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Hurricane Dorian bashes Bahamas, inches toward Florida coast

Slow-moving Hurricane Dorian pounded Grand Bahama Island on Tuesday and was forecast to come “dangerously close” to Florida’s coast by day’s end before drenching the US East Coast for the next several days.

Occupy Wall Street protests find a home on Main Street, America

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VIDEO: Romney, Gingrich go head-to-head in GOP debate

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The best and the worst U.S. cities for pedestrians

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Trouble with voting machines

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Top of the Hour: GOP Debate Number 19, Morning Headlines

Jacksonville, Florida hosted the 19th Republican Presidential debate last night and front runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich went straight into attack mode. Governor Romney criticized his opponents link with mortgage giant Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. At one point the bickering was so bad Rick Santorum made an appeal to just “focus on the […]

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