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02/03/2012 11:51 PM
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Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.
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AP - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
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02/03/2012 11:51 PM
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Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
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AP - In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.
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02/03/2012 11:02 PM
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Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing
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AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
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02/03/2012 11:57 PM
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Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
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AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
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02/03/2012 11:58 PM
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Prosecutors won't charge cyclist Lance Armstrong
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AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.
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02/04/2012 12:03 AM
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Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case
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AP - An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
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02/03/2012 05:04 PM
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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
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02/03/2012 07:30 PM
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Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD
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AP - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based on their religion.
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02/03/2012 09:19 PM
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Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs
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AP - In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.
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02/03/2012 10:36 PM
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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east
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AP - The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border.
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