Polar air blamed for 21 deaths nationwide
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Four killed in US Air Force helicopter crash in England
LONDON
(AP) — A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in the coastal
marshes of eastern England during a training mission on Tuesday night,
killing all four crew members aboard, officials said.Read More ...
White House defends Biden against ex-defense chief's new tell-all
The former defense secretary calls Biden clueless. The White House calls him "one of the leading statesmen of his time."Read More ...
Gov't offers new approach to classroom discipline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is issuing new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules.
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Just 1 in 4 young teens meet US fitness guidelines
CHICAGO (AP) — Young teens aren't exactly embracing the government's Let's Move mantra, the latest fitness data suggest.
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Ex-NY police officers charged in disability scam
NEW
YORK (AP) — One retired police officer who told the government he was
too psychologically damaged to work ran a martial arts studio,
prosecutors said. Another claimed his depression was so crippling it
kept him house-bound, but he was photographed aboard a watercraft, they
said. A third man who said he was incapable of social interactions
manned a cannoli stand at a street festival.Read More ...
Lawmakers put finishing touches on spending bill
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Funding for implementing the new health care law and other
sticking points remain, but negotiators reported significant progress
Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through
September.Read More ...
Study: Tobacco control has saved millions of lives
CHICAGO
(AP) — Anti-smoking measures have saved roughly 8 million U.S. lives
since a landmark 1964 report linking smoking and disease, a study
estimates, yet the nation's top disease detective says dozens of other
countries do a better job on several efforts to cut tobacco use.Read More ...
US skiing star Lindsey Vonn out of Sochi Olympics
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AP PHOTOS: Brrr! US bundles up in frigid temps
Even
areas of the U.S. accustomed to gloating about their comparatively mild
winters are shivering in temperatures that would make seasoned
northerners don an extra layer of clothing. Temperatures in the single
digits and teens were seen in Atlanta, Nashville and Panama City Beach,
Fla. as well as Detroit, New York City and Pittsburgh.Read More ...
Ex-Miss Venezuela slain in highway robbery
CARACAS,
Venezuela (AP) — A former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband were shot
and killed and their 5-year-old daughter wounded when they resisted
robbers by locking themselves inside their car after tire punctures
disabled it on an isolated stretch of highway, police said Tuesday.Read More ...
Polar air brings single-digit cold to East, South
ATLANTA
(AP) — Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut
down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they
almost never have to use.Read More ...
War policies tested from Mideast, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Barack Obama is confronted with a recent burst of
strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast
stability, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria
at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in
Afghanistan.Read More ...
Technology? Some justices want to keep distance
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary.Read More ...
Washington state pot farming applications grow like ... weeds
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state could be facing a curious economics problem: too many pot growers.
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NYC first responders charged in massive 9/11 disability scam
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US Air Force helicopter crashes in England, four feared dead
LONDON
(AP) — A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in a coastal area
of eastern England on Tuesday night, an official said, and police said
four people are believed to have died in the accident.Read More ...
At least six deaths blamed on arctic blast
Coldest temperatures in two decades strain resources, overwhelm homeless shelters.Read More ...
Obama backs repeal of law that OK'd Iraq War
Law that green-lighted 2003 invasion is still on the books – but maybe not for much longer.Read More ...
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