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Stocks are on track to close out the month with a strong gain, confounding the Wall Street adage of "Sell in May and go away."

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The government said Friday that Medicare's giant hospital trust fund will be exhausted in 2026, two years later than projected last year, while the date that Social Security will exhaust its trust fund remained unchanged at 2033.

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New Jersey-based Acrow Bridges found itself in the right place at the right time after the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed in Washington state May 23 when it was hit by an oversize truck.

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Authorities say two people suffered minor injuries when a small plane crashed into the living room of an apartment outside Washington.

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New York City's police commissioner says angry letters mailed to President Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun control group contained threats about shooting people in the face.

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The average U.S. household has a long way to go to recover the wealth it lost to the Great Recession, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded Thursday.

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Eleven spellers have advanced to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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As Christy Everson was nearing age 40, she made a decision: She wanted to have a child, even though she was single and it meant doing it all alone. Her daughter, conceived via a sperm donor, is now 2 1/2 years old, and Everson hopes to have a second child.

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Aerosmith, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett are returning to Massachusetts to join artists with ties to the state for a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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A minivan carrying two families was hit by a runaway trailer hauling crushed cars in upstate New York, killing four young children and three adults in their early 20s, authorities said Thursday.

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