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Bush Institute launches book on economic growth

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By JAMIE STENGLEAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Former President George W. Bush said he wants his institute, which Tuesday released a book featuring experts weighing in on ways for the U.S. to jumpstart the economy toward 4 percent gross domestic product growth, to be an "action-oriented" place. "

Calif. restaurants duck weak state foie gras ban

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By FENIT NIRAPPILAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California ban on the sale of foie gras did not stop Karlene Bley from ordering the duck liver delicacy as she lunched Tuesday at the posh Presidio Social Club. Bley, who was visiting from Los Angeles and sitting with her son, spoke

Federal produce-testing program spared _ for now

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By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The nation's largest produce-safety testing program narrowly escaped closure thanks to a last-minute grudging reprieve from the Agriculture Department, and finding a permanent solution to keep tainted fruits and vegetables from reaching

Jet-setting Hillary Clinton breaks travel record

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By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history. While historians will debate and eventually rate her tenure as

Women describe alleged assaults on Texas base

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By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Fighting back tears, a woman testified Tuesday that a Texas Air Force base instructor facing charges in a widening military sex scandal refused her pleas of no after luring her into his office and then sexually assaulted her on a bed. The

FBI dogs detect scents of Iowa cousins near lake

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By DAVID PITTAssociated Press EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) - Authorities searching for two young cousins drained an Iowa lake Tuesday after FBI dogs detected the girls' scents near where their bicycles were found four days earlier, heightening suspicion from family members that they might have been

Romney accuses Obama of casting shame on success

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By JIM KUHNHENN and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press IRWIN, Pa. (AP) - A fiery Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of believing the government is more vital to a thriving economy than the nation's workers and dreamers, scrambling to get back on message by declaring of Obama, "I

Lawmakers seize on report detailing impact of cuts

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By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans and Democrats seized on a new report estimating that automatic budget cuts will cost the economy 2 million jobs to level election-year charges that underscored the deep political divide over how to avert the looming crisis. Roughly

Obamas in Olympic hoops kissing controversy

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By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House insists that the missing kiss was no diss. Sure, President Barack Obama planted one on first lady Michelle Obama during Monday night's exhibition game by the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. But that was their second

AP Interview: Death row inmate says new law unfair

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By PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated Press SOMERS, Conn. (AP) - Daniel Webb is awaiting execution for the 1989 kidnapping and murder of a Connecticut bank executive, but he believes he is also paying a price for another, unrelated crime that has heavily influenced the state's debate on capital