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Like it or Not, Amy's In.

Like it or Not, Amy's In.

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans…

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Spain's 'El Nino' Lottery Pays out $1.1 Billion

A lottery showered €840 million ($1.1 billion) on ticket holders in five regions of Spain on Sunday, in the midst of a deep recession and high unemployment.

The “El Nino” (The Child) lottery is held each Feast of the Epiphany — Jan. 6 — and the top prize tickets were sold…

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Missoni Fashion CEO Plane Missing

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy’s iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people.

But more than a day after the BN-2 Islander aircraft disappeared from radar screens…

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Pilot Arrested For Failing Alcohol Test Before Flight

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said.
Police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said officers and a Transportation Security Administration agent smelled alcohol as they passed the…

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Former Rep. Gifford Meets Sandy Hook Families

Nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims in last month’s shooting that left 26 people dead inside a Connecticut elementary school.

Giffords was accompanied by her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, at the private…

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House Re-elects Boehner As Speaker

(Reuters) – Despite a rocky few weeks during the “fiscal cliff” fight, John Boehner won re-election as speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday and will again lead Republicans as they take on the White House over federal spending.

Boehner defeated House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi 220-192 in…

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