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Police throughout Washington state continue to search for a man accused of gunning down four police officers at a coffee shop. Full story
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Blacks left behind in recovery?
The recession has compounded a decades-long problem facing African-American workers. Full story
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‘Cyber Monday’ sales up 20 percent over 2008
Retail Web sites keep amping up the deals. Story | Video: A key-stroked Christmas
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Party crashers e-mailed Pentagon official
The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.
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Suspect in cop-killings eludes police
Hundreds of police intensify the search for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four Washington state officers.
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Steel town plans return to its green roots
Residents of Vandergrift, Pa., are reviving the town architect's vision and making the community environmentally sustainable for the 21st century and beyond.
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9/11 families mixed on Afghan surge
Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks welcome President Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan, but others are wary.
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Twists delayed finding pilot killed in Iraq
Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The U.S. just didn't believe him. As a result, it took 18 years to find the remains of the only pilot shot down in the 1991 Gulf War.
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Black workers' crisis may linger after upturn
The recession has compounded a decades-long problem facing black workers, leaving experts worried blacks will remain in crisis even in a recovery.
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Debate grows over Swiss ban on minarets
A top Swiss official said that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote.
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Poll: Americans still in giving spirit
Despite a lingering recession, only 20 percent of Americans plan to reduce charitable giving during the holiday season, according to a survey.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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