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Russia to Ban All U.S. Food Imports

By Reuters Article Reprint MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, a sweeping

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Toledo mayor lifts water ban in northwest Ohio

  By JOHN SEEWER Article Reprint TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo’s mayor announced Monday.

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“Great Bull Run” Is Run Out of Town by Animal Rights Activists

By Dennis Romero Article Reprint If you ever dreamed of seeing a local Running of the Bulls like they have in Pamplona, Spain, keep dreaming. An American outfit that organizes an event it calls the

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Feds Sending More Support To Combat Chicago Gun Violence

By Associated Press Article Submission CHICAGO (AP) – Federal officials are sending more agents to Chicago to help the police department fight violence after the city experienced a bloody July 4 holiday weekend that left

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75 Percent of Newark Police Stops Are Unconstitutional

By Elliot Hannon Article Reprint The Department of Justice released its findings from a three-year federal investigation into just how bad the Newark police force is on Tuesday—and the picture it painted of New Jersey’s

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D.C. Handgun Ban Ruled Unconstitutional, Capital Must Allow Guns in Public

By Elliot Hannon Article Reprint A federal judge ruled Washington, D.C.’s ban on carrying a handgun in public is unconstitutional. In his ruling released on Saturday, Judge Frederick Scullin wrote “[t]here is no longer any

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House Ethics Committee Investigates U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a Chicago Democrat

by jimmi jam Article Reprint The House Ethics Committee announced Friday it will continue to examine the conduct of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a Chicago Democrat.

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Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash

    By ELAINE GANLEY Article Reprint PARIS (AP) — French soldiers on Friday secured one of the black boxes from the Air Algerie plane that went down in restive northern Mali with the loss

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