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East Williston School Board President says fee could cost his district $87,000 a year

EAST WILLSTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York school official is among those taking aim at a Nassau County sewer fee.


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In 17th, 18th centuries American Indians and others helped slaves get to Florida territory, Mexico, elsewhere

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- While most Americans are familiar with the Underground Railroad that helped Southern slaves escape north before the Civil War, the first clandestine path to freedom ran for more than a century in the opposite direction.


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Enhanced analysis of a photo taken in South Pacific months after plane vanished shows what may be the landing gear

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new clue in one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries could soon uncover the fate of American aviator Amelia Earhart, who went missing without a trace over the South Pacific 75 years ago, investigators said Tuesday.


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Here's a look at six potential outcomes from investigation into bill's constitutionality

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature.


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Rallies taking place at Florida A&M and court building demanding incarceration of George Zimmerman

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- College students around Florida are rallying to demand the arrest of a neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month.


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Company called SpaceX plans to launch its Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The International Space Station should be getting its first commercial cargo shipment in early May.


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McDonald's remains much larger than both competitors combined

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wendy's has dethroned Burger King as the country's second biggest hamburger chain.


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Both the Obama administration and the health care law's challengers believe they can attract the other four Republicans to their side

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's a thought that can't comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices.


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Republican insiders say Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are fuming over the hard-hitting 30-second spots that sent them tumbling

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The millions of dollars spent by Mitt Romney's allies on TV ads attacking his two main rivals have helped Romney pull ahead in the GOP presidential race. The resulting bitterness, however, is making it hard for him to lock down the nomination and end the party fighting that delights Democrats.


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Bales hasn't been charged yet in the shootings, which have endangered complicated relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan and threatened to upend U.S. policy over the decade-old war

LAKE TAPPS, Wash. (AP) -- A diverging portrait of the Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is emerging as records and interviews reveal a man appreciated by friends and family who won military commendations, yet one who faced professional disappointment, financial trouble and brushes with the law.


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