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Posted on: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:28pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:09pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City's Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 4:22am
TAVARES CITY, Fla. (AP) -- A series of major explosions at a Florida gas plant has injured several workers and left others missing. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said... READ MORE »

Posted on: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 4:16am
WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) -- A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey. Gloucester County prosecutors say... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 1:17pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 12:35pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's extensive evidence that pigs are as smart and sociable as dogs. Yet one species is afforded affection and respect; the other faces mass slaughter en route to... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 12:11pm
ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) -- Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 4:22am
NOXEN, Pa. (AP) -- A helicopter crash in a rugged, wooded area of northeastern Pennsylvania claimed the lives of five people, including one child, officials said Sunday. The crash happened... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 4:19am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia woman who tied the knot with her longtime partner Sunday with a county marriage license despite the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage said... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, July 29, 2013 - 4:12am
WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have released the name of a man shot and killed by police officers after a gun battle along train tracks. State police in... READ MORE »

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