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US Senate candidate from Michigan has run 30-second spot that relies heavily on Asian stereotypes

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies.


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Congress reacting to segment on \"60 Minutes" that raised questions about trades by Boehner, others

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials headed for what could be a more contentious debate in the House after sailing through the Senate on a 96-3 vote.


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In places where Romney is winning, energy seems to be lacking

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voter turnout numbers are pointing to a potential enthusiasm deficit for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney.


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A decade of frustrations stemming from lack of resources has made mental illness a hot-button issue in state

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.


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Better-than-expected numbers were good news for Obama and stock market

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.


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A look at three campaigns from a year ago that remained lodged in consumers' brains

NEW YORK (AP) -- Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.


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69-year-old specialist on aging has sparked unusually public conversation around mortality

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.


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The collective Anonymous claims credit for incident which apparently ties to Occupy movement

BOSTON (AP) -- The hacking collective Anonymous is claiming credit for defacing the Boston Police Department's website.


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A small set of "power users" account for much of the activity on the social network

NEW YORK (AP) -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.


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Infamous Arizona sheriff has been accused of racially profiling Latinos

PHOENIX (AP) -- Lawyers for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office say they'll meet Monday with U.S. Department of Justice attorneys over federal accusations of civil rights violations.


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