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Nation 5/29/12 Crews work to protect structures in Mich. wildfire
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- World 5/29/12 NATO kills senior al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan
- World 5/29/12 Western nations expel Syrian envoys over massacre
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- Baseball 5/29/12 Clemens witness: McNamee told me about syringes Photos Video
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World 5/29/12 Workers among 16 dead in latest big Italian quake Photos Video
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Technology 5/29/12 Facebook's stock closes below $30 Photos
- Olympics 5/29/12 Tube staff to get extra Olympics pay Photos Video
- Nation 5/29/12 Russian firm: Iran victim of another cyberattack Photos
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

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Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88 Radio pioneer Hal Jackson, dead at 96 Former WVU coach Bill Stewart dead at 59 Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies

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