L. Carol Ritchie
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Denim sales fell 6 percent over the past year. Blue jeans haven't hit the skids this hard since Marlon Brando and James Dean made them famous in the 1950s. -
NATO leaders are expected this week to set up a rapid-response force to defend against potential Russian aggression. -
The Rupert Murdoch-owned paper is piping the sound of typewriters to inspire journalists to make the paper's deadline. -
Ferguson, Mo., was relatively calm Saturday for the fourth night in a row, two weeks after the 18-year-old black man was fatally shot by a white police officer.
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Monsoonal rainfall caused massive flash flooding in Phoenix on Tuesday, turning roads into raging torrents. One area recorded 1 inch in 14 minutes. -
A 24-hour period of calm broke early Saturday when police returned to the streets in riot gear and some protesters looted stores and broke car windows. Other demonstrators helped restore calm. -
Police: NASCAR's Tony Stewart Hits, Kills Dirt Track DriverVideo of the crash shows Kevin Ward walking toward Stewart's car before being hit at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York on Saturday. Police say Stewart is cooperating in the probe. -
Hamas claims to have captured an Israeli soldier; Israel's U.N. ambassador denies that any Israeli soldiers have been kidnapped, according to Reuters.
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The U.S. secretary of state says a mix of U.S. intelligence and social media reports "points a very clear finger at the separatists" having brought down the plane with a surface-to-air missile.
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A health official in Gaza says 338 Palestinians, including more than 70 children, have been killed so far in the 11-day conflict.
