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    Senegal activist: Release 7 men convicted of gay acts
    News, World
    Senegal activist: Release 7 men convicted of gay acts
    CARLEY PETESCH 
    Aug 28, 2015
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Senegalese activist and a rights group on Friday called for the release of seven men arrested in July and sentenced to six mon...
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    The Latest on TV shooting: Suspect sued former employer
    Nation, News
    The Latest on TV shooting: Suspect sued former employer
    Aug 26, 2015
    MONETA, Va. (AP) — The latest on the fatal on-air shooting of two TV station employees in central Virginia (all times local): 12:40 p.m. The man suspe...
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    Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dies at 104
    Nation, News
    Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dies at 104
    PHILLIP LUCAS 
    Aug 26, 2015
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in ...
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    With historic visit, Obama to seek common cause with pope
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    With historic visit, Obama to seek common cause with pope
    JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Aug 26, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping into office in 2009, President Barack Obama captured near rock-star status around the world among millions who saw him as t...
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    Hungary’s border fence proves futile in slowing migrant flow
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    Hungary’s border fence proves futile in slowing migrant flow
    BELA SZANDELSZKY and JOVANA GEC 
    Aug 26, 2015
    ROSZKE, Hungary (AP) — Clambering over the razor-wire fence or crawling under it, migrants surged Wednesday across the Serbian border into Hungary. Th...
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    Gay, straight couples say ‘I do’ to Justice Kennedy’s words
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    Gay, straight couples say ‘I do’ to Justice Kennedy’s words
    JESSICA GRESKO 
    Aug 25, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Emily Smith and Jillian Levine had already chosen a venue, booked a band and written the first draft of the ceremony for their weddi...
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    Merkel condemns neo-Nazi riots outside refugee shelter
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    Merkel condemns neo-Nazi riots outside refugee shelter
    FRANK JORDANS 
    Aug 24, 2015
    BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday condemned the neo-Nazi riots outside a refugee shelter in eastern Germany over the weekend, calling t...
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    Racial identity of activist questioned but does it matter?
    Nation, News
    Racial identity of activist questioned but does it matter?
    SCOTT STROUD and PHILLIP LUCAS 
    Aug 24, 2015
    Questions about the racial identity of a well-known activist in the "Black Lives Matter" movement have stirred controversy and drawn a blistering resp...
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    The Latest: Kerry: talks on full ties with Cuba ahead
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    The Latest: Kerry: talks on full ties with Cuba ahead
    Aug 14, 2015
    HAVANA (AP) — The latest on ceremonies to raise the U.S. flag over the embassy in Havana after 54 years of broken diplomatic relations: ___ 1:30 p.m. ...
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    In speech, Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba
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    In speech, Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba
    SERGIO BUSTOS 
    Aug 14, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio vowed Friday to roll back the Obama administration's new Cuba policy on his first day in...
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    The Latest: Clerk’s lawyers in gay marriage case want stay
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Clerk’s lawyers in gay marriage case want stay
    ASSOCIATED PRESS 
    Aug 13, 2015
    MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on a Kentucky county clerk's office that has defied a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex cou...
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    Allies of pivotal civil rights victim reflect 50 years later
    Nation, News
    Allies of pivotal civil rights victim reflect 50 years later
    RIK STEVENS 
    Aug 12, 2015
    KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Fifty years after Jonathan Daniels was shot dead by an ardent segregationist in Alabama, the people who stood with him then lament ...
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    Syria releases prominent activist jailed for over 3 years
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    Syria releases prominent activist jailed for over 3 years
    ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE 
    Aug 10, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian authorities on Monday released an award-winning human rights activist after more than three years in jail in a rare goodwill gest...
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    Trial wraps up for Washington Post reporter held in Iran
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    Trial wraps up for Washington Post reporter held in Iran
    NASSER KARIMI 
    Aug 10, 2015
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran more than a year ago and charged with espionage appeared in court for a final hearing ...
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    Activists want more transparency in counterterrorism efforts
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    Activists want more transparency in counterterrorism efforts
    PHILIP MARCELO 
    Aug 06, 2015
    BOSTON (AP) — Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the nation are calling for greater transparency in a program by President Barack Obama's...
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    Far-right group’s poster campaign in Stockholm stirs outrage
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    Far-right group’s poster campaign in Stockholm stirs outrage
    Aug 04, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — A poster campaign by the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats at a subway station in central Stockholm has stirred outrage in the Nordic coun...
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    More fights ahead on Planned Parenthood after Senate vote
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    More fights ahead on Planned Parenthood after Senate vote
    ALAN FRAM 
    Aug 04, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of the Senate's derailing of Republican legislation halting federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, one thing seems...
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    Walt Disney experts rebut dogged anti-Semitic allegations
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Walt Disney experts rebut dogged anti-Semitic allegations
    LYNN ELBER 
    Aug 03, 2015
    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Walt Disney was a complex figure, both celebrated and condemned, but allegations that he was a rabid anti-Semite are unpr...
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    Bush, Clinton court black voters at Urban League meeting
    Nation, News
    Bush, Clinton court black voters at Urban League meeting
    SERGIO BUSTOS and KELLI KENNEDY 
    Aug 01, 2015
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush went into historically Democratic territory on Friday to tell a predominantly ...
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    Campus officer charged with murder in Ohio wants job back
    Nation, News
    Campus officer charged with murder in Ohio wants job back
    Jul 31, 2015
    CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder for shooting a motorist during a traffic stop is trying to get his job...
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    Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge
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    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
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    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
    Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
    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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