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Walgreens buying Rite Aid, creating drugstore giant
NEW YORK (AP) – Walgreens is buying rival Rite Aid for about $9.41 billion in cash, creating a drugstore giant with nearly 18,000 stores around the world. The deal combines the largest and...
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New national polls put Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – Responding to Ben Carson’s surge in Iowa, Donald Trump said Tuesday he’ll stick with the presidential race, even if he loses the luxury of running from atop the polls. “I’m in it to...
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Trial opens in suit filed after Utah boy killed by tombstone
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – A 4-year-old Utah boy crushed by a tombstone while taking pictures with his family died after shoddy maintenance left the historic headstone weak and dangerous, lawyers for the...
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Students protest Trump’s appearance at Iowa school
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Hundreds of students, parents and other Sioux City residents protested Donald Trump’s appearance at a northwestern Iowa high school on Tuesday, saying the Republican...
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Obama to police chiefs: US safer because of your efforts
CHICAGO (AP) – Defending police officers who have come under scrutiny like never before, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the men and women who risk their lives to provide security are wrongly...
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Police identify man shot by trooper outside gas station
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – A man fatally shot by a Maryland state trooper outside a gas station has been linked to the robbery of the SUV he was driving before he was shot, state police said Tuesday....
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Video: Study finds child’s health dramatically improves by cutting out sugar
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Physicians agree that good eating habits are something that should start at an early age. But still, some people become obese while they are still children. But now, a new study...
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Nation’s Report Card shows test score declines in U.S., mixed results for Ohio
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a not-so rosy report card for the nation’s schoolchildren. Math scores slipped for fourth and eighth graders over the last two years, and reading grades were not much better,...
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Carson enters GOP debate with momentum; Bush seeks jumpstart
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican candidates for president will gather Wednesday for their third debate amid fresh volatility in an already chaotic race, with Ben Carson surging past Donald Trump in...
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Sheriff fires school officer after class arrest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy who flipped a student backward in her desk and tossed her across the floor for A South Carolina sheriff says he has fired a school officer after...
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Photos: Mangoes make a mess on Indy interstate
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Press pandemonium as Paul Ryan claims GOP speaker victory
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — The House GOP conference officially selected Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., Wednesday as its choice to be the next speaker of the House. As the chamber’s conservatives cloistered...
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How will Speaker Ryan be different from Speaker Boehner?
WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., was officially nominated by his fellow Republicans to be the next Speaker of the House Wednesday afternoon. “This begins a new day in the House of...
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Boehner voices few regrets, no second thoughts on way out
WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker John Boehner, reflecting Wednesday on a nearly quarter-century run on Capitol Hill, defended his decision to push a bipartisan budget deal through the House as his final act...
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Jet lands safely in San Diego after being hit by laser beam
SAN DIEGO (AP) – An American Airlines plane landed safely after it was hit with a laser beam on approach to San Diego International Airport, airline officials said Wednesday. The pilot of Airbus A321...
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Indianapolis police: At least 2 reportedly shot at mall
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indianapolis police say three people have been injured in a shooting inside a shopping mall. Deputy Chief of Operations Brian Mahone says all three of the victims were transported...
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Federal prosecutors have copies of alleged Fogle recordings
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Federal prosecutors have copies of audio recordings a Florida woman says she made of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle talking about sexual encounters he had with children – and...
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Misdemeanor counts dropped against anti-drone activists
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Trespassing and blocking traffic charges were dropped Wednesday in Las Vegas against the last of more than 30 anti-drone protesters arrested nearly eight months ago at an entrance of a...
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Funeral of slain New York City officer draws thousands
NEW YORK (AP) – Thousands of police officers packed rain-swept streets on Wednesday outside the funeral for a slain New York Police Department officer with deep law enforcement roots in his native...
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Federal judge wants Arizona to identify its execution drugs
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday said he won’t resume a civil rights lawsuit against the state of Arizona until it reveals which execution drugs it has in its possession. The order...
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