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Alzheimer’s buddy program pairs patients, students
Lifestyles, Nation, Nation & World
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
Nation, Nation & World, Outdoors
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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Russia sets Ukraine agenda with diplomacy, threats
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DALTON BENNETT, Associated Press DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press 
Mar 03, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia called for a national unity deal in Ukraine even as it tightened its stranglehold over Crimea, a bold combination of diplo...
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Winter’s last gasp? Another storm hits much of US
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BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press 
Mar 03, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed an...
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No longer loyal to Scouts, boys join Trail Life
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NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press 
Mar 02, 2014
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) — Chatting in the living room one night, Ron Orr gave his 15-year-old son Andrew a choice: He could stick with the Bo...
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Primaries offer major test of voter ID laws
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THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press 
Mar 01, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — In elections that begin next week, voters in 10 states will be required to present photo identification before casting ballots — the...
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