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Police seek gunman who wounded 7 at crowded fair

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By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Police searched Sunday for at least one gunman who wounded seven people, mostly teenagers, overnight after opening fire amid the rides at a crowded fair in Georgia. Nobody was killed in the shooting late Saturday at the Coastal Empire Fair on

Hearing set for US general charged with sex crimes

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By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The public is expected to get its first glimpse Monday at the evidence against U.S. Army general facing court-martial on sex crimes charges, a rare criminal case against a high-ranking officer that has thus far been shrouded in secrecy.

A decade on, Fla. missing girl trial to begin

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By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - More than a decade after foster child Rilya Wilson's disappearance shook up the state's child welfare system, the caregiver accused of killing the girl is finally set to go on trial in a highly circumstantial case hinging on jail

Prison factories caught in private biz debate

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By JAY REEVESAssociated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) - On the outside, Unicor, with its big oaks and magnolia trees, looks like it could be part of a landscaped industrial park. Step a little closer and it's clear the apparel shop lies in the middle of a medium-security federal prison in east

Did you remember to set your clocks back?

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans got an extra hour of sleep this weekend thanks to the annual shift back to standard time. Officially, the change occured at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people set their clocks back before hitting the sack Saturday night. Remember, the time fell back an hour. Otherwise,

PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep

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By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney has a ton of promises to keep if he becomes president, and that's on his first day alone, never mind the other 1,460 days. Barack Obama was similarly brimming with will-do's in his first presidential campaign, racking them

For Romney, Obama, long slog to nail-biter finish

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By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney pulled the plug on his first presidential run on Feb. 7, 2008, and immediately served notice that he wasn't about to fade away. "I hate to lose," he told conservatives that day. Barack Obama wasn't paying too much attention to

Union workers strike at Raley's supermarket chain

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By JOHN S. MARSHALLAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Union workers at Raley's supermarket chain, which operates more than 100 stores in California and Nevada, went on strike Sunday after last-ditch efforts to reach a new contract failed. The strike, which marked the first against Raley

Syrian rebels capture oilfield near Iraqi border

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By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country's east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility, activists said. The head of the Britain-based

Russian nationalists protest Putin in Moscow march

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By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Thousands of nationalists marched through Moscow on Sunday chanting slogans such as "Russia for the Russians" to protest President Vladimir Putin's government, which they accuse of lavishing privileges on migrants and minorities while ignoring