WASHINGTON - Reversing a decade-long trend, many of America’s largest cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, yet another sign of an economic crisis that is making it harder for people to move. Census data released Wednesday highlight a city resurgence in coastal regions and …

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President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is intensely proud of her Puerto Rican heritage, just as Americans with Italian, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Welsh, Irish or any other provenance honor their forbears. But it is one thing to celebrate heritage, as Sotomayor …

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NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) - A woman and a child have drowned off a popular south New Jersey resort community, where vacationers say rip currents were strong enough to have swept them away. The Coast Guard and police say the child and the 28-year-old woman were pulled unconscious from the waters off …

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WASHINGTON — The White House has accepted the resignation of an imprisoned federal judge whom the House impeached on allegations of sexually assaulting two women and lying about the assaults. President Barack Obama’s acceptance of U.S. Judge Samuel Kent’s resignation, effective Tuesday, ends …

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Officials have ordered the arrest of ousted President Manuel Zelaya if he returns to Honduras after being expelled in an army-backed coup, as thousands of protesters took to the streets. And as the United Nations backed international calls for Zelaya to return to power on Tuesday, the ousted leader …

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran’s crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say. At his June 23 news conference, Mr. Obama said he was …

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court warned employers Monday against seeking a “preferred racial balance” in their work force, ruling that white firefighters who earned top scores on a test were the victims of illegal discrimination when New Haven, Conn., tossed out the results and denied them a …

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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are pressing a probe of 10 associates of Bernard Madoff despite a sentence that means the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history will spend the rest of his days behind bars, The Associated Press has learned. The person, who spoke on …

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In a clear threat, Taiana, who was presiding over a special session of the 34-nation assembly, said if the diplomatic approach does not prevail, “we have to take the decision to suspend Honduras in its rights and duties in this organization.” The OAS was expected to challenge the coup, which Zelaya …

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MORONI, Comoros (AP) - A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor. The crash in waters off this island nation came two …

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