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Court upholds 'under God' in pledge
Appeals panel rejects challenge to ‘In God We Trust’ on money
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Lesbian teen sues Miss. school over prom flap
JACKSON , Miss. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend and w...
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N.C.-bound jet hits birds, returns to N.Y. airport
ROCHESTER , N.Y. (AP) — The pilot of a US Airways jet reported a bird strike and an engine problem shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport Thursday, forcing the plane to turn back ...
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FBI looking into N.J. man linked to attack in Yemen
HADDONFIELD , N.J. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from New Jersey who’s accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.
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Massive school closures in K.C. to be done by fall
KANSAS CITY , Mo. (AP) — Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district’s schools by the start of classes in August without offering details of how they in...
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Higher home down payments could threaten housing market
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could thr...
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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama’s health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without...
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More Chile quakes as new president takes over; aftershock nearly as strong as temblor that shook Haiti
SANTIAGO , Chile (AP) — A series of strong aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office. The new president immediately urged c...
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Probe targets more kids' jewelry; high levels of cadmium found in 'Rudolph'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children’s jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents to throw away “Rudo...
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Ga. judge's order dismisses claims in King dispute
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., months after the siblings reached a settleme...
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