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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, 'rithmetic -- and phys ed?

The Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students, and that P

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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The first of the funerals is scheduled today following the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. It will be for 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria, one of seven children who died at a destroyed elementary school. Moore Mayor Gle

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol will be out in force this Memorial Day Weekend.

The patrol says it will be paying particular attention to enforcing seat belt law as part of a nationwide enforcement campaign

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are moving to protect Capitol Hill's budget even as they slash programs like education, health research, water projects and housing aid for the poor.

The move by the House Appropriations Committee promises a small budget increase for legislative branch operations even as funding for labor, health and education programs would absorb an almost 20 percent cut

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.

The National Association of Realtors says sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4

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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The residents of Moore, Okla., affected by a deadly tornado are coming back to find their belongings scattered and their homes left in pieces.

Monday's tornado killed at least 24 people, countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Both Wyoming residents and nonresidents may fish for free in the state on June 1.

The Wyoming Legislature authorized Free Fishing Day in 2003. Free Fishing Day applies to all waters in Wyoming except those in Yellowstone National Park and on the Wind River Indian Reservation

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MOORE, Okla. (AP) _ The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A study conducted by anti-smoking groups found that air quality improved in Casper businesses that ceased to allow smoking when a city-wide smoking ban took effect.

Air quality as gauged by the U

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 4.8 percent.

The jobless rate was 4.9 percent in March.

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says the state's unemployment rate remained significantly lower than the national rate of 7

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