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Bus systems getting makeovers

Think of the typical city bus, and you're likely to picture old vehicles with hard seats and noisy brakes that belch diesel fumes as they jerk from stop to stop. No more.

Arrest made in '85 slaying of Pa. teen

Anti-abortion docs offered job protection

Kidnapping wave outrages Mexico

NBC/WSJ Poll: McCain halves Obama's lead

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Student killed in Tenn. school shooting

Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.

Feds refute 9/11 conspiracy theory

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Oil jumps to $121 amid U.S.-Russia tension

Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments.

Stocks turned mixed in midafternoon trading

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‘Pitchy’ Sanjaya becomes Nationwide pitchman

GM to make a small car with $500 million

Community colleges boom as economy weakens

Top economic gauge drops 0.7 percent in July

Claims for jobless aid dip in latest week

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Newsweek: College degrees worth $800,000

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H.J. Heinz posts higher-than-expected profit

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Goal-den girls: U.S. wins in women's soccer

Carli Lloyd scored in the sixth minute of extra time Thursday night, Hope Solo bailed out her teammates time and again, and the United States beat Brazil 1-0 to win the gold medal in women's soccer for a third time in four Olympics.

Japan shocks U.S. for softball gold

Celizic: Unforgettable day for American women

NFL players union chief Upshaw dies at 63

Both U.S. 400-meter relay teams drop batons

Merritt leads U.S. sweep in 400, Wariner takes silver

U.S. women's basketball team in 4th straight title game

Jamaica's Campbell-Brown wins 200, Felix takes silver

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Scoop: Hewitt wishes she'd been nude more

Jennifer Love Hewitt was fired up about those unflattering bikini images that circulated last winter, but since then, she’s taken every opportunity to talk about her body.

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Matt Damon and wife welcome daughter

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Vaccine refusals fuel jump in measles outbreaks

The number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported.

Elderly skip drugs when land in Medicare hole

Surrogate mom, 61, gives birth to own grandkid

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Invention kits to build anything

Give a man a gadget, and you feed his tech needs for a day. Teach him to make gadgets, and he can feed himself — and a few savvy venture capitalists — for life.