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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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The campaign dismisses the criticism. After all, supporters say, he entered the presidential race just six weeks ago

Republicans in early voting states, once excited about the Texas governor's presidential bid, are openly questioning the strength of his candidacy. High expectations have been met by the sudden national scrutiny that comes with the front-runner bull's-eye.


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Some changes have already gone live, others will be coming to your screen soon

NEW YORK (AP) -- Every year or so - and sometimes more often - Facebook manages to miff a vocal percentage of users by changing the look and feel of its site. As it adds new features, it invariably takes away things that people have grown attached to. It's no different with the changes unveiled this week. Some have already gone live while others will be coming to your Facebook page soon.


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Black leader says move boosts Dems at the expense of minority representation

CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Thursday that he and two other Democratic congressmen from Illinois won't help defend the state's new congressional voting districts, which he suggested fellow Democrats drew to help politicians instead of minority voters.


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Machinists group says company opened South Carolina plant to limit labor in Northwest

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The union in a high-profile labor dispute with Boeing Co. says newly released documents show the company opened a new plant in South Carolina to limit the power of employee unions in Washington state.


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Shel Hershorn captured images of Freedom Riders, Alabama Gov. George Wallace

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A photojournalist who captured iconic images of the civil rights movement but who slowly turned away from the profession to become a furniture maker after photographing a fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald has died.

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Checks to former federal workers at times keep going out if deaths aren't reported

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government has doled out more than $600 million in benefit payments to dead people over the past five years, a watchdog report says.


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Olympic gold medalist failed to meet four-year residency requirement

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) -- Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis quit the race for New Jersey state Senate on Friday, a day after a federal appeals panel removed him from the ballot because he didn't meet a four-year residency requirement.


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Crowds of protesters, long wait beforehand made this death episode different

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) -- It didn't take long to notice Troy Davis' execution was different from the others I've covered. As I drove up to the prison, I could see the crowds of protesters and a group of at least 50 reporters.


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Mentally ill 37-year-old was allegedly beaten and shocked with stun gun during July incident

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Two police officers were charged Wednesday in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in Southern California who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun during his arrest, authorities said.


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