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Google seeks end to onerous censorship ritual in China

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SAN FRANCISCO — As Google Inc...

Apple’s tablet and the future of literature

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Literature has always relied on technology. We...

Judge extends witness’s testimony another day in Prop 8 trial

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Proposition 8 trial is ending with a bit of a bang...

Obama’s budget slashes moon mission, new rockets

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way...

Biden’s son won’t seek Delaware Senate seat

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau, once seen as the heir to his father's Senate seat, said Monday that he wouldn't run for it this year, a new blow to Democrats' efforts to maintain a strong Senate majority...

In anti-tax Oregon, voters consider tapping the rich

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon officials know all about anti-tax fervor...

N.C. man invents UV sanitation for reusable shopping bags

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Several months ago, Earl Yerby was at home in Apex, N.C., and saw a television report about how quickly germs and bacteria grow inside reusable shopping bags...

Testimony continues in slaying of Kansas abortion doctor

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WICHITA, Kan. — The murder trial of Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion activist who has admitted killing Wichita physician George Tiller...