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US roasts to hottest year on record by landslide
America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012.
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Anheuser-Busch debuts beer with Super Bowl ad
Anheuser-Busch InBev said Tuesday that is introducing a new specialty beer — an amber lager with a higher alcohol content — and will promote its new brew with a Super Bowl ad.
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After the surge, a slow trickle back to the shore
It may be January, but Jim and Joanne Murphy are excited to get back to the beach — Normandy Beach, the community they call home.
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him “the leader our troops deserve.” He also chose White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Chicago lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning
With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.
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Effort to bring Amtrak service to Wichita proceeds
Kansas transportation officials and Wichita city officials are backing a city council member’s push to persuade Amtrak to expand passenger rail service to the city.
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Sandy prompts some elderly to seek assisted living
For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old.
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Electoral College count affirms Obama’s win
Congress made the obvious official on Friday. President Barack Obama has been re-elected.
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Congress to vote on Superstorm Sandy flood aid
At last, the storm-racked Northeast is getting a House floor vote on billions in disaster relief aid for victims of October’s Superstorm Sandy, but only after a host of East Coast Republican lawmakers threatened a near mutiny against GOP Speaker John Boehner.
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Doctors: Blood clot located in Clinton’s head
Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot say the clot formed in her head but they stress that they are confident she will make a full recovery.
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