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San Francisco soda tax approved for November ballot

San Francisco city has approved a measure for the November ballot that would place a two-cents-per-ounce municipal tax on sodas…

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Arizona: Joseph Wood’s execution took nearly two hours

Death row inmate Joseph Wood has died after an execution in Arizona took nearly two hours to kill him. Joseph…

10 years ago

Sarah Palin gets ticket for speeding

Sarah Palin was issued a speeding citation in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, court records showed on Wednesday. The July…

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FAA halts US flights to Tel Aviv

European and US airlines have suspended flights into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport after a rocket landed one mile away.…

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ObamaCare: Appeals court strikes down federal subsidies

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has thrown out a federal regulation implementing key subsidies of…

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Rick Perry deploys 1,000 National Guard troops to border to stop illegal immigrants

Texas Governor Rick Perry is sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the US border with Mexico to protect against what…

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Johns Hopkins Hospital agrees to pay $190 million over Dr. Nikita Levy tapes

Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to pay $190 million after some 8,000 women joined a legal case claiming a gynecologist…

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Azamat Tazhayakov: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s college friend guilty of impeding Boston Marathon probe

Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was convicted Monday of impeding the investigation into Boston Marathon bombing. Azamat…

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John Kerry Gaza gaffe: “It’s a hell of a pinpoint operation”

John Kerry appeared to criticize Israel in candid remarks caught on an open microphone between television interviews Sunday. The secretary…

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US HIV infection rate decreases by 33.2% from 2002 to 2011

According to a new study, the rate of HIV infections diagnosed in the US has fallen by a third over…

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