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    Katrina-scattered families rebuild separately and together
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    Katrina-scattered families rebuild separately and together
    ALLEN G. BREED 
    Aug 29, 2015
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    Residents in Montana town may be out of homes for a week
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    Aug 28, 2015
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    The Latest: Migrants spooked by short sea crossing to Greece
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    Aug 28, 2015
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    Florida keeps eye on Tropical Storm Erika, could hit Monday
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    TAMARA LUSH 
    Aug 28, 2015
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    200 feared dead in latest migrant disaster off Libya’s coast
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    200 feared dead in latest migrant disaster off Libya’s coast
    MOHAMED BEN KHALIFA 
    Aug 28, 2015
    ZUWARA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities were collecting the bodies of migrants who drowned off the western coastal city of Zuwara, with some 200 feare...
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    Aug 26, 2015
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    On Mississippi’s shore, what Katrina erased not yet replaced
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    JEFF AMY 
    Aug 26, 2015
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    The Latest: Australia, New Zealand firefighters arrive in US
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    Aug 24, 2015
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    Bangkok blast probe hindered by broken security cameras
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    NATTASUDA ANUSONADISAI and JOCELYN GECKER 
    Aug 24, 2015
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    No problems with Ohio roller coaster that fatally struck man
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    Aug 14, 2015
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    Death toll rises to 50 in massive blasts at Chinese port
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    Death toll rises to 50 in massive blasts at Chinese port
    CHRISTOPHER BODEEN 
    Aug 13, 2015
    TIANJIN, China (AP) — The death toll from the fiery explosions at a warehouse of hazardous chemicals climbed Thursday to 50, and the Chinese governmen...
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    AP Interview: New Orleans mayor praises post-Katrina change
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    AP Interview: New Orleans mayor praises post-Katrina change
    REBECCA SANTANA 
    Aug 13, 2015
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    US Army copter crash-lands on ship off Japan island; 7 hurt
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    US Army copter crash-lands on ship off Japan island; 7 hurt
    MARI YAMAGUCHI 
    Aug 12, 2015
    TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. Army helicopter crashed while landing on a Navy ship during training Wednesday off Japan's southern island of Okinawa, injuring se...
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    Cuba’s tourism boom leaves some worrying they’ll be left out
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    Cuba’s tourism boom leaves some worrying they’ll be left out
    ANDREA RODRIGUEZ 
    Aug 11, 2015
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    Driver fatigue cited as cause of crash that injured comedian
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    Driver fatigue cited as cause of crash that injured comedian
    JOAN LOWY 
    Aug 11, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A fatigued Wal-Mart truck driver failed to slow down despite a warning and was responsible for a highway crash last year that severe...
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    California blaze explodes in size as wildfires roast West
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    California blaze explodes in size as wildfires roast West
    Aug 11, 2015
    LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires are charging through several states in the parched West, scorching homes and forcing people to flee. Flames are pl...
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    Zimbabwe’s Mugabe blames foreign ‘vandals’ amid lion’s death
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    Zimbabwe’s Mugabe blames foreign ‘vandals’ amid lion’s death
    FARAI MUTSAKA 
    Aug 10, 2015
    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect a popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedl...
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    Day of violence in Istanbul leaves at least 4 dead
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    Day of violence in Istanbul leaves at least 4 dead
    LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SUZAN FRASER 
    Aug 10, 2015
    ISTANBUL (AP) — Two women opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate in Istanbul Monday, while assailants exploded a car bomb at a police sta...
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    Malaysia to verify if debris in Maldives came from plane
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    Malaysia to verify if debris in Maldives came from plane
    Aug 10, 2015
    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Monday that debris has been found in the Maldives and that it will send a team to the Indian ...
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    Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four
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    August 6, 2025
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    Randolph family hosts annual ‘Gathering in the Barn’
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    Randolph family hosts annual ‘Gathering in the Barn’
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    August 6, 2025
    RANDOLPH, N.Y. — The community is invited to a free night of faith, food and fellowship, when the fourth annual “Gathering in the Barn” will take plac...
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