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Skiing Santas ho-ho-hold court at ski resort's annual bash
NEWRY, Maine - Santa Claus is known for shimmying down chimneys, but for one day a year, dozens of Santas try to avoid t…
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US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation
MILWAUKEE - Charter schools are among the nation's most segregated, an Associated Press analysis finds - an outcome at o…
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A woman with a transplanted uterus just gave birth - a first for the US
For women with uterine factor infertility who want to be mothers, the calculus has always been heartbreakingly simple: N…
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Ireland seeks momentum on border ahead of key Brexit meeting
LONDON - Ireland's foreign minister said Sunday that he's hopeful Britain's proposals for managing the Irish border aft…
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Bridgeport's Jones suspended for incident vs. Utica
The Utica Comets' played two thrilling games against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers during the weekend.There were some afte…
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Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another
KLUNGKUNG, Indonesia - Bali's glowering Mount Agung has seemingly quieted since hurling huge columns of ash from its cra…
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Palestinian president warns US against Jerusalem recognition
RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian president on Sunday warned that American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capi…
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Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight
KUWAIT CITY - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will meet with Pakistan leaders Monday to seek common ground on the counterte…
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Fight over Trump travel restrictions back to appeals courts
SEATTLE - For most of the time Syrian refugee Mohammad Al Zayed has been in the United States, judges have been wrestlin…
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Yemen's rebel alliance unravels amid Sanaa street clashes
SANAA, Yemen - Snipers took over rooftops in residential areas, tanks deployed and militiamen set up checkpoints Sunday …
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Utah's tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out
DENVER - In an American West that has a love-hate relationship with the federal government's ownership of a checkerboard…
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McConnell: No government shutdown this week over immigration
WASHINGTON - Testing the resolve of Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Sunday there won't be a g…
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Hunter falls 30 feet from tree stand
ROME - The Oneida County Sheriff's Department is investigating a hunting accident north of Old Oneida Road, where a male…
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CVS pushes into insurance with $69 billion Aetna bid
CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into cu…
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Colored pens and coin tosses used to settle tied elections
RALEIGH, N.C. - In Manteo, North Carolina, population about 1,400, the vote for one town commission post was so close th…
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