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Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Rescue helicopters and ships searching for a Malaysia Airlines jet rushed Monday to investigate a yellow object that looked like a life raft. It turned out to be moss-covered trash floating in the ocean, once again dashing hopes after more than two days of fruitless search for the plane that disappeared en route to Beijing with 239 people on board....
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Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Rescue helicopters and ships searching for a Malaysia Airlines jet rushed Monday to investigate a yellow object that looked like a life raft. It turned out to be moss-covered trash floating in the ocean, once again dashing hopes after more than two days of fruitless search for the plane that disappeared en route to Beijing with 239 people on board....
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Airline's lack of information angers relatives
BEIJING (AP) -- The anguished hours had turned into a day and a half. Fed up with awaiting word on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, relatives of passengers in Beijing lashed out at the carrier with a handwritten ultimatum and an impromptu news conference....
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Obama discusses Ukraine with Chinese leader
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) have agreed on the importance of upholding Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity....
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Trial slated for man in beating death of Pa. boy
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A southwestern Pennsylvania man goes on trial Monday in the beating death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son....
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TV report: William Guanere dies at 90
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- William "Wild Bill" Guarnere (gahr-NAYR), one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died at the age of 90....
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FMC plans to separate into 2 publicly companies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Chemical company FMC Corp. said Monday that it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies....
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UMass latest to deal with rowdy St. Pat's parties
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- The chaos at the University of Massachusetts over the weekend during a pre-St. Patrick's Day celebration brought renewed attention to an old problem affecting colleges nationwide: how to deal with alcohol-fueled revelers during the March festivities....
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Gettysburg wax museum selling historical figures
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A life-sized animatronic Abe Lincoln is among the historical figures and tableau scenes from a Gettysburg wax museum set to hit the auction block just months after the town celebrated the 150th anniversary of his "Gettysburg Address."...
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Jonathan Demme selling vast art collection in Pa.
A riot of color greeted Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme the first time he walked into Haitian Corner, an art gallery around the corner from his Manhattan apartment. Instantly transfixed, he left with a $250 painting by Haitian master Wilson Bigaud. The seed was planted....
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Ex-Pa. Speaker Perzel plans future after prison
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Former Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel is looking forward to his future now that he's out of prison - but it won't be in Harrisburg....
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Police say man killed when car hits utility pole
MARKLEYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man was killed when his car struck a utility pole....
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Comcast challenging Disney's hold on tourism trade
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Comcast Corp. is stepping outside its core business of telecommunications and investing hundreds of millions of dollars in California and Florida theme parks in an effort to boost revenue and profits....
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Pa. candidates face Tuesday deadline for petitions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A day of reckoning is fast approaching for the candidates for Pennsylvania governor....
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