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Monday, January 20, 2014

Recording says Kennedys aided in King release from Georgia prison

MEMPHIS, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Martin Luther King Jr. credited John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert with aiding his release from a Georgia jail, a previously unreleased recording reveals. His comments, recorded on reel-to-reel tape in 1960 and discovered in Tennessee several years ago, were to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Flu vaccine reduces risk of illness by half in pregnant women

ATLANTA, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Vaccination reduced the risk of pregnant women getting the flu by half from 2010 to 2012, federal health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the flu shot as a priority for pregnant women because studies and history have shown they are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

N.J. lawmakers to look into claim Christie held Sandy relief 'hostage'

HOBOKEN, N.J., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- New Jersey lawmakers investigating the so-called Bridgegate scandal say they will look into a claim Gov. Chris Christie conditioned disaster relief on politics. Hoboken, N.J., Mayor Dawn Zimmer said Saturday Christie used Superstorm Sandy relief as a "hostage" to get... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Obama signs bill to fund government through Saturday

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- President Obama Wednesday signed into law a stopgap spending measure to fund the federal government through Saturday so senators can pass the U.S. budget. The so-called continuing resolution, passed by the Senate 86-14 earlier Wednesday and the House Tuesday, gives the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Ohio inmate first executed in U.S. using untested two-drug cocktail

LUCASVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Dennis McGuire, convicted of raping and killing a 22-year-old woman, was executed Thursday with an untested two-drug cocktail, Ohio prison officials said. Dennis McGuire was convicted in 1994 of aggravated murder in the raping, choking and stabbing of Joy Stewart... Sign in to see full entry.

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