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Markets Right Now: Futures Markets Predict More US Selling

NEW YORK (AP) —  It's going to be a nervous opening on Wall Street, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average recorded its biggest fall, in percentage terms, since August 2011. Futures markets are turning cagey as the opening bell gets nearer, with Dow futures and the broader S&P futures, down a further 1…
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Philadelphians Take To The Streets To Celebrate Super Bowl Victory

By DAVE ZEITLIN, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl victory set off a celebration that has been 58 years in the making. Just as Nick Foles and the Eagles clinched a surprising 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots in Minneapolis for the team's first Super Bowl title Sunday night, the scene…
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Colts: Linebacker Edwin Jackson Among 2 Killed On Highway

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson was one of two men killed early Sunday when a suspected drunken driver struck them as they stood outside their car along a highway in Indianapolis, the team and police said. The Colts said in a statement Sunday that the team is "heartbroken" by Jackson's death and…
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Pat Robertson Recovering After Suffering A Stroke

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Televangelist Pat Robertson is recovering after suffering an embolic stroke. In an online news release, The Christian Broadcasting Network, which Robertson founded, says he was rushed to the nearest stroke center Friday after a family member recognized the onset of symptoms. The release says that within minutes of receiving clot-busting…
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South Carolina Train Crash Leaves At Least 2 Dead, 70 Hurt

By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorities said. The Amtrak train was heading from New York to Miami with about 139 people on board when the crash happened…
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