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Jump in home sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales rose in January to the highest pace in nearly two years, flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. The National Association of Realtors says home sales increased 4.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million. That's the highest level since May 2010. Sales have risen in three of
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Obama seeks 28 percent corporate tax rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying down an election-year marker in the debate over taxes, the Obama administration is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent, and to seek an even lower effective rate for manufacturers, a senior administration official says. In turn, corporations would have to give up dozens of loopholes and subsidies that they
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Prop. 8 backers seek review of gay marriage case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Same-sex couples in California will have to wait a while to find out if they have regained the right to get married, after the backers of the state's gay marriage ban petitioned a federal appeals court to review a split decision by three of its judges that struck down Proposition 8. Lawyers for a coalition of
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Five killed in spa murder-suicide
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Five people died when a gunman opened fire in a Korean health spa in an Atlanta suburb and police called the shooting a murder-suicide. Surveillance video showed a man walking into the Su Jung Health Sauna on Tuesday night and getting into an argument with someone, then opening fire, police said. "It appears he walked in,
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'Occupy' to hold national conference
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group of protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street plan to elect 876 "delegates" around the country and hold a national 'general assembly' in Philadelphia over the Fourth of July. The "99% Declaration Working Group" said in a statement Wednesday delegates would be elected in an online election in early June from all 50 states, the District
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Poll finds Santorum surges but Obama leads Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new survey shows that a surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote. The Associated Press-GfK poll shows Obama topping 50 percent support when matched against each of the four GOP candidates and holding a
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Panel says seniors should get whooping cough shots
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal advisory panel is recommending that all Americans age 65 and older get vaccinated against whooping cough. Health officials believe whooping cough is underreported in older adults. But a goal of Wednesday's recommendation is to prevent older adults from spreading the disease to infants, who are most vulnerable. The shot is already recommended for younger adults
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Passenger fatally injured at NY Amtrak station
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in Rochester say they're investigating the death of a man who was found injured on the tracks at the city's Amtrak station. Police tell Rochester media outlets that emergency crews were called to the station early Wednesday morning after Amtrak employees reported finding an injured person on the tracks after a Chicago-bound train had departed.
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Loughner's lawyers ask judge to reconsider ruling
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in the Tucson shooting that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are objecting to prosecutors' receiving a prison psychologist's personal notes on their client. A federal judge ruled last week that prosecutors can see most of the 62 pages of notes that Dr. Christina Pietz made during Jared Lee Loughner's previous four-month restoration commitment
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Federal judge delays Utah immigration law ruling
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge is postponing a decision on Utah's immigration enforcement law until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar law in Arizona. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups says there are enough similarities between the Utah and Arizona laws to justify the delay. A previous order putting the Utah law on hold will