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Kerry Kennedy says she has no memory of accident
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JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press 
Feb 27, 2014
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy testified at her drugged-driving trial Wednesday that she has no memory of swerving into a tractor-trailer on ...
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US warns Russia against Ukraine intervention
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MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer 
Feb 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday warned Russia against a military intervention in Ukraine, saying such a move would be a "grave mistak...
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Target faces bigger challenges than TJX
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ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and BREE FOWLER AP Business Writers 
Feb 27, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — History doesn't always repeat itself. The hit to TJX Cos. was minimal after it disclosed in 2007 a massive data breach of customer inf...
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Solid new-home sales lift hopes for housing market
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MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer 
Feb 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprisingly strong pace of new-home sales last month has boosted hopes that the spring buying season will be solid enough to lift...
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Army removes 588 troops from sensitive jobs
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PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press 
Feb 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army removed 588 soldiers from sensitive jobs such as sexual assault counselors and recruiters after finding they had committed ...
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Feds file suit against for-profit college chain
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KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer 
Feb 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed suit Wednesday against a large, for-profit college chain alleging that it pushed stud...
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USDA spending $3M to feed honeybees in Midwest
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M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press 
Feb 26, 2014
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and ranchers improve pastures ...
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APNewsBreak: Asiana Airlines penalized over crash
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JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press 
Feb 26, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first penalty of its kind, federal transportation officials on Tuesday docked Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to prompt...
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New index confirms it: This winter is miserable
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JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press 
Feb 26, 2014
DETROIT (AP) — A new winter misery index confirms what many Americans in the Midwest and East know in their all-too-chilled bones: This has been one o...
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Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout
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JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent 
Feb 26, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year shou...
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Feds issue emergency order on oil shipments
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JOAN LOWY, Associated Press MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press 
Feb 26, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators issued an emergency order Tuesday requiring tests of crude oil before shipment by rail to determine how susceptib...
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Major bitcoin exchange said to be insolvent
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RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press YURIKO NAGANO, Associated Press 
Feb 25, 2014
TOKYO (AP) — A major bitcoin exchange has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses, other virtual currency companies said Tuesday — a p...
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