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Obama's deadline has come and gone, leaving human rights observers dismayed

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Suleiman al-Nahdi waits with dozens of other prisoners in a seemingly permanent state of limbo five years after he was cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.

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State's GOP-dominated government at odds with minority groups over how to draw up voting maps

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared to struggle Monday with what to do about holding elections in Texas for the state legislature and Congress in a case that could affect the federal Voting Rights Act and even the balance of power in the House.


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Former sales manager at Toyota lot owned by football great says minorities denied promotions

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former employee is alleging workers were routinely subjected to racial discrimination at a California car dealership partially owned by former Denver Broncos star John Elway.


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25-year-old Sami Osmakac arrested after buying explosives from undercover FBI agent

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A 25-year-old man from the former Yugoslavia was charged with plotting a radical Islamic attack on crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff's office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, federal authorities said Monday.


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State officials sterilized more than 7,600 people from 1929 to 1974 under eugenics programs

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina panel is tasked with answering a question that has not been answered before, and seems to not have one: How do you repay people for taking away their ability to have children?


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Gingrich, others point to program (that benefits 45 million) as welfare gone awry

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year's Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry.


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Tens of thousands of people responded by posting updates to the page in a show of support that includes \"likes" and prayers

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California girl who became a nationally recognized face of child cancer with a blog that chronicled her fight against brain tumors has died. Jessica Joy Rees was 12 years old.


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The study covered 2006, the most recent data the IRS said was available. The amount of underpaid taxes far exceeded the size of the entire federal budget deficit at the time

WASHINGTON (AP) -- People and businesses underpaid their taxes by an estimated 17 percent in the most recent year studied, failing to send the government a massive $450 billion that it was owed, according to an Internal Revenue Service report released Friday.


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Collection of 5,000 artifacts from infamous wreck has been appraised at $189 million

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Items as small as a hairpin and as big as a chunk of the Titanic's hull are among 5,000 artifacts from the world's most famous shipwreck that are to be auctioned in April, close to the 100th anniversary of the disaster.


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Do-it-yourselfers often embark on fix-ups without knowing about environmental hazard that long ago faded from the headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you've been putting off repairing a peeling windowsill, or you're thinking of knocking out a wall, listen up: Check how old your house is. You may need to take steps to protect your kids from dangerous lead.


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