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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are considering dueling bills that mandate special labels on food that contains genetically modified ingredients. The House early Friday passed legislation by a vote of 114-7 that would require food to be labeled as genetically engineered but only...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — People who rely on the state for health care and education pleaded Friday with senators to keep those programs off the chopping block in next year's $25 billion budget, in what has become an annual struggle to stave off cuts to services amid the state's financial...

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GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades. The quake centered near Greenville downed chimneys and sent...

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Tom Harkin will donate his papers to Drake University after plans to give them to a namesake institute at Iowa State University fell apart earlier this year, he announced Friday. Harkin said at a news conference at the private university in Des Moines that he...

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In the first three months of the year, Netflix gained 2 million U.S. Internet subscribers, thanks in part to the success of the political drama "House of Cards," which debuted in February. Netflix is expected to get another boost this weekend with the revival of "Arrested Development." Here's a...

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CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio school district proposal to add creationism to a hot-topics list deemed appropriate for classroom discussion is drawing opposition from some parents and a civil rights group. The Springboro Board of Education took comments on the proposal at a meeting Thursday night...

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News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st Century Fox. Here's how the split will work: — Newspapers, book publishing and...

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MIAMI (AP) — Third-grade math and reading scores on Florida's standardized test remained static this school year, with fewer than two-thirds of students demonstrating grade-level proficiency, according to results released Friday by the state Department of Education. The scores show 57 percent...

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