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Google gives $23M to spur innovation in charities

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By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Google is announcing $23 million in grants to spur innovation among charities and increase education for girls and minority students in science and technology. Seven nonprofits will win the first Google Global Impact Awards on Tuesday. Charity

Dog theft case ripples through New Mexico town

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By By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press MORIARTY, N.M. (AP) - The cases were often heartbreaking: Families coming home to find their dogs had vanished from inside houses, behind locked fences and outdoor kennels in rural communities east of Albuquerque. But with the recent arrest of a woman accused

Fighting surges around Syrian capital of Damascus

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By By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's civil war is closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus with clashes between government forces and rebels flaring around the city Tuesday, raising fears the capital will become the next major battlefield in

Coast Guardsman fired gun to avoid fatal crash

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By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Coast Guardsman fired several gunshots from an inflatable boat before it was slammed by another vessel in a crash that caused the first law enforcement fatality since the smuggling of drugs and immigrants by boat began spiking along the

1 still in critical from Miami airport bus crash

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MIAMI (AP) - One passenger on the bus that smashed into a concrete overpass at Miami International Airport remains in critical condition. Officials at Ryder Trauma Center and the Jackson Memorial Hospital Emergency Room say another patient is in good condition while three are in fair. Authorities

Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state

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By By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands

Sick girl sought after mom takes her from hospital

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By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying from an infection. But the sick 11-year-old isn't in a hospital. Her mother

100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace

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By By HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a

NFC East wide open after Redskins top Giants 17-16

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By By JOSEPH WHITEAP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - There was the fumble by Robert Griffin III that turned into a Washington Redskins touchdown. There was the fumble by teammate Alfred Morris that led to a melee of leg-pulling followed by a kick to the midsection and something dangerously

NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey

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By By SLOBODAN LEKIC and BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO announced Tuesday that it will deploy Patriot anti-missile systems near Turkey's southern border, shoring up defenses against the threat of cross-border attacks from Syria and bringing the United States and its