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(AP) Rory McIlroy has dispelled any split in his relationship with longtime friend Graeme McDowell.McDowell confirmed that McIlroy will be leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management after only 18 months, though neither McIlroy nor Conor Ridge at Horizon have commented on the ...
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(AP) The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children. Officials still were trying to contact eight victims' relatives Wednesday, ...
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(AP) The Chicago Board of Education is expected to take a final vote on whether to close 53 schools.The ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define _ for better or worse _ Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in ...
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(AP) Brokenhearted skateboarders who have long been denied access to Philadelphia's internationally renowned Love Park may have a new object of affection. It's called Paine's Park.The $4.5 million city plaza officially opens Wednesday _ but don't call it a skate park. ...
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(AP) A Boston church official who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the church.Federal prosecutors say Edward MacKenzie Jr. was arrested at his Weymouth home Wednesday after ...
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(AP) Bahrain's Interior Ministry says an Iranian drone has been found in the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.The statement Wednesday gave no other details. Bahrain has repeatedly accused Shiite Iran of encouraging the more than 2-year-long ...
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(AP) African financial analysts say the continent's economies are growing quickly and offer excellent investment opportunities.Aly-Khan Satchu, a Kenya-based financial manager, says there is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be.Or as Satchu is ...
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(AP) Lois Lerner of the IRS joins a diverse roll call of people who have invoked Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions at congressional hearings over the years.A few of the well-known names:____Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger ...
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(AP) A U.S. official says the Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system that will allow the department to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to ...
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(AP) The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.The office announced Wednesday that it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that ...
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(AP) A gay-rights group has filed a legal complaint against the Exxon Mobil Corp., accusing it of anti-gay discrimination in handling job applications.The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Illinois Department of Human Rights by Freedom to Work, one of several ...
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(AP) The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.Vandenberg Air Force Base says the Minuteman 3 lifted off at 6:27 ...
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(AP) Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.Germany's labor ...
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(AP) The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia.WHO said Wednesday that a 4-year-old girl near the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and two of her contacts ...
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(AP) A Senate panel has endorsed President Barack Obama's slate of five nominees to sit on the National Labor Relations Board. Two of them advanced despite strong GOP opposition.The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to send the nominees ...
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(AP) Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage ...
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(AP) Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.Francis urged special prayers Wednesday for China's faithful that they may "live their daily lives in service to their ...
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(AP) Malawi's cost-cutting president is selling her predecessor's jet.Cabinet clerk Ernest Katchetche said Wednesday that the government has identified a buyer for the 14-passenger presidential jet, which was put up for sale. The presidential office says the buyer is a Virgin ...
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(AP) The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America.A report Wednesday from Health and Human Services says more than 50 percent of doctors' offices and 4 ...
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(AP) The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Dan Tangherlini to run the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal buildings and supplies.Tangherlini has been the GSA's acting administrator since April 2012. Obama is nominating him to ...
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(AP) For its annual survey of CEO pay, The Associated Press uses data provided by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.This year, Equilar examined the regulatory filings detailing the pay of 323 CEOs. Equilar looked at S&P 500 companies that had ...
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(AP) Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it.Sprint upped its bid by 14 percent to $2.5 billion Tuesday for the wireless data network operator.Some shareholders ...
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(AP) Wynn Resorts kept a suite open all year at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, at a cost of nearly $452,000.Former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano was guaranteed an administrative assistant and furnished office ...
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(AP) It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.During Thursday and Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA. That's a ...
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(AP) Sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.The National Association of Realtors says sales rose to a seasonally ...
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(AP) Ernie Els is ready to "play ball" even without a long putter.The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, says the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies to ban anchoring ...
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(AP) Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.A Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman said Wednesday that two specialists will study what led up to ...
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(AP) A federal judge in Denver is considering an injunction after ruling that nearly 250 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC clothing stores are unfriendly to the disabled.Judge Wiley Daniel agreed in March with the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition that ...
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(AP) A Russian drunk driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison.Moscow's Nikulinsky court ordered Alexander Maximov to serve eight and a half years Wednesday.Maximov ...
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(AP) African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization, now called the African Union, that spearheaded efforts to liberate the continent from colonial masters.African leaders will start the writing of Agenda 2063, a blueprint ...
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