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US anti-Semitic attacks down before Kansas deaths

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and BILL DRAPER OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A group monitoring anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. cautiously noted a sharp decline in such incidents less than two weeks before the fatal shootings over the […]

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Blast at bus station in Nigerian capital kills 72

By BASHIR ADIGUN and MICHELLE FAUL ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and […]

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Russia tests Obama’s ability to stop its advances

By JULIE PACE WASHINGTON (AP) — With the White House asserting that Russia is stoking instability in eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama is once again faced with the complicated reality of following through on his tough […]

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Prosecutor peppers Oscar Pistorius with unrelenting questions

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial continued Monday to question nearly every aspect of the Olympian’s story surrounding his fatal shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Prosecutor Gerrie […]

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7 dead babies found in Utah garage, police seeking answers

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — The discovery of seven dead babies in cardboard boxes in a Utah garage has police desperately seeking answers from the mother and other family members about how such a tragedy […]

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Gov. Phil Bryant signs law changing Mississippi tax practices

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Gov Phil Bryant has signed a new law that changes how Mississippi state government collects taxes. Bryant signed the bill Thursday at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council. That […]

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Officials announce second Mississippi death from storms

PEARL, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says a second person has died because of recent storms. MEMA spokesman Greg Flynn says a Coahoma County man died Wednesday at a Memphis, Tenn., hospital. […]