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Police found body of 23-year-old in basement of suspect's home

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee woman abducted a young pregnant mother and removed her fetus just days before the baby was due, killing both of them, authorities said. The suspect was arrested after she tried to pass the baby off as her own.


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Hiring is still too weak to bring down unemployment, which has been stuck at about 9 percent for more than two years

The economy added just enough jobs last month to ease fears of a new recession. But hiring is still too weak to bring down unemployment, which has been stuck at about 9 percent for more than two years.


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The country's largest credit union, the Navy Federal Credit Union, said new account openings over the weekend were 23 percent higher than normal

Whenever a big bank rolls out a controversial fee, customers start fuming about taking their business elsewhere and the attention often falls on credit unions. That happened again last week when Bank of America said it would soon start charging customers a $5 monthly fee to make debit card purchases.


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Bicycling and football were the leading reasons for the kids' brain injuries

ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of athletic children going to hospitals with concussions is up 60 percent in the past decade, a finding that is likely due to parents and coaches being more careful about treating head injuries, according to a new federal study.

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Merck's Juvisync to be available in six different dosage stengths

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck won U.S. approval Friday for the first pill that treats both diabetes and high cholesterol, a potentially dangerous combination that affects millions of Americans.

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At least six tanker cars burned, no injuries reported

TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) -- Explosions shook a northern Illinois village awake early Friday when a freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and derailed, sending bright orange flames shooting into the sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents.


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Liberal-fueled movement is cutting Obama, Democrats little slack

NEW YORK (AP) -- Although their main concern is Wall Street practices and economic inequality, some demonstrators in New York and across the U.S. say politicians from both major parties are to blame for policies they say protect corporate America at the expense of the country's middle class.


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Action taken against 34 Somalis who didn't clock out to pray

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) -- Rental car company Hertz indefinitely suspended 34 Somali Muslim shuttle drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for praying on company time, and the workers' union is trying to put them back in the driver's seat after what it calls a sudden policy change.


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Gaile Owens, 58, spent nearly 30 years in prison and came within two months of execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Memphis woman who spent 26 years on death row and came within two months of being executed was freed Friday from a Tennessee prison.


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Fast-paced news conference misrepresented some GOP stances

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Are President Barack Obama's ideas for job creation really bipartisan as he claims? Not when the means for paying for them are put in the equation.


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