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Parents are in custody in Harrisburg as children return to New York

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Eight siblings allegedly taken from a New York child welfare agency by their mother last week have been found with their parents in a parked van in central Pennsylvania, authorities said.


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Once-damning weight of testimony has come under question in courts and legislatures

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- When Georgia executed Troy Davis last week, it brushed aside international protests that too many witnesses had recanted trial testimony that he was the gunman who killed a police officer in 1989.

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A number of singer's family members in the courthouse on high-profile first day

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial of the doctor accused of killing Michael Jackson, with a prosecutor saying the superstar's misplaced trust in the doctor led to his death.

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Annual premiums for family coverage climbed 9 percent, triple the jump from last year

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012.


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Miami-based Roots of Hope has managed to tap celebs, stay above political fray

MIAMI (AP) -- When Latin pop star Juanes announced plans for a 2009 concert in Havana, the powerful Cuban exile community in the U.S. met his proposal with jeers and anger. But a small group of young Cuban-Americans helped make it happen, publicly supporting Juanes and spreading the word for the "peace" concert" that became the communist island's largest non-government led event in decades.


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Opponents of free formula say the products sway decision of new mothers

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies including free infant formula and formula coupons.


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California Democrat Maxine Waters says president wouldn't address others so bluntly

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine Waters says she's not sure who President Barack Obama was talking to when he told black Americans to quit complaining and follow him into the battle for jobs and opportunity.


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Lawmakers still can't come to consensus on disaster relief as FEMA runs low on cash

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is once again allowing shutdown politics to bring the federal government to the brink of closing.


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Another decline in charge-offs and late payments shows that issuers and borrowers are still conservative with lending and borrowing

Default rates and delinquencies dropped once again in August for most of the major credit card issuers. Chase, Discover, American Express, and Bank of America all reported drops in both important figures in their August regulatory filings.


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' One thing he asked was to keep up his struggle so that he wouldn't die in vain'

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Troy Davis' sister said Friday she's not wasting time being angry as she presses to keep the 20-year legal fight her brother lost when he was executed. He used his final words in Georgia's death chamber to insist he wasn't a killer.


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