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FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP photo/Pablo Martinez)
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change,...
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House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arn...
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Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse ...
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Ga. schools to use career-oriented education model
ATLANTA — State education officials have announced they've developed courses for a new education model geared toward helping students find potential career paths. Officials from the Georgia Depart...
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Berry College's Possum Trot Church placed on national schoolhouse register
ROME, Ga. – The Possum Trot Church on Berry College’s Mountain Campus received recognition on May 31 for its importance in America’s educational history, having met the criteria for inclusion on th...
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Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon
If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way. Fresh from winning his eighth French Open, Nadal is seeded only No. 5 at Wimbledon — setting up the po...
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US President Barack Obama answers a question during the joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP photo)
Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
BERLIN (AP) — Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that ...
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Court reinstates death sentence for bank robber
ATLANTA — The Supreme Court of Georgia has reserved a lower court's decision and reinstated a death sentence for a man convicted of killing a man shortly after the robbery of a suburban Atlanta ban...
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Milk money: Farm bill could hinge on dairy vote
by MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of a massive farm bill — and the cost of a gallon of milk — could hinge on a proposed new dairy program the House is expected to vote on this week. An overhaul of dairy p...
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
by MALCON RITTER, AP Science Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) -- By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her c...
Rome man drowns at Little River Canyon
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A Rome man drowned at Little River Canyon Park in DeKalb County, Ala., on Saturday, according to a statement released on Sunday from Park Ranger Larry Beane. According to the release: Ricardo Pe...
Mandela's wife thanks world for 'love, generosity'
by JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson Mandela, giving the family comfort an...
Obama takes economic, foreign policy agenda to UK
by The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is taking a security, foreign policy and economic agenda to Northern Ireland for a meeting with heads of the leading industrial nations. He's looking for c...
Apple details government requests for data
by The Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May. The company, like some other businesses, had as...
Current, former officials back secret surveillance
by STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential to disrupting terrorist plots and have n...
Futures rising ahead of Fed's 2-day policy meeting
by The Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are rising sharply ahead of this week's two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Dow Jones futures are up 124 points to 15,112. S&P futures have added ...
Blackhawks lead Bruins 4-3 after 2nd of Game 4

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad, center, celebrates a goal by Blackhawks center Michal Handzus, right, in front of Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — Jonathan Toews broke a scoring slump in Chicago's three-goal onslaught in the second period against previously stingy goalie Tuukka Rask, and the Blackhawks led the Boston Bruins 4-3 through two periods in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night.


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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck

In this June 16, 2013 file photo provided by Great Lakes Exploration Group, diver Jim Nowka of Great Lakes Exploration Group inspects a wooden beam extending from the floor of Lake Michigan that experts believe may be part of the Griffin, a ship that sank in 1679. A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (AP Photo/Great Lakes Exploration Group, David J. Ruck, File)FAIRPORT, Mich. (AP) — A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday.


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Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.


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