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Survey: Big growth in Medicaid enrollees in expansion states
ATLANTA — States that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw enrollment increase on average…
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Former House speaker Hastert to plead guilty
CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a hush-money case linked to allegations…
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Cable news pundit charged with fraud; ties to CIA disputed
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Maryland man who offered national-security commentary on Fox News has…
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Trump, Carson threaten boycott of debate
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson are threatening to boycott the next GOP debate…
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Gowdy defends Benghazi panel after latest GOP criticism
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House committee investigating the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, forcefully defended the panel’s…
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Scottish prosecutors: 2 Libyans are Lockerbie bomb suspects
LONDON (AP) — A quarter-century after one of the worst terror attacks in British history, prosecutors say they…
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Obama extends US military mission in Afghanistan into ’17
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama leaves office in 15 months, he’ll hand his successor military conflicts in…
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Israelis, Palestinians in a panic amid violence
JERUSALEM — A wave of stabbing attacks has spread fear in Jerusalem and much of Israel, shattering the…
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AP: US analysts knew Afghan site was hospital
WASHINGTON — American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on an Afghan hospital days before it was destroyed…
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Coates, Yanagihara are among National Book Award finalists
NEW YORK — Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling “Between the World and Me” and Hanya Yanagihara’s sleeper hit “A Little…
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Odom’s spiral leaves ex-NBA star fighting for his life
LAS VEGAS — Lamar Odom didn’t last long at the glittering intersection of championship success and Hollywood celebrity.…
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Tesla’s autopilot lets cars drive, change lanes themselves
DETROIT (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Motors is leapfrogging competitors with a new autopilot system that lets…
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Wal-Mart stock plunges after profit warning
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart stock had its biggest one-day drop in nearly three decades after the world’s…
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Study: Calcium, vitamin D pills don’t prevent colon growths
A major study finds that taking calcium or Vitamin D pills does not help prevent growths that can…
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Attorneys: Law forced woman to sue nephew over medical bills
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when…
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Police: Brothers were beaten in church to make them confess
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church — one fatally — in an…
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Astronomer resigns over sexual harassment
SAN FRANCISCO — A prominent astronomer resigned Wednesday from the University of California, Berkeley, after an investigation found…
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Big 3 airlines flexing their political muscle in Washington
WASHINGTON — U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the…
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Prospective speakers multiply in House as all wait on Ryan
WASHINGTON — Every day another Republican lawmaker seems to wake up and decide that he — and in…
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More VW woes: New diesels have suspect software
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators say they have a lot more questions for Volkswagen, triggered by the company’s recent…