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Economic recovery? Dow closes above 16,000 for the first time

The Dow Jones industrial average finished above 16,000 for the first time Thursday as the blue-chip index races toward its best performance in a decade.

 
Neon green Olympic waters in Rio full of trash, sewage

Rio de Janeiro’s endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer’s dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.

 
Boeing jumbo jet lands at small Kansas airport rather than Air Force base

A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport not far from the Air Force base where it was supposed to land to deliver parts for the company’s famed new 787 Dreamliner.

 
Reid leads Democrats on vote to curb filibusters on appointees

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched a move Thursday to overturn decades of Senate precedent and undermine Republicans’ ability to block final votes on presidential appointees. The Senate voted 52-48 to change filibuster rules.

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Frustrated Obama: ‘No excuse’ for health care computer problems

President Barack Obama on Monday offered “no excuses” — and little explanation — for the computer bugs still frustrating Americans who are trying to enroll online for insurance plans at the center of his health care law.

 
39 dead in Kenya mall attack claimed by militants

Kenya’s president says that 39 people have been killed and more than 150 injured by armed terrorists who attacked an upscale mall in Nairobi.

 
The Butler needs some polish

The story of Cecil Gaines, a White House butler spanning seven administrations, is ever-so-loosely based on the life of the late Eugene Allen. But the result is too reverent to feel like fiction, too improbable to feel like the truth.

 
For leak, Bradley Manning gets stiffest punishment

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform Wednesday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets: up to 35 years in prison, the stiffest punishment ever handed out in the U.S. for leaking to the media.

 
Details emerge about GA. school shooting suspect

The man accused of exchanging gunfire with police at a Georgia school didn”;t seem to have any friends and rarely talked about his family or past during the months he lived with a couple who serve as pastors at a small church.

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