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Groups file signatures to recall Wis. Gov. Walker (AP)

Julie Wells of United Wisconsin celebrates in the back of a moving van Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Madison, Wis., that contains about 1 million signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP – Opponents of Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker submitted nearly twice as many signatures Tuesday as required to force a recall election, but still face the challenge of transforming public outrage over his moves against unions into actual votes to oust him from office.


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Our scribes recall favorite moments from 2011

The top event I covered in 2011 was Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit. I interviewed Jay-Z afterward, and the Baseball Hall of Fame asked me to donate my scorecard for its archives.

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As US leaves Iraq, AP men recall a war in pictures (AP)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - In this March 31, 2004 file photo, Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as charred bodies hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, west of Baghdad. The photo has a great deal of significance to AP photojournalist Khalid Mohammed. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP – Burned bodies hanging from a bridge. A boy buried under rubble from a bombing. A father gunned down in front of his 7-year-old daughter. These were some of the harrowing images captured by three Iraqi photographers of The Associated Press who have covered the Iraq war since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.


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USDA announces recall of 36M lbs of ground turkey (AP)

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to the International Association for Food Protection Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Milwaukee. Afterward, he told The Associated Press that the government hopes to find the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey 'very, very' soon. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)AP – The Agriculture Department says meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a death in California and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses.


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End Zone: Namath, Jets recall ’68 AFL title game

Battered, bruised but not beaten, Joe Namath led the Jets to a 27-23 win that made possible his guarantee in Super Bowl III. It was a game that gets lost in the historic significance of what happened in Miami, but to today’s Jets, it is a template for how to beat a tough, nasty opponent even if Mark Sanchez spent all of last night sleeping like a baby.

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Mourners recall Sarge Shriver’s charity, idealism (AP)

Robert 'Bobby' Shriver III pauses while speaking about his father, R. Sargent Shriver, at his father's funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Potomac, Md., just outside Washington Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011.  Shriver, an in-law of the Kennedys, and the first director of the Peace Corps, died Tuesday. He was 95. At right is Bobby's sister, Maria Shriver. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool)AP – R. Sargent Shriver was always an optimist, pioneering the Peace Corps and running the War on Poverty during the turbulent 1960s — an idealist even as the running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket doomed for failure.


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Palin, Beck recall 9/11 attacks at Alaska event (AP)

FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at the P.U.R.E. Ministries in Duluth, Ga. An event featuring Palin and conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Saturday night is likely to bring out two very different crowds. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)AP – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin introduced Glenn Beck at an event in her home state Saturday night, telling several thousand roaring fans that the conservative commentator has inspired millions.


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