a week ago for people who may have been exposed.
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Elmo puppeteer faces abuse suit in Pa.
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The former voice of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16.
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Gay marriage legalization support up, new poll finds
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Hillary Clinton and Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman were some of the more notable names that came out recently in support of gay marriage.
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Thomas Perez next Secretary of Labor?
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Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be the next secretary of labor, the White House says.
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GOP works to become more 'welcoming and inclusive'
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In a report released Monday, the RNC says that the way the party communicates its principles isn't resonating widely enough and that focus groups perceive the party as "narrow minded," ''out of touch" and "stuffy old men."
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Hillary Clinton announces support for gay marriage
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.
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Steubenville case: Football players convicted of rape
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The ordeal of an eastern Ohio community roiled by allegations of rape against two high school football players is far from over, despite the teens' conviction for the crime and their sentence to juvenile prison terms.
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University of Central Florida dorm evacuated after explosives found
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Authorities investigating an apparent suicide discovered weapons and explosive devices in a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando
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Bus crash that killed Pa. coach being investigated
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Police are investigating what caused a bus carrying a college women's lacrosse team to veer off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crash into a tree, killing head coach Kristina Quigley, her unborn child and the driver.
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Sen. Rob Portman now supports gay marriage, reverses previous position
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Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is now supporting gay marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his sons is gay.
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Matthew Keys allegedly helped hack Tribune Company's computer system
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A journalist has vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface an online story of the Los Angeles Times.
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Pentagon spending $1 billion on unemployment program for veterans
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Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily.
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Jobless aid numbers down by 10,000 last week
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Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, reducing the average number of weekly applications last month to a five-year low. The drop shows that fewer layoffs are strengthening the job market.
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Homeschooled students get more sleep than traditional students, study shows
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In the battle for more Z’s, it seems that homeschooled students have a leg up.
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New York shootings: Kurt Myers, man suspected of shootings, killed in shootout
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Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of four men in neighboring upstate New York villages was holed up in a small, cluttered room in an abandoned bar when he died in a shootout with police SWAT teams.
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