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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month, leaving open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical performances by night.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SHINER, Texas (AP) — By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn\'t have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that\'s not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has left his official residence in the state capital and appears to be heading to spend the weekend with his wife and children.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PRAGUE, (AP) — The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, including an award for French actress Isabelle Huppert and a world premiere by Milos Forman.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LAS VEGAS (AP) — The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high-speed rail corridor, in a move that officials hope would signal increased cooperation between the regions on building speedier train travel.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MANILA, Philippines (AP) — She glided down a red carpet with a bouquet of roses, trailed by tuxedo-wearing violin and flute players who rendered her favorite love song. She blew out the candles on her 80th birthday cake amid glittering confetti and fireworks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles fashion designer convicted of sexually assaulting seven women and teenage girls should not be granted a new trial even though a juror flirted over the phone with the defendant\'s sister, prosecutors argued Thursday.
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