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Cyber Monday Sales Still On Top, But Losing Some Luster

NEW YORK (AP) - Retailers are rolling out online deals today, the so-called "Cyber Monday." But since shoppers these days are online all the time anyway, the shopping holiday is losing some of its luster. Still, today is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, with estimates that it will rack up over…
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Chicago police officer who fatally shot teen due in court

CHICAGO (AP) - A white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a squad car video caught him fatally shooting a black Chicago teenager 16 times returns to court to learn whether he'll be offered bond. A Monday hearing for Officer Jason Van Dyke comes after days of protests in Chicago over the killing of…
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Mayor hints at motive in Colorado clinic attack

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The mayor of Colorado Springs says authorities aren't ready to discuss a possible motive of the gunman who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic there but says people can make "inferences from where it took place." John Suthers says investigators have interviewed 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina but says…
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