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Nation & World

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September 19, 2012

US home sales jump to highest since May 2010

The report comes amid other signs of steady progress in the housing market after years of stagnation.
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September 19, 2012

US seafood catch reaches 17-year high

Maine fishermen had the third most valuable harvest, only beaten by Alaska and Massachusetts.
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September 19, 2012

New French cartoons inflame Muslim tensions

The French government orders embassies and schools abroad to close on Friday, the Muslim holy day, as a precautionary measure in about 20 countries.
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September 19, 2012

Poll: Voters sour on economy, but Obama job approval up

Mitt Romney, his campaign knocked off-stride in recent weeks, has lost his pre-convention edge on the top issue of the campaign – the economy.
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September 19, 2012

Chicago students returning to class as strike ends

Union delegates voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to suspend the walkout after discussing a proposed contract settlement with the nation's third largest school district.

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September 19, 2012

Study hints at link between chemical BPA, child obesity

Researchers say other factors could be at work and that their findings don't prove it's the cause.
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September 19, 2012

Two Swedish mothers’ wombs transferred to daughters

STOCKHOLM — Two Swedish women are hoping to get pregnant after undergoing what doctors are calling the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. Specialists at the University of Goteborg said they performed the surgery over the weekend without complications but added that they won’t consider it successful unless the women give birth to healthy children. “That’s […]
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September 19, 2012

Chicago teachers vote to end strike

The vote was only to end the walkout, not to OK the contract. The contract now goes to the full membership.
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September 19, 2012

Nation, World Dispatches

KABUL, Afghanistan Suicide bomb was revenge for film, militants claim Islamic militants sought Tuesday to capitalize on anger over an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States, saying a suicide bombing that killed 12 people in Afghanistan was revenge for the film and calling for attacks on U.S. diplomats and facilities in North […]
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September 19, 2012

Wealth redistributed: Two visions of America clashing

Analysis: Romney risks alienating the masses who receive federal benefits as he tries to tap into anger over their costs.