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Pixar's 'Coco' feasts on 'Justice League' at box office
NEW YORK - Pixar's "Coco" sang its way to the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend ever with an estimated $71.2 million over…
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Pope's trip to Myanmar, Bangladesh boiling down to 1 word
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' aim in visiting Myanmar and Bangladesh is to encourage their tiny Catholic communities and …
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Schumer seeks scrutiny of home DNA test privacy policies
NEW YORK - Sen. Charles Schumer wants the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize how companies that offer at-home DNA te…
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Bali volcano alert raised, international airport closed
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities raised the alert for a rumbling volcano to the highest level on Monday an…
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Meredith buying Time Inc. for about $1.8 billion
NEW YORK - Meredith Corp. announced Sunday that it is buying Time Inc. for about $1.8 billion, a deal CEO Stephen Lacy c…
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Dry weekend draws shoppers even as online sales boom
CHICAGO - The driest Thanksgiving weekend in five years may have helped holiday shopping, despite an overall decline in…
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FBI gave heads-up to fraction of Russian hackers' US targets
WASHINGTON - The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their per…
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Correction officer charged with attempting to bring narcotics into jail
A correction officer was arrested on charges of trying to bring narcotics into a jail, according to a news release from …
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Connecticut man facing sentencing for role in cocaine ring
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Norwich man is facing sentencing for his role in a cocaine-selling operation in southeastern Conne…
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New Florida law expected to increase textbook challenges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A parent in Florida is citing profanity and violence in trying to get the local school to ban R…
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Advocates say Texas exploiting day laborers after Harvey
HOUSTON - Guillermo Miranda Vazquez starts his day in a parking lot near the Home Depot where he easily finds work along…
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Court fight could be brewing over who leads consumer agency
A court fight may be brewing over President Donald Trump's move to make a close aide interim leader of a consumer protec…
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New York mall evacuated amid reports of shooting; 2 injured
MIDDLETOWN -A crowded mall in New York's Hudson Valley was evacuated Sunday after a gun discharged into the floor, caus…
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Women get chance to 'one-up' the men in mixed infantry units
FORT BENNING, Georgia - The young Army infantry recruits lined up in full combat gear, guns at the ready. At the signal…
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2 blasts damage Serbs' houses, cars in Kosovo's Mitrovica
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Police say two explosions in Kosovo's northern Mitrovica region, where most of the ethnic Serb minor…
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