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MATAMOROS, Mexico: Cartel towns pose challenge fo...

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the...

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Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma sheriff is crediting early warnings for a low death toll during a tornado outbreak that ravaged the Plains and Midwest. Authorities...

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Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

By ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions,...

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AP CEO calls records seizure 'unconstitutional'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering,...

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AP IMPACT: Military sex abuse victims seek help

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering...

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Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his...

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Ryanair keeps growing, reports record profits

DUBLIN (AP) - Ryanair has reported record profits as Europe's largest budget airline expands across the continent. The Dublin-based carrier said Monday its full-year net profit rose 13 percent to...

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Spurs beat Grizzlies 105-83 in Game 1 of Western ...

The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who’ve been there so many times before. The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the first-timers still trying to...

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Gunmen Shoot Into Calif. Home, 10-Old Killed

Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. "Whoever these gunmen...

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Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used public funds to pay for the construction of needed venues and new infrastructure. The Russian government, however, has gotten...

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SKorea: NKorea fires 5th projectile into waters

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters - for the fifth time in three days. Pyongyang regularly conducts short-range...

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Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing...

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Officials to kick of Michigan seat belt campaign

DETROIT (AP) - Law enforcement officials across Michigan will be enforcing federally funded safety belt enforcement zones through the coming Memorial Day travel weekend. Safety belt enforcement is to...

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Event explores art-electronic music intersection

DETROIT (AP) - A 3-day Detroit showcase planned this week aims to explore how seven artists work in both fine art and electronic music. Synesthesia kicks off Tuesday at the Red Bull House of Art in...

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Mich. cancer patients to back Medicaid expansion

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Cancer patients and survivors in Michigan are expected to call on lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for about 400,000 uninsured Michigan residents. About 75 people who have...

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Club off the hook after customer falls, hits bar

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - A woman hoping to get a drink near closing time instead tripped and whacked her head on the bar at a Detroit-area club. Is the owner liable? The Michigan appeals court says...

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Stained glass windows on Bay City church get fix

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - Two artists are restoring life to faded, darkened and broken stained glass windows in the nave of Trinity Episcopal Church in Bay City. The Bay City Times reports (...

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