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$46.5 million goes to families of 29 killed miners, but some close to case aren't satisfied

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The new owners of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion agreed Tuesday to pay a record $210 million to cover fines, compensate victims' grieving families and improve underground safety.


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Technology on 150 million devices watches what smartphone users do, but doesn't seem to transmit info to anyone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Technology bloggers are asking if our cellphones are spying on us after a security researcher said a piece of software hidden on millions of phones was recording virtually everything people do with them.


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2-year-old was last seen Friday; father says she was taken during carjacking

DETROIT (AP) -- About three dozen volunteers joined Detroit police officers in a hunt Monday for a 2-year-old girl reported missing by her father, who said she was taken during a carjacking last week.


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88-year-old says agents were suspicious about colostomy bag and made her pull down pants

NEW YORK (AP) -- A second senior citizen is claiming the Transportation Security Administration made her pull down her pants as part of a search at New York's Kennedy Airport.


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Fare hikes indicate industry is seeing strong demand for travel despite weak economy

DALLAS (AP) -- Major U.S. airlines are again trying to raise prices on many domestic flights.

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Strategy would convert some of America's debt load to infrastructure projects

BEIJING (AP) -- China wants to convert some of its mountain of U.S. government debt into investment in renovating American roads and subways, the commerce minister said Friday.


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Police say 20-year-old Norris Terrell committed the Nov. 10 murder

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities have made an arrest in the shooting death of a man near the former Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall.


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Bounce TV rides free-channel trend, looks to attract older viewers alienated by BET

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The nation's first free broadcast network targeting African-American audiences arrived in the nation's fourth-largest media market on Thursday.


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19-year-old from South Carolina wants his generation to return symbol's meaning to Southern pride

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A black college student who drew complaints for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window said he sees the banner as a symbol of Southern pride and not racism.


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Former lawyer paid women to undergo in-vitro fertilization and then sold children for $100,000 each

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A former lawyer has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for running a fraud scheme that paid women to have babies for sale.


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