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Obama: Myanmar visit about sustaining momentum

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By JULIE PACEAssociated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - In a historic trip to a long shunned land, President Barack Obama on Monday showered praise and promises of more U.S. help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy. "Our goal is to sustain the momentum," he declared

AP Interview: Vatican sex crimes prosecutor on sin

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By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - When Pope Benedict XVI announced last month he was transferring his respected sex crimes prosecutor to Malta to become a bishop, Vatican watchers immediately questioned whether the Holy See's tough line on clerical abuse was going soft

Obama speech in Yangon touches opposition history

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By ERIKA KINETZAssociated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The soldiers began to shoot students at Rangoon University at 6:30 p.m. Hla Shwe watched, cowering in a nearby building, as his friends died. "I heard the shouting," he recalled. "They shot whoever they saw." It was July 7, 1962, the day

Dogs, cats displaced by Sandy arrive in San Diego

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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sixty dogs and cats that were displaced by Superstorm Sandy have arrived in San Diego following a cross-country flight. The plane carrying the animals landed at Lindberg Field Saturday, and they were taken to a shelter in Rancho Santa Fe. A spokeswoman for the Helen Woodward Animal

Medics: Israel strike kills 11 civilians in Gaza

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By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUB GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israel expanded a military

Fifth-Ranked Eagles "Find a Way" in the Rain to Beat Vikings 41-34

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"Find a way," were the continual words of Eastern Washington University head football coach in the waning seconds Saturday (Nov. 17) at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Ore. Eastern's All-America wide receivers – and transfer quarterback Kyle Padron -- came up with huge plays when the Eagles

Rubio makes first postelection trip to Iowa

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By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) - Sen. Marco Rubio said the way to turn around the nation's struggling economy is not to raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals, but rather to make "poor people richer" as he visited this politically important state in a trip certain

Rubio makes first postelection trip to Iowa

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Selena Gomez ditches Justin Bieber at dinner date

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Monkey dies from blow to head after zoo break-in

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By KEITH RIDLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A break-in at Zoo Boise early Saturday left a Patas monkey dead from blunt force trauma to the head and neck and police were analyzing blood found at the scene to determine if it came from the monkey or one of two human intruders. Two males