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Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters

By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of

Florida executes ex-cop for killing 9 in 1986

By By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected. Manuel Pardo, 56, was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison at 7:47 p.m., about 16

New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes

By By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and middle-

AP IMPACT: China surpasses US as top global trader

By By JOE McDONALD and YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business Writers SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade. But this year, he uprooted his family from Detroit and moved home