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The infamous dinosaur's fierceness may have been complemented by feathers

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Start Over Smart built on the idea that interacting with people, not books or sites, is the best way to move on from broken marriage

NEW YORK (AP) -- Liz Slayback can trace her decision to pursue a divorce to a precise, painful moment.


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Arizona senator also mentions Palin as possible VP for Romney

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize "it's time for a graceful exit" from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney's sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia.


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Gas prices, shifting demographics are halting the move toward McMansions

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Living in an outlying Chicago suburb, Jeff Wehrli recalls a heady time not too long ago when city dwellers poured in and developers couldn't build McMansions fast enough. Now boom has turned to bust, as in many of the nation's "exurbs," and Wehrli can't help but wonder when, or if, things will turn around.


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Proposal to limit birth control has been at center of political fight

PHOENIX (AP) -- Critics of an Arizona proposal to limit birth control coverage have given a personalized gift to more than a dozen state lawmakers - a fuzzy, knitted uterus with googly eyes.


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Unemployment rate fell slightly, but that's due to more Americans giving up job search

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy's growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.


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Prototype opens up new possibilities in mobile--and new challenges to fashion sensibility

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.


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Senate's approval means chances are good state will become the fifth in last five years to outlaw practice

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The state Senate voted Thursday voted to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut, a state that has executed only one prisoner in a half-century and is now on track to join a national trend away from capital punishment.


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"We're kind of long past the time when women should be excluded from anything," press secretary says

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament.

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Key ingredients in OxyContin, Vicodin are being distributed in record numbers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic.


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