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Maldives museum reopens minus smashed Hindu images
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago. About 35 exhibits — mostly images of Buddha and Hindu gods — were... Read More
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago. About 35 exhibits — mostly images of Buddha and Hindu gods — were... Read More
Democrats making gains in voters in Oklahoma City
Published: Fri, Feb 10, 2012
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Regarding “‘Hope and Change' falls flat here” (ScissorTales, Feb. 4): 42 percent — 116,000 — of the 279,000 who voted in Oklahoma County in the 2008 election voted for Barack Obama. Our “big league” city is attempting to attract urban dwellers from beyond our red borders, many coming from more... Read More
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Regarding “‘Hope and Change' falls flat here” (ScissorTales, Feb. 4): 42 percent — 116,000 — of the 279,000 who voted in Oklahoma County in the 2008 election voted for Barack Obama. Our “big league” city is attempting to attract urban dwellers from beyond our red borders, many coming from more... Read More
Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI
Updated: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
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WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast. Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what the men who discovered the wreck believe: that the sunken ship off... Read More
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WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast. Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what the men who discovered the wreck believe: that the sunken ship off... Read More
US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever
Published: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II. An analysis by the Pew Research Center, released Thursday, details the impact of the... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II. An analysis by the Pew Research Center, released Thursday, details the impact of the... Read More
Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins
Updated: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited. The remnants being uncovered in the hills east of Mexico City at a spot known as Amecameca are... Read More
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited. The remnants being uncovered in the hills east of Mexico City at a spot known as Amecameca are... Read More
Ariz Supreme Court bars candidate from running
Updated: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently. The state's highest court ruled that Alejandrina Cabrera's name shouldn't appear on the March 13 election ballot in San Luis but didn't... Read More
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a ruling that barred a woman from running for a city council seat because she doesn't speak English proficiently. The state's highest court ruled that Alejandrina Cabrera's name shouldn't appear on the March 13 election ballot in San Luis but didn't... Read More
A look at Colorado ahead of Tuesday's caucuses
Updated: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
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A profile of Colorado, site of a Republican caucus Tuesday: NUMBERS: Population: 5,116,796 Born in a different state: 46.6 percent AGE: Median age: 36.1 Percentage of the population 65 and over: 10.5 percent RACE: 83.5 percent white; 20.1 percent Hispanic or Latin origin; 3.9 percent black; 2.7 percent... Read More
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A profile of Colorado, site of a Republican caucus Tuesday: NUMBERS: Population: 5,116,796 Born in a different state: 46.6 percent AGE: Median age: 36.1 Percentage of the population 65 and over: 10.5 percent RACE: 83.5 percent white; 20.1 percent Hispanic or Latin origin; 3.9 percent black; 2.7 percent... Read More
Univision, Disney look at English news channel
Updated: Mon, Feb 6, 2012
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MIAMI (AP) — Univision and Disney are in negotiations to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday. Both sources declined to go on the record because they were not authorized to speak. The channel likely would be broadcasting before the November... Read More
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MIAMI (AP) — Univision and Disney are in negotiations to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday. Both sources declined to go on the record because they were not authorized to speak. The channel likely would be broadcasting before the November... Read More
Despite ceremony, NY fort's skeletons not buried
Updated: Mon, Feb 6, 2012
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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber reburial ceremony was held to finally put the remains to rest. Only that never happened. Almost all of the 18th-century... Read More
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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber reburial ceremony was held to finally put the remains to rest. Only that never happened. Almost all of the 18th-century... Read More
A look at Nevada, home of the Feb. 4 GOP caucus
Published: Sat, Feb 4, 2012
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A profile of Nevada, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 4: NUMBERS: Population: 2,700,551 AGE: Median age: 36.3 Percentage of population 65 and over: 12 percent RACE: 66.2 percent white, 26.5 percent Hispanic or Latino origin, 8.1 percent black, 7.2 percent Asian LANGUAGE: Language other than English... Read More
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A profile of Nevada, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 4: NUMBERS: Population: 2,700,551 AGE: Median age: 36.3 Percentage of population 65 and over: 12 percent RACE: 66.2 percent white, 26.5 percent Hispanic or Latino origin, 8.1 percent black, 7.2 percent Asian LANGUAGE: Language other than English... Read More
ScissorTales: 'Hope and Change' falls flat here
Published: Sat, Feb 4, 2012
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WHAT do you call an optimist who also has one of the toughest jobs in Oklahoma? No, it's not Howard Hendrick, the retiring director of the Department of Human Services. It's Miguel Medrano, an ultra-liberal activist who's tasked with helping Barack Obama win a second term in a state that was the most insistent... Read More
