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This combination of Associated Press file images released by the FBI on Thursday show two images taken from surveillance video of  what the FBI are calling suspect number 2, left, in white cap,and suspect number 1, right, in black cap, as they walk near each other through the crowd in Boston on Monday before the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/FBI)
FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing
The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.
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Live Chat: Presidential Debate
Join the conversation tonight at 8 as The Anniston Star's Editorial Board hosts a forum on the presidential debate.
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Soul Train impresario Don Cornelius dead at 75
Don Cornelius, who with the creation of "Soul Train" helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and cutting edge style, died early Wednesday of an apparent suicide. He was 75.
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Gingrich storms to South Carolina victory, scrambling GOP race
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and suddenly scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Libya officials: Gadhafi captured, possibly killed
Officials in Libya's transitional government said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and possibly killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell. Amid the fighting, a NATO airstrike blasted a fleeing convoy that fighters said was carrying Gadhafi.
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A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 in Reno Nevada. The World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during the popular air race creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris. (AP Photo/Ward Howes)
3 dead, more than 50 hurt in Nev. air race crash
As thousands watched in horror, a World War II-era fighter plane competing in a Nevada event described as a car race in the sky suddenly pitched upward, rolled and did a nose-dive toward the crowded grandstand.
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Rebel fighters speed towards the frontllne fighting in the village of Mayah, some 18 miles west from Tripoli, LIbya, today. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse
TRIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli today and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his regime appeared to be crumbling fast.
Aug 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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On tape: Lawyer for drug co. said to offer payment
A lawyer in Mexico for a leading U.S. drug manufacturer, which promotes its global anticorruption policy, offered to pay an opposing expert in a business lawsuit if he would leave the country on a key court date to undermine the case, according to a recording of the conversation and sworn testimony provided to The Associated Press.
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Asian stocks tumble after Thursday's Wall Street slide (midnight report)
Oil extended sharp losses to fall below $86 a barrel amid expectations a slowing global economy will undermine demand for crude.
Aug 05, 2011 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appears on the floor of the House of Representatives Monday. Giffords was on the floor for the first time since her shooting earlier this year, attending a vote on the debt standoff compromise. (AP Photo/House Television)
House OKs debt; Giffords brings down the House (updated 8 p.m.)
WASHINGTON — Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default sped through the House tonight, a scant day before the deadline for action — the dramatic vote made all the more memorable by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' first appearance in Congress since suffering a head wound in a shooting six months ago.
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House passes GOP debt plan; Senate rejects it
Passage of the House plan was an attempt by Republicans to show where they stood.
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Debt standoff, slow growth raise risks to feeble recovery
“The only question now is, how much weaker could things get?” says Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Global Insight.
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Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse
by The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2011 |  0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
TRIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli today and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his regime appeared to be crumbling fast.
On tape: Lawyer for drug co. said to offer payment
by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press
Aug 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
A lawyer in Mexico for a leading U.S. drug manufacturer, which promotes its global anticorruption policy, offered to pay an opposing expert in a business lawsuit if he would leave the country on a key court date to undermine the case, according to a recording of the conversation and sworn testimony provided to The Associated Press.
Asian stocks tumble after Thursday's Wall Street slide (midnight report)
by The Associated Press
Aug 05, 2011 |  0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Oil extended sharp losses to fall below $86 a barrel amid expectations a slowing global economy will undermine demand for crude.
House OKs debt; Giffords brings down the House (updated 8 p.m.)
by The Associated Press
Aug 01, 2011 |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON — Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default sped through the House tonight, a scant day before the deadline for action — the dramatic vote made all the more memorable by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' first appearance in Congress since suffering a head wound in a shooting six months ago.
House passes GOP debt plan; Senate rejects it
by McClatchey Newspapers
Jul 29, 2011 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Passage of the House plan was an attempt by Republicans to show where they stood.
Debt standoff, slow growth raise risks to feeble recovery
by The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2011 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
“The only question now is, how much weaker could things get?” says Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Global Insight.

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