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GENEVA (AP) — The World Meteorological Organization says last year was the ninth-warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, despite the cooling effect of the weather pattern called La Nina.

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BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations mission to Iraq says more people were killed in violent attacks across the country in April than in any other month since June 2008.

The U.N. figures released on Thursday underscore concerns that security is quickly deteriorating in Iraq, where violence spiked in the last part of April

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Boston police say three more suspects have been taken into custody in the marathon bombings.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have removed a suspected 9/11 plane part found between two buildings near the World Trade Center site, and the medical examiner says no potential human remains have been found there

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The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline.

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is said to be assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers will remain open.

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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The eternal flame at the gravesite of former President John F. Kennedy is undergoing repairs at Arlington National Cemetery.

Before the repairs began, workers used a torch Monday to carry the flame and pass it to a temporary burner that will be visible to tourists at the site while work is underway

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the American Federation of Teachers says governments should hold off on plans to link standardized test results with schools' evaluations.

In a speech prepared for delivery Tuesday in New York, AFT President Randi Weingarten planned to call for a moratorium on penalties associated with tests

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NEW YORK (AP) — Workers for the New York City medical examiner's office will begin sifting soil for possible human remains at a site near the World Trade Center where a part believed to be from a plane hijacked by terrorists on 9/11 was found

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Preparations for a major Red River flood may be all for naught.

The National Weather Service on Monday lowered the expected crest forecast in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., to 35

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