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Obama recasts threat from enemy fighters to path away from 'perpetual war', critics doubtful WASHINGTON (AP) — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek...

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Hundreds of protesters take to the streets as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto Co. and genetically modified foods, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at City Hall in Los Angeles. "March Against Monsanto" protesters say they wanted to call attention to the dangers posed by...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. Yes, gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during every morning and afternoon rush hour. Yet,...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Starting the final weekend of a legislative session that may be the last under Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Senate passed a roughly $100 billion state budget Saturday that mostly reverses historic spending cuts to public schools and squeezes most of the revenue spoils of a...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to Oregon streets Saturday as part of a nationwide protest against seed giant Monsanto March Against Monsanto protesters say they wanted to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food. Oregon marches were scheduled in...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — House and Senate negotiators said Saturday they have reached a deal to overhaul high school standardized testing and curriculum standards while also dramatically increasing the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas. Public Education has dominated the...

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SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were...

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A man with a cat on his shoulder wears a mask covered by the words in Spanish "Transgenic, cancer/death" as he protests the use of genetically modified food near the offices of U.S.-based seed giant Monsanto, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Activists are taking part in a...

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — About $500,000 in private gifts is helping to support science, technology, engineering and math education programs at West Virginia University. Officials say the donations through the WVU Foundation's State of Minds will support scholarships and the renovation of a...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas' star climatologist was planning a career in medical research until she met the white rats. "The cutest little white rats," she says with a smile, remembering the creatures she encountered on the first day of vertebrate physiology lab in her premed...