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at 13:58 on February 22, 2012, EST.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking employee to face criminal prosecution in an investigation that appeared to be moving steadily up the corporate ladder.
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at 13:55 on February 22, 2012, EST.
WASHINGTON - It's been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party's nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff.
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at 12:53 on February 22, 2012, EST.
PHILADELPHIA - An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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at 13:19 on February 22, 2012, EST.
BEIRUT - A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs.
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at 13:15 on February 22, 2012, EST.
TALLINN, Estonia - Estonian prosecutors said Wednesday that a longtime security official and his wife have been detained on suspicion of passing classified information and state secrets to Russia, a case likely to add to longstanding tensions between the two countries.
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at 13:09 on February 22, 2012, EST.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win.
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