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Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over....
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Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign
NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001....
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FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge
BAGHDAD (AP) -- After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister....
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OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint - a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation....
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Peers admonish US chief judge over Web sex files
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A high-ranking federal judge who made sexually explicit material available on his own Web site has been cleared with an admonishment by fellow judges....
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Tributes to Jackson spring up in unlikely locales
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Tilesha McClurkin wanted to join other Michael Jackson fans to celebrate his life, but she knew she wouldn't be able to go to whatever official memorial celebration might be held....
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2 die in western Pa. head-on crash
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Two people are dead from a head-on traffic crash in southwestern Pennsylvania....
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Arrest made in Philadelphia double slaying
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police say they've arrested a woman who "played a significant role" in planning a well-orchestrated murder of a woman and her companion in her upscale apartment building....
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Pa. boy killed in 1985 reburied
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. (AP) -- A 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy killed in 1985 has been laid to rest with his killer in prison....
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Pa. school budgets in place _ but funding in doubt
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's state government began July mired in a partisan budget standoff, but its 500 school districts did not have the luxury of waiting out lawmakers - even though they don't know how much state support they will receive this year....
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Tax revenue drop fuels states' financial crisis
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An across-the-board drop in tax collections, coupled with a prolonged recession, has states facing their worst fiscal crisis in decades....
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Pa. politician seeks new corruption trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Fumo is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted....
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Peers admonish federal judge over Web sex files
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A high-ranking federal judge who made sexually explicit material available on the Internet was cleared of judicial misconduct with an admonishment Thursday by fellow judges....
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CDC: US swine flu cases rise to nearly 34,000
ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of U.S. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths have risen 34 percent in the past week to 170, federal health officials reported Thursday....
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