Analysis: Dems out of jobs options before election
By LIZ SIDOTI
AP National Political Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "It's still the economy, stupid."
And there's virtually nothing Democrats can do to change that reality before Nov. 2.
Time has all but run out for President Barack Obama and h ...
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Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast
By MIKE BAKER
Associated Press Writer
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weake ...
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Mich. man kills 3-foot gator while picking corn
BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) -- A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator.
The animals have been showing up far north of their traditional habitats this summer.
Jeff Adamski of Burr O ...
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Earl weakens but still powerful as it smacks NC
By MIKE BAKER
Associated Press Writer
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Ban ...
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Naval Academy
installs newest
superintendent
By BRIAN WITTE
Associated Press Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The 61st superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy has taken command, pledging to make ethics a priority after financial irregularities were discovered by Navy investigators under his predecessor.
Vice Adm. Michael Miller, who serve ...
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Oil platform explodes off La. coast; oil spreading
By ALAN SAYRE
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 crew members were rescued.
Coast Guard ...
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