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    Russia opens new Stalin museums, grapples with his legacy
    News, World
    Russia opens new Stalin museums, grapples with his legacy
    KATHERINE JACOBSEN 
    Dec 18, 2015
    KHOROSHEVO, Russia (AP) — A bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is s...
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    Congress OKs year-end budget deal, sends to Obama
    Politics
    Congress OKs year-end budget deal, sends to Obama
    ANDREW TAYLOR 
    Dec 18, 2015
    Congress Oks budget deal worth $1T in new spending and $680B in tax cuts, sends bill to ObamaKey countries meet in latest push to launch Syrian peace ...
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    Obama to hold year-end news conference before Hawaii getaway
    Politics
    Obama to hold year-end news conference before Hawaii getaway
    Dec 18, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is preparing to take questions from reporters at the White House before starting his annual Hawaii vacation. ...
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    18th-century marble bust looted by Nazis returns to Poland
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    18th-century marble bust looted by Nazis returns to Poland
    MONIKA SCISLOWSKA 
    Dec 18, 2015
    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An 18th-century marble bust of the goddess Diana looted by the Nazis in 1940 has returned to Warsaw from Vienna, where it recent...
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    Syrian crisis simplified: Who’s fighting whom, and why?
    News, World
    Syrian crisis simplified: Who’s fighting whom, and why?
    CONNIE CASS 
    Dec 18, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — One nation, two wars, a quarter-million lives lost, millions forced from their homes, and still no end in sight for the pitiless, se...
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    Russia calling the shots as nations lock down Syria plan
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    Russia calling the shots as nations lock down Syria plan
    BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Dec 18, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States and world powers gather again in an attempt to end Syria's civil war, Russia appears to be calling the shots. N...
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    Gun buyer in massacre mused on Facebook of troubles he faced
    Nation, News
    Gun buyer in massacre mused on Facebook of troubles he faced
    BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTINE ARMARIO 
    Dec 18, 2015
    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Less than a month before his friend carried out the San Bernardino massacre, the man who bought the assault rifles used in th...
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    How the AP-GfK poll on immigration was conducted
    Politics
    How the AP-GfK poll on immigration was conducted
    The Associated Press 
    Dec 18, 2015
    The Associated Press-GfK poll on immigration was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Dec. 3-7. It is based on online intervie...
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    Syrian man whose plight spurred Obama’s support comes to US
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    Syrian man whose plight spurred Obama’s support comes to US
    JEFF KAROUB 
    Dec 18, 2015
    ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A Syrian scientist whose harrowing, tragic story spurred supporting words from President Barack Obama and a successful fundraisi...
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    UN: At talks, Yemeni negotiators reach deal on aid delivery
    News, World
    UN: At talks, Yemeni negotiators reach deal on aid delivery
    Dec 17, 2015
    GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen says negotiators from the country's warring sides have reached a deal to allow the resumption of humani...
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    Up to $328 million for Paris attack victims, families
    News, World
    Up to $328 million for Paris attack victims, families
    Dec 17, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — Up to 300 million euros ($328 million) may be set aside for compensating victims of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks and their families, France'...
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    Margaret Thatcher auction nets unexpected $6.8 million
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Margaret Thatcher auction nets unexpected $6.8 million
    Dec 17, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The lady's certainly for earning. An auction of artifacts belonging to late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — including her sig...
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    US-Cuba aviation deal allows 30 scheduled flights a day
    News, World
    US-Cuba aviation deal allows 30 scheduled flights a day
    MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN 
    Dec 17, 2015
    HAVANA (AP) — The United States and Cuba have struck a deal to allow 30 regular airline flights a day, allowing a surge of American travel to Cuba tha...
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    Chicago families have new hope for police shooting reviews
    Nation, News
    Chicago families have new hope for police shooting reviews
    DON BABWIN 
    Dec 17, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Janet Lindsey Ferguson has carried a poster bearing a photograph of her teenage son, Rickey Childs, ever since he was shot and killed b...
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    US, Cuba near deal on restoring commercial flights
    News, World
    US, Cuba near deal on restoring commercial flights
    MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Dec 17, 2015
    HAVANA (AP) — The United States and Cuba are close to a deal on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights, Cuban and American officials said We...
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    Mistrial in 1st officer’s trial in Freddie Gray case
    Nation, News
    Mistrial in 1st officer’s trial in Freddie Gray case
    JULIET LINDERMAN and DAVID DISHNEAU 
    Dec 16, 2015
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The first effort to convict an officer in Freddie Gray's death from a broken neck in a Baltimore Police van ended Wednesday with a hu...
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    UK Supreme Court rules against Trump over wind farm
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    UK Supreme Court rules against Trump over wind farm
    GREGORY KATZ 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously against tycoon and U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump in his battle to stop...
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    Spending bill would extend health care to 9/11 responders
    Nation, News
    Spending bill would extend health care to 9/11 responders
    MARY CLARE JALONICK 
    Dec 16, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — First responders who became ill after rushing to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks and spent weeks cleaning up the s...
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    Sheriff: Survivor of medical copter crash signaled searchers
    Nation, News
    Sheriff: Survivor of medical copter crash signaled searchers
    BOB SEAVEY and PAUL DAVENPORT 
    Dec 16, 2015
    PHOENIX (AP) — A medical helicopter crashed in rugged terrain east of Phoenix, killing two crew members and seriously injuring a third, who was still ...
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    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
    News, World
    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
    Dec 16, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local: 6:45 p.m. Human Rights Watch says Russia and other nations tryi...
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    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
    August 3, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK  — A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke...
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    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Emergency alerts sounded during deadly West Virginia flooding
    Here's how they work — and when they're used
    By KING JEMISON  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 3, 2025
    (TNS) — Kaysi Ricker's phone buzzed with a flash flood warning. She scrambled down to the creek behind her house to clean up the toys her niece and ne...
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    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
    Lifestyles
    Man hopes statement of affection isn’t taken the wrong way
    August 3, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven't seen since. She's around my age. We both were married one year...
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    August 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    By CHARLES THOMPSON pennlive.com 
    August 2, 2025
    (TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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