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UAW leaders recommend tentative deal with Fiat Chrysler
DETROIT (AP) – Hourly pay, profit sharing and performance bonuses will rise, but car production will move to lower-cost Mexico and be replaced by trucks and SUVs under a new contract between Fiat...
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Police arrest suspect in string of Phoenix freeway shootings
PHOENIX (AP) – Police arrested a man Friday for a string of seemingly random freeway shootings in Phoenix, adding that they had linked the man’s gun to four of the 11 cars hit. Leslie Allen Merritt...
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Hundreds of Great Lakes beaches targeted for annual cleanup
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Hundreds of beach cleanups will take place in six Great Lakes states this weekend. The Alliance for the Great Lakes’ annual Adopt-a-Beach event takes place Saturday, with...
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Saga surrounding Kentucky clerk may not be over
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) – Kim Davis is out of jail and on the job, but the saga surrounding the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples appears to be far from...
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State fairs won’t press broiler industry’s bird flu luck
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The South is the heart of U.S. broiler chicken production. It escaped the deadly bird flu virus that devastated flocks in the Midwest this spring. Autumn brings the possibility that...
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Iran nuclear deal is done, but debate continues in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a done deal, yet opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement aren’t going quietly. The 60-day congressional review period has expired, and the State Department last week outlined its...
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Police officer identified after being shot at gas station
TUCKER, Ga. (AP) – Police have released the identity of the police officer who was shot and wounded at a gas station in suburban Atlanta. DeKalb County Police Capt. Stephen Fore said Saturday that...
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Fire officials say 250 additional homes burned in wildfire
SAN ANDREAS, Calif. (AP) – California fire officials say 250 additional homes burned in a Sierra Nevada wildfire, bringing the total to 503. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection...
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Lucky New Yorkers cherish chance to see pope in Central Park
NEW YORK (AP) – Getting tickets was the easy part. Being among the 80,000 New Yorkers who won a lottery for a spot on Pope Francis’ motorcade route through Central Park means they will have to endure...
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BC-US–School Security-Barricades Safety experts question classroom barricade...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – School security and fire safety experts are questioning a nationwide push allowing schools to buy portable barricade devices in the event of an active shooter in a building. Those...
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10 ethanol tanker cars derail, 2 catch fire in South Dakota
SCOTLAND, S.D. (AP) – The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad says 10 ethanol tanker cars derailed and two caught fire Saturday morning in southeast South Dakota. BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth says the...
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Pope Francis in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) – Pope Francis hailed detente between the United States and Cuba as a model of reconciliation for the world, urging Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to persevere in building normal...
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Trump’s advice to teens: Follow your heart, do what you love
URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) – Donald Trump’s advice for high school students in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, is uncharacteristically wholesome: Avoid alcohol and drugs as well as cigarettes. The billionaire...
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Gun industry group gets US support for safety drive
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The gun industry’s Newtown-based national trade association and lobbying organization has received a $2.4 million federal grant to promote gun locks and firearm safety, an award...
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NYC plan trains lay people as mental health screeners
NEW YORK (AP) – The training session asked workers how they would respond to troubled people – a drug user, an abuse victim or someone with bipolar disorder – that they might encounter on the job. They...
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California wildfires destroy at least 1,400 homes
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) – At least 1,400 homes have been destroyed by two Northern California wildfires and thousands more remain threatened, fire officials said Sunday. Damage assessment teams have...
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Race car driver dies during victory lap at Vermont track
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. (AP) – Police say a stock car racer taking a ceremonial victory lap died after suffering an apparent medical problem following a race in Vermont. Devil’s Bowl Speedway officials...
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3 people hurt in Alabama church shooting; suspect arrested
EAST SELMA, Ala. (AP) – A man suspected of shooting three people in an Alabama church was likely upset over a recent breakup and visitation issues with his son, police said. James Junior Minter, 26, is...
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Peanut executive in salmonella case faces sentencing
A year after a federal jury convicted him of crimes behind a salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and sickening hundreds more, former peanut executive Stewart Parnell returns to court...
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New flu shot more effective than last year
SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) — Flu shots are now available at most pharmacies and doctors offices, and this year’s version is expected to be more effective than last year’s. Last year’s flu shot didn’t...
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