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Stocks surge as tensions ease in Ukraine
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JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
Relieved investors sent stocks sharply higher Tuesday after Russia pulled troops back from the border of Ukraine. The rally erased steep losses from M...
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Cold, gray morning won’t stop Mardi Gras revelers
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CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A cold, gray day greeted revelers gathering Tuesday along parade routes as the Carnival season in New Orleans headed to a crest wit...
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NC cites 5 Duke Energy plants for lacking permits
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MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina regulators have cited five more Duke Energy power plants for lacking required storm water permits after a massive ...
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Dish, Disney deal envisions Internet-delivered TV
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RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dish Network and Disney have reached a landmark deal that envisions the day when Dish will offer a Netflix-like TV service to peopl...
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Alzheimer’s buddy program pairs patients, students
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LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
CHICAGO (AP) — At age 80, retired Chicago physician and educator Dan Winship is getting a bittersweet last chance to teach about medicine — only this ...
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Trial set to begin for general facing sex charges
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MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Once a rising star among the U.S. Army's top battle commanders, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair is now fighting sexual assault ...
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Putin claims right to use force in Ukraine
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TIM SULLIVAN, Associated Press VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
MOSCOW (AP) — Accusing the West of encouraging an "unconstitutional coup" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to us...
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US prepares $1B aid package for troubled Ukraine
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LARA JAKES AP National Security Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where nea...
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Stocks surge as tensions ease in Ukraine
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JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
Relieved investors sent stocks sharply higher Tuesday after Russia pulled troops back from the border of Ukraine. The rally erased steep losses from M...
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US home prices rose at solid pace in January
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CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose in January after three months of declines as a tight supply of properties likely supported prices despite slow...
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Blacklisted New Mexico film gets atonement
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RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 1954 movie about a real-life miners' strike that was blacklisted during the Red Scare is being celebrated in New Mexico as ...
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Mushing family a strong presence in Iditarod
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MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Don't get Dallas and Mitch Seavey wrong. They love each other, even though they might not say it in so many words. But they'r...
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Telecoms push back on proposed NSA plan
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MARCY GORDON, Associated Press MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants united in outrage last summer over the National Security Agency's unfettered spy...
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Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears
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JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer 
Mar 04, 2014
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a...
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Obama’s 2015 budget appeals to Democrats
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ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press 
Mar 04, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving for unity among Democrats rather than compromise with Republicans, President Barack Obama will unveil an election-year budg...
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