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Australian cat strays 2,400 miles, returns home after three years

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September 15, 2009

HOBART, Australia (AP) — A cat named Clyde was reunited with his owner on Wednesday after a mysterious three-year odyssey in which the long-haired Himalayan strayed 2,400 miles into the Australian...

Obama’s health prescription a problem for Democrats

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September 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught off guard, congressional Democrats are grappling with President Barack Obama's unexpected call for immediate access to insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions,...

U.S. targets cocaine smugglers at Puerto Rico airport

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September 14, 2009

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nine employees of American Airlines have been charged with participating in a smuggling ring that shipped cocaine from Puerto Rico's main airport aboard flights to the...

Tragedy overshadows Mexico’s independence holiday

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September 14, 2009

MORELIA, Michoacan (AP) –– Mexicans began their Independence Day celebrations under heavy police surveillance Tuesday and with a somber memorial for eight revelers killed last year in a shocking...

Louisiana gets $362M debt note from federal agency

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September 14, 2009

(AP) — Louisiana received a $362 million debt collection notice Tuesday from Washington health care officials, but state officials say they're planning to appeal the move. The federal Centers for...

Obama administration unveils fuel economy rules

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September 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — With global talks on climate change looming, the Obama administration sought to gain momentum Tuesday by unveiling its plan to require better gas mileage for cars and trucks and...

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. gets third delay for BR casino

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September 14, 2009

(AP) — Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. won another delay Tuesday for groundbreaking on a $250 million casino project in south Baton Rouge. But the delay wasn't exactly what the company requested from...

Louisiana universities, colleges see bump in enrollment

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September 14, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the first time since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, 10 colleges and universities in the New Orleans area registered more students this semester than they did the...

 

Critics slam Leno, viewers tune in by millions

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September 14, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — The critics savaged Jay Leno's prime-time experiment. Viewers gave it the biggest audience for an entertainment show since the "American Idol" finale in May. An estimated 18.4 million...

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2002, file photo people stand by the entrance to the headquarters of France Telecom SA in Paris. France Telecom SA is mobilizing all 20,000 of the company's managers Monday Sept. 14, 2009 in an effort to respond quickly to a series of employee suicides that unions blame partly on layoffs and restructuring at the telecommunications giant.

France seeks to combat workplace suicides

By The Associated Press
September 13, 2009

PARIS (AP) — France Telecom SA was mobilizing all 20,000 of its managers Monday in an effort to respond to a string of 23 employee suicides that unions blame partly on layoffs and restructuring at...

Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008

By The Associated Press
September 13, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Murder and manslaughter dropped almost 4 percent last year, as reported crime overall fell around the country, according to new data released Monday by the FBI. The 3.9 percent...

Warden: boy, 8, aided in capture of La. escapee

By The Associated Press
September 13, 2009

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A convicted murderer who escaped from Louisiana's top-security prison was captured on Monday partly because of a tip from an 8-year-old boy who spotted the man outside his school,...