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Powerful storm begins to pound Northern California

By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A storm expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years pushed across parts of Northern California early Thursday as schools canceled classes and residents stocked […]

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Ebola fighters named Time Person of the Year

By KILEY ARMSTRONG NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors, nurses and others fighting Ebola through “tireless acts of courage and mercy” have been named Time’s 2014 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Wednesday. The runners-up included […]

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Gov. Phil Bryant creates human trafficking task force

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has created a task force to recommend ways to strengthen efforts in Mississippi to combat human trafficking. Bryant says in a news release Tuesday that he expects to […]

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Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill

By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama’s new […]

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Hundreds march as California protests continue

By KRISTIN J. BENDER and PAUL ELIAS BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets Tuesday night as protests continued in Northern […]

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Miss. investigates case of woman burned to death

COURTLAND, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi authorities have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 19-year-old woman who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire. Panola County Coroner Gracie Gulledge says […]