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Congress raises pressure on CIA in torture dispute
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BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press 
Mar 21, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding heat on the CIA, the Senate will investigate a computer network that contained a still-secret review of U.S. terror interroga...
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Cops: Teen eludes guard, reaches skyscraper spire
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DAVID PORTER, Associated Press JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press 
Mar 21, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-year-old New Jersey boy described as a thrill-seeker bypassed an inattentive security guard in the middle of the night and climbe...
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Arkansas court tosses $1.2B judgment against J&J
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CHUCK BARTELS, Associated Press 
Mar 21, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court tossed out a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson on Thursday, reversing a lower court ...
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Fred Phelps, anti-gay crusader, dead at 84
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JOHN HANNA Associated Press 
Mar 21, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fred Phelps did not care what you thought of his Westboro Baptist Church, nor did he care if you heard its message that society's ...
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Army general fined, reprimanded in sex case
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JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press 
Mar 20, 2014
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An Army general who carried on a three-year affair with a captain and had two other inappropriate relationships with subordina...
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NY coke plant fined $12.5 million for polluting
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CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press 
Mar 20, 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An industrial plant that knowingly released hundreds of tons of the carcinogen benzene into the air over a five-year span and imp...
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Texas finds new execution drug supply
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MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press 
Mar 20, 2014
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sen...
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Despite opposition, many landowners await pipeline
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GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press 
Mar 19, 2014
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — If the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline ever gains approval, Ronald Weber will watch from his farmhouse as workers lay the line ...
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West looks for fresh ways to curb Russia
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JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press NANCY BENAC, Associated Press 
Mar 18, 2014
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and European leaders unleashed a torrent of angry words Tuesday against Russia's "dark path" as Western...
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News helicopter crashes near Space Needle; 2 dead
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MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press PHUONG LE, Associated Press 
Mar 18, 2014
SEATTLE (AP) — A news helicopter crashed into a street and burst into flames Tuesday near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly i...
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