Highlights of this day in history: Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated; Taliban regime flees Afghan capital; President Bill Clinton to pay Paula Jones; Alabama’s top judge removed amid Ten Commandments flap; ‘Lion King’ opens on Broadway. (Nov. 13)
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In the Republicans’ weekly address, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon outlined the GOP’s top priorities: creating jobs, cutting spending and reforming Congress. (Nov. 13)
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Confronting the nation’s mounting deficit, President Barack Obama is urging Congress to limit spending on pet home-state projects, while Republicans are challenging him to support an outright ban. (Nov. 13)
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No. 4 Boise State crushed Idaho Friday night 52-14. Kellen Moore threw for three touchdowns. The Broncos scored 28 points in the first quarter and extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 games. (Nov. 13)
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President Barack Obama appealed to Asian leaders for greater access to fast-growing markets, proclaiming “the United States is here to stay” and saying its prosperity is tied inextricably to the success of its Pacific trading partners. (Nov. 12)
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New York City’s most-beloved galaxy, the constellation ceiling above Grand Central Terminal’s Main Concourse, is alive with new luminosity in the form of light-emitting diodes. The new environmentally-friendly LEDs should last 50000 hours. (Nov. 12)
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A church group made up of Michigan friends and family is obscenely rich after winning a $129 million jackpot with a lottery ticket bought at a porn shop. (Nov. 12)
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Will Lynch was in court facing charges of beating the priest he says molested him as a child. At his arraignment, dozens of protesters of clergy abuse showed up to support him and bring awareness to clergy sex abuse. (Nov. 12)
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In a newly released police tape, Jeromie Cancel tells police that he killed a Pace University student in 2008 because ‘he was bored’. In his confession, he goes on to say that after the murder he sat down and watched a movie. (Nov. 12)
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Authorities were searching for an Ohio woman, her two children and a female friend in an investigation that prompted an overnight lockdown on the campus of Kenyon College, where the woman’s pickup truck was found nearby, a sheriff said Friday. (Nov. 12)
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