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AP Poll: Debt stress turns shoppers into Scrooges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they’ll behave like Scrooge rather …
Obama administration plans big pay cuts at bailout firms
High-paid executives at companies that received the largest government bailouts last year will see huge pay cuts ordered by the Obama administration, according to news …
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Kansas AG seeks up to $450K to defend anti-abortion law
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas’ attorney general is telling legislators that defending a first-of-its-kind anti-abortion law in court could …
US lowers fluoride in water; too much causing splotchy teeth
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ The government is lowering the recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water because some kids …
Synthetic weed users flooding into Pennsylvania hospitals
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) _ A dramatic increase in hospitalizations tied to synthetic marijuana is hitting eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. The Morning Call reported (http://bit.ly/1HmHdq5) that …
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New Mexico Senate approves Hanna Skandera as education boss
By VIK JOLLY SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate on Monday confirmed Hanna Skandera as education secretary _ four years after she took the …
Gastrointestinal bug sickens 100-plus at university
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Officials say more than 100 students at an eastern Pennsylvania university were stricken last week with what appears to be a gastrointestinal …
KSU researchers develop heat-tolerant wheat
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two Kansas State University researchers are developing a type of wheat that will tolerate hotter temperatures. The issue is that wheat kernels shrivel …