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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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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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