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August 11, 2011

Fugitive siblings caught after car chase

Police say shots were fired from the trio's vehicle at officers pursuing them on a Colorado interstate.
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August 11, 2011

Scientists create ‘assassin’ blood cells to stop leukemia

NEW YORK – Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia, turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells. It has only been done in three patients so far, but the results were striking: Two appear cancer-free up to a year after […]
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August 11, 2011

GOP names ‘super committee’ members

The choices - six from the Senate and six from the House - are likely to hold the line against tax hikes.
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August 11, 2011

In Focus: Obama’s base: Pump up the volume

The president must get tough, Democrats say.
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August 11, 2011

Dispatches for Aug. 11, 2011

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Energy panel wants firms to reveal ‘fracking’ details A U.S. Department of Energy panel wants energy companies to reveal all the chemicals they use in a drilling technique that has allowed them to reach huge and previously inaccessible deposits of natural gas and paved the way for tens of thousands of new wells […]

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August 10, 2011

Syria faces pressure as death toll grows

Turkey calls on President Bashar Assad to stop killing protesters, and the U.S. may demand his departure.
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August 10, 2011

Flash mob: Latest twist on organized crime

Thanks to social media, more flash mobs are able to gather, but now their intent is often malicious.
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August 10, 2011

World War II heroine known as ‘White Mouse’ dies at 98

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Nancy Wake, who as a spy became one the Allies’ most decorated servicewomen for her role in the French Resistance during World War II, has died in London, officials said Monday. She was 98. Code named “The White Mouse” by the Gestapo during the war, Wake died Sunday in a London […]
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August 10, 2011

For SEALS, a solemn homecoming

President Obama travels to Delaware to pay his respects and meet with the servicemen's families.
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August 10, 2011

First fuel-efficiency standards set for heavy trucks

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration set the first-ever fuel-efficiency rules for heavy-duty trucks and buses Tuesday, a move that will cut greenhouse gas emissions and fuel use by everything from long-haul tractor-trailers to school buses over the next several years. The regulations require heavy-duty trucks and buses to improve their fuel efficiency 5 percent each […]