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WHAT do you call an optimist who also has one of the toughest jobs in Oklahoma? No, it's not Howard Hendrick, the retiring director of the Department of Human Services. It's Miguel Medrano, an ultra-liberal activist who's tasked with helping Barack Obama win a second term in a state that was the most insistent... Read More
11th victim found days after deadly crash on I-75
Updated: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A pickup truck involved in a deadly Florida interstate pileup was so badly burned and crushed that it took investigators more than two days to find a third body inside, authorities said Wednesday. The discovery brings the death toll from the weekend crashes on Interstate 75 to 11. The... Read More
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A pickup truck involved in a deadly Florida interstate pileup was so badly burned and crushed that it took investigators more than two days to find a third body inside, authorities said Wednesday. The discovery brings the death toll from the weekend crashes on Interstate 75 to 11. The... Read More
Correction: Super Bowl-Chimp Ads story
Updated: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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CHICAGO (AP) — In a Jan. 31 story about a zoo's complaints over a company's use of chimpanzees in a television ad set to air on Super Bowl Sunday, The Associated Press erroneously reported that CareerBuilder.com said the American Humane Society watched the filming to ensure the animals were treated with respect.... Read More
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CHICAGO (AP) — In a Jan. 31 story about a zoo's complaints over a company's use of chimpanzees in a television ad set to air on Super Bowl Sunday, The Associated Press erroneously reported that CareerBuilder.com said the American Humane Society watched the filming to ensure the animals were treated with respect.... Read More
Scientists sift through remains from I-75 pileup
Published: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Anthropologists from the University of Florida are sifting through the remains of three bodies that have yet to be identified from the Interstate 75 crash that killed 11 drivers and passengers near Gainesville last weekend. The anthropologists on Wednesday were looking for any bone fragments... Read More
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Anthropologists from the University of Florida are sifting through the remains of three bodies that have yet to be identified from the Interstate 75 crash that killed 11 drivers and passengers near Gainesville last weekend. The anthropologists on Wednesday were looking for any bone fragments... Read More
Mammoth remains discovered in Caddo County
Published: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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CARNEGIE — A Caddo County man has discovered mammoth remains on his property south of Carnegie. Read More
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CARNEGIE — A Caddo County man has discovered mammoth remains on his property south of Carnegie. Read More
AP EXCLUSIVE: Many resist census race labels
Published: Tue, Jan 31, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in 14 — went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," ''Haitian," ''Mexican" and "multiracial." The unpublished data, the broadest tally to date of such write-in... Read More
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in 14 — went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," ''Haitian," ''Mexican" and "multiracial." The unpublished data, the broadest tally to date of such write-in... Read More
Isolated Peru tribe makes uncomfortable contact
Updated: Tue, Jan 31, 2012
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities say they are struggling to keep outsiders away from a clan of previously isolated Amazon Indians who began appearing on the banks of a jungle river popular with environmental tourists last year. The behavior of the small group of Mashco-Piro Indians has puzzled scientists,... Read More
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities say they are struggling to keep outsiders away from a clan of previously isolated Amazon Indians who began appearing on the banks of a jungle river popular with environmental tourists last year. The behavior of the small group of Mashco-Piro Indians has puzzled scientists,... Read More
Candidate barred for English deficit files appeal
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who was barred from running for a city council seat in Arizona because she doesn't speak English proficiently has appealed the judge's ruling to the state's highest court. Lawyers for Alejandrina Cabrera said they want the matter settled by Wednesday because election ballots will start... Read More
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PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who was barred from running for a city council seat in Arizona because she doesn't speak English proficiently has appealed the judge's ruling to the state's highest court. Lawyers for Alejandrina Cabrera said they want the matter settled by Wednesday because election ballots will start... Read More
Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to support the social security and tax systems. The grim estimate of how rapid aging will shrink Japan's population was... Read More
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to support the social security and tax systems. The grim estimate of how rapid aging will shrink Japan's population was... Read More
After 70 years, right-to-work impact still unclear
Updated: Fri, Jan 27, 2012
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to adopt its law, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unresolved, as it has for 70 years. Since the 1940s, 22 states have passed... Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to adopt its law, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unresolved, as it has for 70 years. Since the 1940s, 22 states have passed... Read More
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