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D.C. duo of Biden and Solis tout Obama job-training plan in Lexington

Jill Biden, right, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis talked Wednesday night with UPS employee Charles Williams during a visit to the company's sorting facility in Lexington. U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, who accompanied them, pointed to someone in the crowd.

Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis came to Lexington on Wednesday night as part of a three-day bus tour touting President Barack Obama's plan to train more workers.

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Notable moments from GOP debate in Arizona

Notable moments from the GOP presidential debate Wednesday night in Mesa, Ariz.

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WORLD

US, NKorea in first nuclear talks since Kim death

Amid cautious optimism, U.S. and North Korean envoys met Thursday for their first talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs since the death of the country's longtime leader Kim Jong Il.

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NATION

NH jury chosen in Rwanda genocide case

The trial of a woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide is expected to transport jurors back nearly two decades to a roadblock outside a family owned hotel where prosecutors say the defendant decided who would live and who would die.

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NATION

DC police official in celeb escort flap to sue

A former District of Columbia police commander whose division provided a police escort to actor Charlie Sheen last April has given notice that he intends to file a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, saying he was demoted because he testified to the D.C. Council that such escorts for celebrities...

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Police say love triangle led to CA murder-suicide

A 73-year-old gunman entangled in a love triangle shot and killed the treasurer of a remote-controlled airplane club who police said was having an affair with the estranged wife of the attacker.

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WORLD

Avalanches hit Indian Kashmir; 9 soldiers killed

Two massive avalanches in snowbound regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least nine soldiers, and at least 10 others were feared trapped in a military camp that was partially buried under snow, an official said Thursday.

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WORLD

Indonesian police surround Bali prison after riot

Hundreds of security forces surrounded a prison on the resort island of Bali on Thursday, firing warning shots and tear gas to quell inmates after a second night of rioting.

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WORLD

Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial that is seen as a key test of her reformist successor's campaign to stamp out corruption.

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NATION

Teen arrested in flight ruckus sang of bin Laden

A Saudi Arabian teenager who authorities say swung his fist at a flight attendant, tried to hit passengers and mentioned Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston was indicted Wednesday on charges of interfering with a plane crew.

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WORLD

Mexico's electoral agency fines boxer over logo

Mexico's election commission says its members have unanimously voted to fine a Mexican boxer for wearing a political party's emblem during a match broadcast last year.

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