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A portion of a human skull lies on the ground where at least two suspected clandestine graves were found on the outskirts of the violence-plagued northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Mexico’s drug war takes growing toll on Americans
MEXICO CITY — More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husba...
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Open government advocates eye text messages, e-mails
Open government in the heart of Silicon Valley is starting to mean turn off, tune out, power down
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Toby Sumner, of Ritzman Lawn Service, clears snow in front of a Weaver’s Department Store window Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. Plains blizzard marks spring's arrival
Deadly storm hits just after 70-degree day
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Newly trained Al-Shabaab fighters patrol a street in Mogadishu, Somalia on Oct. 5. Doubts grow on Somali offensive's chances at peace
Problems including corrupt officials and a lack of supplies have delayed Somalia’s military offensive against Islamic insurgents, but even before the first shot has been fired new warnings h...
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Papal letter fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
Pope Benedict XVI’s unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church failed Saturday to calm the anger of many victims, who accused the Vatican ...
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Jon Forknell and his daughter Jenna look out onto the swollen Red River on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from the backyard of their south Fargo, N.D. home. Fargo calm as Red River mulls rise
They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that’s spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebra...
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Maria Carmelle Jean (center) sells rice and dry products at a downtown street market in Port-au-Prince, Saturday. Earthquake highlights policy failure: With cheap food imports, Haiti can't feed itself
The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat
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Teen charged in Walmart incident
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Obama close to eluded success
History has not been kind to attempts at health care reform
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Obama_He.JPG Obama urges Dems to come together
President stresses party legacy ahead of health care vote
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