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Daft Punk, Macklemore top left-of-center Grammys

LOS ANGELES - The Grammy Awards celebrated outcasts and outsiders, lionizing a couple of French robots, white rappers and a country gal espousing gay rights, and a Goth teenager who's clearly uncomfortable with the current themes in pop music.

January 27, 2014 | By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer | Nation

'Lawrence of Arabia' star Peter O'Toole dead at 81

LONDON - Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 81.

December 15, 2013 | By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press | Nation

NTSB: Train going too fast before wreck

YONKERS, N.Y. - A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or mechanical trouble was unclear, he said.

December 02, 2013 | By FRANK ELTMAN and JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press | Nation

NYC train derailment kills 4, hurts more than 60

NEW YORK - A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60 and sending a chain of toppled cars trailing off the track just inches from the water, authorities said.

December 01, 2013 | By DEEPTI HAJELA and VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press | Nation

Forecasts, warnings spared lives from tornadoes

WASHINGTON, Ill. - When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a bright line on a map showing where the worst of the weather would go.

November 18, 2013 | By DAVID MERCER and DON BABWIN Associated Press | Nation

US added unexpectedly strong 204,000 jobs in Oct.

WASHINGTON - A burst of hiring in October added a surprisingly strong 204,000 jobs to the economy in a month when the government was partly shut down for 16 days. And employers added far more jobs in August and September than previously thought.

November 08, 2013 | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer | Nation

Gunman kills TSA agent at LAX, injures 2 others

LOS ANGELES - A man carrying a bag with a hand-written note that said he "wanted to kill TSA" opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a TSA officer and wounding at least three others, authorities said.

November 01, 2013 | By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press | Nation

Sebelius to face tough questioning on health law

WASHINGTON - Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration's troubled launch of healthcare.gov, the online portal to buy insurance, and concerns about the privacy of information that applicants submit under the new system.

October 27, 2013 | BY KEN THOMAS Associated Press | Nation

Nev. student opens fire, kills teacher and himself

SPARKS, Nev. - A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate.

October 21, 2013 | By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press | Nation

Budget conflict sets course for both parties

WASHINGTON - The Republicans' clear defeat in the budget-debt brawl has widened the rift between the Grand Old Party and the blossoming tea party movement that helped revive it.

October 18, 2013 | By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press | Nation

Congress votes to end shutdown, avoid US default

WASHINGTON - Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk.

October 16, 2013 | By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent | Nation

Deal reached to avoid default and open government

WASHINGTON - Up against one last deadline, Congress raced to pass legislation Wednesday avoiding a threatened national default and ending a 16-day partial government shutdown along the strict terms set by President Barack Obama when the twin crises began.

October 15, 2013 | By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent | Nation

US never defaulted on its debt? Not so fast

WASHINGTON - You hear the same proud claim every time Washington wrestles with the debt limit: The United States has never defaulted. But the record's not that clean. America has stiffed creditors on at least two occasions.

October 14, 2013 | By CONNIE CASS Associated Press | Nation

House GOP, White House seeking end to budget fight

WASHINGTON - Officials say House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the partial government shutdown as part of a package that includes cuts in benefit programs.

October 11, 2013 | The Associated Press | Nation

Mother: Woman killed in DC chase was depressed

WASHINGTON - A Connecticut woman who was shot to death by police after a car chase that began when she tried to breach a barrier at the White House suffered from postpartum depression, her mother said.

October 04, 2013 | By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press | Nation

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'12 Years a Slave' rises up at Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES - Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

March 03, 2014 | By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer | Nation

'Which (blank) are you?'

NEW YORK - For a compulsive online quiz-taker like Chrissy Noh, the temptation was too great to resist: "Which sandwich are you?"

February 24, 2014 | By MEGHAN BARR Associated Press | Nation

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