Furniture industry optimistic after taking hard hits in the recession

HIGH POINT, n.C. — This year may be a turning point for the furniture industry, which has taken an especially hard hit during the recession as credit was limited and people put big-ticket purchases on hold to pay monthly bills. That's the growing...

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Pakistani girl shot by Taliban has "potential" for full recovery

BIRMINGHAM, england — The Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan is out of a medically induced coma and has recovered enough to stand with assistance and communicate by writing, medical officials at...

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CIA chief in Libya tells D.C. within 24 hours militants behind attack

WASHINGTON — Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's administration could have known early on that militants, not angry protesters, launched the...

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Coffman, Miklosi spar over ads, issues in Denver Post-9News debate

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Democratic challenger Joe Miklosi squared off Friday in a fiery debate , accusing each other of false attacks but finally agreeing on a favorite Bronco: quarterback Peyton Manning. Miklosi ripped Coffman for ads attacking...

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Records show Boy Scouts officials covered up abuse allegations for decades

PORTLAND, Ore. — An array of local authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and town Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly shielded scoutmasters and others who allegedly molested children, according to a newly opened trove of confidential...

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Gessler gave self $1,400 to cover expenses without receipts

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler took what was left in his own discretionary fund in 2011 and used it to give himself a $1,400 payout, a sum that a spokesman says was for "day-to-day" expenses even though Gessler submitted no receipts...

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Accused in poisoning death of mother, suspect says he was left out of her will

A Centennial man who says he was left out of his mother's will allegedly poisoned her, dismembered her body, stored it briefly in a freezer and then drove around the state in her SUV for several days until he was arrested early Wednesday with...

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Conflicting images emerge of NY terror suspect

NEW YORK—At the Missouri college where Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis enrolled, a classmate said he often remarked that true Muslims don't believe in violence. That image seemed startlingly at odds with the Bangladesh native's arrest in an...

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Car bomb rips through Beirut; casualties expected

Click photo to enlarge Lebanese rescue workers and civilians carry an injured girl from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. BEIRUT—A car bomb ripped through...

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Sandusky victim says he contemplated suicide

HARRISBURG, Pa.—The young man whose claims of abuse began the criminal investigation that put Jerry Sandusky in prison says he contemplated suicide because authorities took so long to prosecute the former Penn State assistant football coach. Aaron...

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Ruby Bridges reflects on her life at book festival

Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2000, file photo, Ruby Bridges, who was the first black child to attend the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, leans against a doorway in New York. Ruby Bridges will be one of...

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10 Things to Know for Today, Oct. 18, 2012

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT): 1. ARREST IN NYC FEDERAL RESERVE PLOT The car bomb was phony, but authorities say Quazi Nafis' admiration of Osama bin Laden...

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Average debt up again for new college grads

It's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on...

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Royal wedding gives Luxembourg turn in spotlight

Click photo to enlarge Luxemburg's old town skyline is seen from across the deep gorge that runs through the city in July, 1996. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg doesn t get a lot of turns in the spotlight. It s an independent country tinier than...

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3 arrested in deaths of 5 at Denver bar

Denver police have arrested three suspects including two brothers in the deaths of five people whose bodies were found inside a Denver bar after a fire was set. The bodies were found at about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday by firefighters responding...

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