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Increased gap could mean workers will have to contribute more to or see a reduction in benefits.
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A Russian judge finds feminist punk band members guilty of hooliganism in a case that has drawn international condemnation.
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Effects on corn and soybeans — nation’s two biggest crops — may be unknown until harvest, he says.
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His vows to run a clean campaign ring hollow.
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D.C. brewers work together in the name of beer
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Sixgill sharks still a mystery
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U.S. troops die in Afghanistan helicopter crash
The international military force in Afghanistan says seven American troops are among the 11 people who died in a Blackhawk helicopter crash in the country's south. A Taliban spokesman says the insurgents shot down the aircraft.
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Nationals have had best record in baseball in August, starting to erase decades of mediocrity.
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Artur Davis, the former Democratic congressman from Alabama, says he will use convention speech to focus on president’s failed promises from 2008.
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