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N.J. barn fire kills 22 show horses

By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times – With snow on the ground and the temperature hovering around 20 degrees, Art Hahn made sure every door in the New Jersey barn where he kept

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France steps back from commitment in Afghanistan

By Mark Magnier and Kim Willsher, Los Angeles Times – JAIPUR, India — President Nicolas Sarkozy’s announcement Friday that France is suspending joint combat and training programs, and considering an early withdrawal from

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Murdoch to pay phone hacking victims

By Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — The media giant News Corp.’s British subsidiary agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to actor Jude Law and 17 other

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10,000 flee wildfire near Reno

By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times – A wind-whipped brush fire in a rural valley between Carson City and Reno forced more than 10,000 residents to flee and destroyed more than 20 homes,

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A hero emerges in Italy’s ship drama

By Hanns-Jochen Kaffsack ROME — The captain of the capsized Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, has made worldwide headlines as the “man to hate” after seemingly abandoning his ship and leaving passengers to

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Miss America celebrated in Wisconsin

By Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — Laura Kaeppeler didn’t know she would cry. Otherwise, she would have used waterproof mascara. When the 23-year-old Kenosha, Wis., native was crowned Miss America

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Supreme Court upholds religious freedom

McClatchy-Tribune News Service – In a case involving a teacher fired by an Evangelical Lutheran school in Michigan, President Obama’s Justice Department climbed way out on a limb in arguing that the

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