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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country.

The Labor Department says unemployment rates dropped in 37 states in April, the most in three months

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is unveiling its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy U.S. homes rose in March, the latest sign the battered housing market is slowly improving.

The National Association of Realtors says its index of sales agreements increased 4

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans bought fewer previously owned homes in March, a sober reminder that the housing market remains weak.

The National Association of Realtors says home sales fell 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4

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NEW YORK (AP) — A new government report tracks a continuing decline in teen births in the United States in 2010.

Nearly every state saw a decline in teen births from 2007 to 2010, with the biggest drop in Arizona at 29 percent

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama is conceding that ties between the U.S. and Pakistan are strained, but says it is important to get their relationship right.

Obama is speaking alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani before the two men hold a private meeting

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