Will Gerry might look the part of a fourth-generation farmer — dirty denim jeans, shirt sleeves rolled up and a gray beard that wraps from brim to brim on his leather hat. But once Gerry whips the smartphone out of his pocket, he starts rattling off tech jargon and analyzing data points across his farm like a 20-something whiz kid from Silicon Valley. Read More
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"Why have they forced us to close the banks? To frighten people."
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"Why have they forced us to close the banks? To frighten people."
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Parades, fireworks, naturalization ceremonies, eating contests and music ushered in the Fourth of July as the United States marked 239 years as an independent nation on Saturday. Here were some highlights of Independence Day celebrations:
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MUSIC, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS ON NATIONAL MALL
Heavy rainstorms drenched the region around the White ...
The feat placed the 22-year-old in rare company.
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… shot dead by young Islamic State members armed with pistols.
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Summer always makes me think of the 7-11 at the end of East Lakeview in Columbus, Ohio. I was about eight. My grandmother took us there every week to get comic books, which were near the front window, by the counter. In the back corner, in darkness, was a Star Wars stand up arcade game. On the day it first appeared it bleated a snippet of the Star Wars theme and my ears perked up. It took a… Read More 
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he and GOP legislative leaders have agreed to completely remove a part of the proposed state budget that would severely roll back the state's open records laws.
Walker announced the decision in a joint statement Saturday with Senate Majority Leader Scott ...
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"They're not waiting for the disaster, but preparing for it."
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The credit score has become a ubiquitous way to assess someone's credit-worthiness. It is used in a host of underwriting decisions and background checks, from mortgages to auto to business loans, apartment rentals and even employment candidacy. But credit scores are not a prevalent factor in peoples' daily financial habits. Why? Read More 
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - About 250 immigrant children were given an adult dose of a hepatitis A vaccine at a Texas detention facility where they were being held with their mothers, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
The vaccines were administered this week, but none of the children ...
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I could lie and tell you that we recorded a special July 4th edition of the TC Gadgets Podcast, but it wouldn't be accurate. In reality, we recorded this podcast over a week ago and I accidentally forgot to push the publish button. But the content still exists, so I felt strongly about sharing it with you guys. In this episode, we talk about the freshly released Amazon Echo, which is… Read More 
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision to order a Ten Commandments monument removed from the state Capitol grounds has so angered conservatives in the Legislature that some Republicans are calling for justices to be impeached, while others want to amend the Bill of Rights in the 108-year-old ...
"As we see in other countries, if attacks like Sousse happen again, the country will collapse."
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"I'm still in shock."
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian elite forces backed by Hezbollah fighters besieged a rebel-held mountain resort near the border with Lebanon on Saturday under the cover of intense airstrikes by Syria's air forces, activists and official media outlets reported.
The capture of Zabadani would tighten Hezbollah's grip on Syrian territories ...
"If this was anti-black, anti-gay, or anti-Muslim, this would not be allowed."
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A Houston activist is campaigning to have Galveston officials take down a statue in front of the local courthouse that honors Confederate soldiers.
Isaac Fanuiel tells the Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1Chs0FZ ) that the monument is inappropriate on an island where federal troops announced the ...
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Chris McNamara stood at the overhang of what would be his final wingsuit BASE jump (parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure: building, antenna, span and Earth). A 1,500-foot drop was a conservative risk in a community that saw around 30 deaths last year. "After I took flight I had never realized how much physical strength was required in wingsuit BASE. I wasn't nervous… Read More 
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - At 1-year-old, a wide-eyed, restless Joshua Tinoco faces the prospect of deportation to Honduras. He is one of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
While his teenage mother has been allowed to stay and seek a green card ...
"As one of only a few independent networks, we decided to exercise our own voice and committed ourselves to bringing this pageant to American viewers everywhere."
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PLYMOUTH, Vt. (AP) - Twenty people are becoming U.S. citizens in Vermont during a special Fourth of July ceremony at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth.
The naturalization ceremony on Saturday at 10 a.m. is part of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation's Fourth of July celebration.
The ...
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"The word of significant progress indicated the sides were moving closer to a comprehensive accord…"
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The argument seems compelling, the logic inescapable. As hardware doubles its density every 18-24 months, courtesy of Moore's Law, and as software eats the world, technology will replace a broad swathe of jobs outright–from burger-flippers to physicians–and networks will atomize many others from full-time positions into gigs performed by many fungible workers. Tech, in… Read More 
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Opposition mounted Friday to a surprise Republican budget measure that would exempt from Wisconsin open records laws nearly everything created by state and local government officials, including drafts of legislation and communications with staff.
The 24-page ...
STILLWATER, N.Y. (AP) - Several dozen people will be sworn in as new citizens of the United States during naturalization ceremonies being held on the Fourth of July at three upstate New York locations.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says more than 70 people will take the Oath of Allegiance ...
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Aetna aims to spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the industry adjusts to the federal health care overhaul.
The proposed cash-and-stock deal, announced early Friday, would make ...
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - In the front room of an east Waterloo home, four master weavers gather to practice their craft.
All are Burmese immigrants who, after years in refugee camps, have been able to resume the traditional art thanks to the support of several Cedar Valley organizations, the Waterloo-Cedar ...