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Candidates must find way to talk firmly yet effectively about immigration if they want to woo the state's 1.5 million Latino voters

DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is calling for a measured approach to revising the nation's immigration laws, saying "too many enemies" stand in the way of sweeping change.


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First Lady and Rachael Ray among those announcing plan to boost healthful components of food

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings - including the always popular pizza - will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.


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Secretary of state seems certain she will step away from government when Obama's term ends

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to step off the "high wire of American politics" after two decades and is again tamping down speculation that she might stay in government if President Barack Obama wins a second term.

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President says era of unabated tuition hikes is over, but initiative faces long odds in Congress

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds.


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CDC spent several years researching cases in which patients reported startling fibers sprouting from skin

ATLANTA (AP) -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had such symptoms.


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State will likely be first in Rust Belt to institute policy that reduces union power

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- In the end, they just didn't have the votes. Democrats in Indiana acceded to the mathematical reality of the Republican's 60-40 majority in the chamber. Democrats showed up, and the Indiana House voted 54-44 to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state.


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Spying programs turned police force into one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned.


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Pair of politicians have heated discussion at the base of Air Force One

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.


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Smithsonian museum offers look at lives of six slave families at Monticello

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation.


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Profits from commercial planes rise 56 percent as revenue grows 31 percent

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Quicker deliveries of Boeing's commercial airplanes helped it report a 20-percent jump in fourth-quarter profits, and offset sluggish growth in its defense business.


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