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Calif. panel launches probe into offshore fracking
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have launched an investigation into offshore hydraulic fracturing after revelations that the practice had quietly occurred off the coast for the past two...
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Hedgehogs named for infant prince move to castle
MOSCOW (AP) — Three rare albino hedgehog babies, born on the same day as Britain’s new prince, have moved into a miniature castle at a Moscow petting zoo. George, Alexander and Louis are named after...
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Manning’s gender transition sets up legal showdown
Bradley Manning is the first transgender military inmate to ask for hormone treatments, officials say, a request that could lead to a legal showdown over how — and if — the soldier convicted in the...
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2 kittens that stopped NYC subway service found
NEW YORK (AP) — It only took two kittens to stop the city’s subway in its tracks. Power was cut to the B and Q lines in Brooklyn for more than an hour after a woman reported Thursday morning that her...
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Twitter tweets it’ll go public
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is going public. The short messaging service aptly tweeted on Thursday it has filed confidential documents for an initial public offering of stock. But the documents are...
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Pynchon, Lahiri among book award finalists
NEW YORK (AP) — Publishers hope that the new rules in place for the National Book Awards, for which the first-ever long-lists were announced this week, will lead to the kind of sales enjoyed by...
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Gov. Brown to sign bill giving immigrants licenses
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign a bill adding California to a growing list of states that grant driver licenses to immigrants in the country illegally. Brown is scheduled to...
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Stocks rise as debt talks continue in Washington
The closer Washington gets to a deal over the debt ceiling, the higher stocks go. Stock prices rose for a second day in a row on Friday as investors bet against a U.S. debt default. The Dow Jones...
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Google stock crosses $1,000 mark after earnings
NEW YORK (AP) — Strong third-quarter results have sent Google shares past the $1,000 mark for the first time. Shortly after the markets opened Friday, Google Inc. shares jumped more than 12 percent...
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Negotiators looking for only a small budget deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget a grand bargain. Reaching even a small budget deal will be a challenge when negotiators start meeting next week in an effort to salvage any kind of agreement in the aftermath...
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Chatty leaders vulnerable to foreign surveillance
BERLIN (AP) — The world has changed since 1929, when U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson shut down the State Department’s code-breaking office, declaring “gentlemen don’t read others’ mail.” In...
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Thousands flee before big typhoon hits Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people evacuated villages in the central Philippines on Thursday before one of the year’s strongest typhoons strikes the region, including a province devastated...
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Fast-food protests planned for 100 cities
NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay. The actions would build on...
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Illinois governor signs pension overhaul into law
CHICAGO (AP) — In a private ceremony attended by a handful of lawmakers, Gov. Pat Quinn signed landmark legislation Thursday to reform Illinois’ massively-underfunded pension system, though labor...
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35 pilot whales moving in deeper water
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — Pods of 35 pilot whales slowly swam Thursday into deeper water off Florida’s southwest coast, raising optimism that the strandings of whales on Everglades...
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Whales stranded in Fla.: From despair to optimism
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — When National Park Service volunteers Donna and John Buckley left a pod of 41 stranded whales Wednesday evening, their optimism was starting to wane. The couple —...
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Rescuers find debris, survivors after plane crash
HONOLULU (AP) — When Coast Guard rescuers flew to a small plane crash off the Hawaiian island of Molokai, they found smoking flares from the Navy, nine people floating in yellow life vests and debris...
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Lufthansa walkout hits flights at Paris airport
PARIS (AP) — Lufthansa workers angry over staffing shortages abruptly walked off the job at the main Paris airport Thursday, prompting flight cancellations and bringing a new headache to holiday...
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10 hurt in San Bernardino sheriff’s van crash
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a San Bernardino County sheriff’s van was rear-ended in a three-car crash, injuring 10 people. The San Bernardino Sun says the van was struck at about 5...
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