All Stories from February 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Ailing Nets hire San Antonio's Sean Marks as general managerFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sean Marks is leaving the San Antonio Spurs to undertake the rebuilding of the Brooklyn Nets. He was hired Thursday as general manager of the Nets, hours...
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The Latest: Oregon House approves minimum wage increaseFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Latest on a debate to raise the minimum wage in in Oregon using a three-tiered system (all times local): 4:15 p.m. The Oregon House of Representat...
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Venezuela taking tiny steps toward fixing economyFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced long-awaited economic reforms, but analysts say they'll barely have any effect in rescuing t...
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Pope on JPII letters: 'Healthy, holy' female friendships OKFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis says even popes need women and can sustain "healthy, holy" friendships with them. Francis was asked en route home from Mexico ...
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Black leaders: Supreme Court standoff a civil rights issueFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's impending standoff with Republicans over filling a Supreme Court vacancy in the final months of his term is matter of civil ri...
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Feds want circus operator fined for deadly tent collapseFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Federal safety officials have proposed more than $33,000 in fines against a Florida-based circus operator for a tent collapse that killed two people...
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Campaigning begins for Iran's parliamentary electionsFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state TV says thousands of parliamentary candidates have launched their election campaigns ahead of Iran's Feb. 26 parliamentary vote. Over 6...
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Plane flying from Sioux Falls to Chicago makes stop in IowaFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A plane flying from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Chicago had to make an emergency landing at the Waterloo airport. An American Airlines/Envoy flig...
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LCCC brings back women's basketballFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Laramie County Community College Board of Trustees has voted to reinstate women's basketball at the Cheyenne college for the first time in 24 y...
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Orioles start spring training with unfinished businessFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles began spring training hoping that they may add even more quality players after a productive offseason where they retained thr...