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Blacks, historically most segregated, are now substantially more likely to marry Whites

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million - a record 1 in 12 - as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely than before to marry whites.


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Boehner takes shot at Obama after agreement on benefits for long-term unemployed

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner says he supports a compromise bill extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed, but he says it's not going to help the nation's economy.


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Moshe Kai Cavalin, now 14, claims his journey has been more about diligence than intelligence

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.


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While his funding is skyrocketing, he severely lacks organization and true connection with voters

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.


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Girl says she escaped house after stepmom threatened to throw her down stairs

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A severely malnourished 15-year-old Wisconsin girl found walking barefoot in pajamas near her home last week told police her father and stepmother had forced her to live in the basement for years and that they beat her, starved her and even forced her to eat her own feces.


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Outdated systems are failing to keep track of basic facts about individuals (like whether they're alive or not)

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still on the rolls and many more approved to vote in multiple states, according to a report released Tuesday.


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15-year-old held realistic-looking pellet gun, turned toward a student

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- A new report says a police sergeant gave the order to "take him out" when an armed student turned toward another student in a Texas middle school hallway in January.


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It's tough to really understand how large a $3.8 trillion budget actually is

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remember when a billion used to be a lot? Now we talk trillions. That's a thousand times more.


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Million-dollar donor to Romney has pushed Congress on mining, while casino company that backs Gingrich is under federal investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government.


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Fair Labor Association begins at Chinese facility that employs and houses hundreds of thousands of workers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.


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