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Associated Press Sunday, 8 February 2015, 07:29 Last update: about 10 years ago

CONGRESS-ISRAEL

WASHINGTON — The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama's blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little remedy except to hope for minimal damage to their party and to U.S.-Israel relations. By Charles Babington.

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ISLAMIC STATE-MISSOURI CHARGES

ST. LOUIS — Six Bosnian immigrants have been accused of sending money and equipment to terrorists oversees, including fighters with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. attorney's office announces.

RIGHT TO DIE-COLORADO

DENVER — Dozens of people with serious illnesses and others who have seen relatives suffer packed a Colorado legislative hearing Friday to testify on a proposal that would give dying patients the option to seek help ending their lives. 

ECONOMY-PAY RAISES

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. economy has steadily recovered from the Great Recession, the critical missing piece has been a painful lack of pay raises for many Americans. Their pain may be easing. A jobs report signals that raises have finally begun to flow through the economy. 

MEXICO-ABANDONED BODIES

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Sixty rotting bodies have been found at a shuttered crematorium near Acapulco after neighbors complained to authorities about a foul smell coming from the building, officials said. 

ARGENTINA-PROSECUTOR KILLED

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A prosecutor whose mysterious death has rocked Argentina's government confided to an opposition congresswoman that he believed his case against President Cristina Fernandez was going to cost him his position, the lawmaker said. 

 

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