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July 13, 2013

Texas abortion clinics fear closures, patient backlogs

Texas passes requirements for abortions that appear to conflict with the 1973 Supreme Court decision.
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July 13, 2013

Friend of environment means enemy of state for Russians

A college student was recently beaten then questioned by police as industries remain powerful.
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July 13, 2013

Voter ID law goes on trial in Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON – The fierce battle over Pennsylvania’s voter ID law goes to trial on Monday in a state courtroom in Harrisburg. The legal fight began with a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and other groups in May 2012. A state judge temporarily blocked the voter ID law from affecting Election Day […]
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July 13, 2013

Heroic swim leads to family’s rescue on Chesapeake

A man braves currents, storm-tossed waves, stinging nettles and jellyfish to save his family.
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July 13, 2013

Twenty-three injured in crush as bulls run through Pamplona

Two of the 23 injured people are gored by bulls and the others are hurt in the stampede.

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July 13, 2013

Crane to clear train tracks in deadly French crash

Investigators believe equipment failure was the cause of the derailment that killed six people and injured nearly 200.
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July 13, 2013

Third girl to die in SF plane crash identified

Liu Yipeng, 16, went to school with the other two victims killed in the crash.
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July 13, 2013

Zimmerman jury continues 2nd day of deliberations

George Zimmerman, 29, is charged with second-degree murder, but the jury also is allowed to consider manslaughter.
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July 13, 2013

Alien planet’s color detected for first time

LONDON – Astronomers have for the first time managed to determine the color of a planet outside our solar system, a blue gas giant 63 light-years away. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, an international team said the planet known as HD 189733B would look like a deep blue dot if viewed up close. While Earth […]
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July 13, 2013

Egypt’s Islamists digging in for long-term protests

CAIRO – Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied Friday in cities across Egypt, vowing to sustain for months their campaign to restore deposed President Mohammed Morsi to power. Ten days after the military coup that toppled him, however, Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and its allies appear to have failed to bring a significantly wider segment of […]