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Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program
2010-09-07T02:14:39Z
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times....
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Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides
2010-09-07T02:47:26Z
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths raised the confirmed toll from mudslides in Guatemala to 45 as torrential rains pounded the country....
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Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico
2010-09-07T02:35:59Z
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into Mexico's northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border late Monday with winds of 65 mph (100 kph), threatening heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in Mexico and Texas....
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Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest one yet
2010-09-07T02:18:25Z
TANAH KARO, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian volcano shot black ash three miles (5,000 meters) into the air early Tuesday - its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy....
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Air Products boosts Airgas acquisition offer
2010-09-06T22:42:08Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Monday it has boosted its offer to buy rival Airgas Inc. to $65.50 per share, but said it will walk away if Airgas shareholders don't elect its board slate and approve its bylaw proposals....
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Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use
2010-09-06T19:17:47Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used....
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Labor Day parade culminates with pineapple protest
2010-09-06T18:31:15Z
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Dock workers tossed pineapples into the Delaware River in Philadelphia to protest Del Monte's decision to move its produce operations to a less costly port....
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Pa. couple still seeks answers in daughter's death
2010-09-06T16:22:43Z
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- An elderly couple from eastern Pennsylvania has asked a district attorney to look into the 30-year-old mystery of their daughter's death....
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80-year-old Pa. stone schoolhouse to be demolished
2010-09-06T15:45:25Z
PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- It looks like preservationists have lost a years-long struggle to save an old stone schoolhouse in suburban Philadelphia....
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Pa. store owner charged with selling fake jerseys
2010-09-06T15:14:23Z
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Federal authorities have charged a sports memorabilia dealer from northeastern Pennsylvania with possessing hundreds of unlicensed pro jerseys and photos....
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Philly cyclists bare all to promote cleaner air
2010-09-06T14:30:26Z
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Hundreds of naked and partially nude cyclists have pedaled their way through Philadelphia to promote bicycling awareness and cleaner air....
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Hot property: Old firehouse in Pittsburgh for sale
2010-09-06T14:27:45Z
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Here's a hot property: A two-story firehouse is for sale in Pittsburgh....
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Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival
2010-09-06T10:07:36Z
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle....
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