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The most miserable states in America

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  • Passenger with stolen passport had no terror ties

    Police identify one of two men on the missing Malaysian jet with a stolen passport.

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  • Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami disasters

    TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts as the country marked the third anniversary Tuesday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead, destroyed coastal communities and triggered a nuclear crisis.

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  • On Senate floor, Dems talk all night about climate

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have found plenty of common ground in an overnight debate about climate change that has been characterized by civil exchanges from lawmakers who hear plenty to like in each other's words. Could this really be happening in Washington?

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  • States wrestle with developing, restricting drones

    BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement, government agencies and others are itching to use drones for everything from finding lost hikers to tracking shifting wildfires. But privacy watchdogs are urging state legislatures to step in and head off any potential privacy violations.

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  • Pistorius friend identified in gunplay testifies

    PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The friend of Oscar Pistorius who was identified by witnesses as being with the athlete on two occasions when a gun was shot in public is testifying at Pistorius' murder trial on Tuesday.

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  • AP PHOTOS: Afghan women boxers eye 2016 Olympics

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A few yellow lamps light up the cavernous, sparsely furnished room in Kabul Stadium where Afghanistan's young female boxers train, hoping to become good enough to compete in the 2016 Olympics.

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  • Peverley falls ill, Stars-Blue Jackets called off

    DALLAS (AP) — Rich Peverley underwent a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat six months ago after a physical revealed the condition at the start of training camp.

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  • Senators rally behind military sexual assault bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators rallied behind significant changes in military law to curb rape and sexual assault within the ranks, approving steps to protect the victims and barring the "good soldier defense" to ensure evidence alone determines a defendant's fate.

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  • Defense faces deadline in Army general sex case

    FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault have a deadline on Tuesday to decide on a judge's offer to plea-bargain the case with a new set of military officials.

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  • Study: 2 percent of Americans have new hips, knees

    It's not just grandma with a new hip and your uncle with a new knee. More than 2 of every 100 Americans now have an artificial joint, doctors are reporting.

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  • Oscar Pistorius trial: Pathologist takes the stand

    PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief lawyer defending Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial on Tuesday questioned the methods of the pathologist who conducted an autopsy on the girlfriend who was fatally shot by the double-amputee runner in his home.

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  • Judge's order preserves NSA surveillance records

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction Monday of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five years ago.

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  • Russia preparing counterproposals over Ukraine

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Monday it is drafting counterproposals to a U.S. plan for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine crisis, denouncing the new Western-backed government as an unacceptable "fait accompli" and claiming that Russian-leaning parts of the country have been plunged into lawlessness.

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  • Colorado collects $2M in recreational pot taxes

    DENVER (AP) — Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.

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  • 'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

    NEW YORK (AP) — Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

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  • 'Burger King baby' seeks birth mom on Facebook

    In 1986, a newborn wrapped in a red sweater was found abandoned in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Nearly three decades later, the baby is all grown up and looking for her biological mother, and tens of thousands of people are trying to help.

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  • Attorney general urges first responders to carry heroin overdose drug

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the increase in heroin-related deaths an "urgent and growing public health crisis" and said first responders should carry with them a drug that can reverse the effects of an overdose.

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  • Town gets one month to clean up its act, or it's off the map

    After a state audit revealed massive corruption, the Florida town of Hampton may be completely wiped off the map, if state lawmakers have their way, CNN reports.

  • CPAC after dark: Right-wingers can rage

    A report from the party scene inside the Conservative Political Action Conference.

  • Judge: No unlawful influence in Army general's sex assault trial

    FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge declined Monday to dismiss sexual assault charges against an Army general after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case.

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