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Crews make progress on Sonoma County wildfire
THE GEYSERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress in containing a late-season wildfire burning in geothermal energy fields in Sonoma County. California fire officials say the McCabe Fire has...
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Men’s Wearhouse now in pursuit of Jos. A. Bank
NEW YORK (AP) — Never say never. Just when it looked like a potential combination of Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank was dead in the water, the script has been flipped. Now it’s Men’s Wearhouse that...
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Passenger awakes to find himself locked in plane
HOUSTON (AP) — The captain of an oil platform supply boat in the Gulf of Mexico is no stranger to bumps and other movement while he sleeps. So when Tom Wagner nodded off on a flight from Louisiana to...
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Western governors show wildlife maps
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Governors in 16 states unveiled a high-tech wildlife habitat mapping project Thursday that they hope will encourage economic development across the West while protecting the region’s...
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Astronaut may get Christmas wish for spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space station astronaut Rick Mastracchio may get his Christmas wish for a spacewalk or two because of a broken cooling system. Mastracchio, an experienced spacewalker, said...
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Education Dept awards $120 million to districts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Students will earn an associate’s degree and a high school diploma at the same time. Every student will have a laptop to take home at night. And teachers will be retrained to let...
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MLB average salary up 5.4 percent to $3.39 million
NEW YORK (AP) — While the New York Yankees set another salary record, the Houston Astros had the lowest average in the major leagues in 14 years and the attention of the players’ union. The overall...
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Barbara Bush remains hospitalized in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized with a respiratory-related issue, but her condition hasn’t changed, a spokesman for her husband’s office said Wednesday. Bush, 88, was...
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Apartment in Houston destroyed by fire
Houston fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a huge apartment complex that was under construction. Construction workers were the only people on the site when...
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Girl whose 6 family members were killed recovering
HOUSTON (AP) — A 15-year-old girl suburban Houston girl who survived an attack in which her parents and four younger siblings were killed says she’s on the road to recovery. The Houston Chronicle...
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