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The findings were based on telephone surveys of more than 4,100 people newly diagnosed with lung and colon cancer

ATLANTA (AP) -- Blacks and other minorities with cancer are more likely than whites to say they would spend everything they have on aggressive treatments that might prolong their lives, a study found


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President Barack Obama also will attend with his wife and two daughters - the first time in NASA history that a sitting president and his family will have witnessed a launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Just a few hours from liftoff, NASA fueled space shuttle Endeavour for one last ride into orbit Friday as hundreds of thousands of visitors converged on the coast for prime viewing spots


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The military is preparing to allow gays to openly serve, ending a 17-year-old policy commonly known as 'don't ask, don't tell'

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- If a Marine spots two men in his battalion kissing off-duty at a shopping mall, he should react as if he were seeing a man and woman


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Women began to exceed men in college enrollment in the early 1980s

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor's degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids


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Same sex marriage foes cry 'conflict of interest'

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Rumors swirled that the federal judge who had struck down California's same-sex marriage ban last summer was gay

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The Obama administration opposed Cuccinelli's plea

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track


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It will be the Endeavour's final flight and the next-to-last shuttle mission

Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can fly to Florida on Friday to watch her astronaut husband rocket into space as commander of the space shuttle Endeavour, her doctors in Houston confirmed to The Associated Press Monday


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Those surrounded by unhappy people may not feel so bad for themselves

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Does misery really love company? An intriguing new study suggests that may be the case


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the City is the major owner of vacant, tax-delinquent properties in the following city neighborhoods

A new audit of the city's real estate acquisitions and holdings shows that although the bulk of the properties taken for tax delinquency are in predominantly Black neighborhoods, most saw more properties resold


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Last August, a Pew Research Center poll found 18 percent wrongly believe that Obama is a Muslim

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pausing to observe Holy Week amid war and policy struggles, President Barack Obama said last week that the agony of Jesus Christ through death and resurrection puts mere political struggle "in perspective."


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