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For Koreans, crash a point of national shame

SEOUL, South Korea – When a jet from a Seoul-based airline crashed this weekend in San Francisco, South Koreans took it personally. The president issued a statement of regret. Wi...

Egypt names prime minister

CAIRO – Egypt’s military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing ...

GOP: Delay law’s individual mandate

WASHINGTON – Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans ...

Pennsylvania law banning gay marriage faces court challenge

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Civil rights lawyers filed the first known legal challenge Tuesday on behalf of 23 men, women and children seeking to overturn a 17-year-old state law effectively banning s...

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Criminal investigation opened into train wreck LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec – Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runawa...

Lawmakers say loan changes tough on black students

WASHINGTON – Black lawmakers on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to do something about changes to a college loan program that they say make it tougher for students at historically black ...

Defense seeks to introduce Trayvon Martin’s texts

SANFORD, Fla. – Defense attorneys on Tuesday tried to get Trayvon Martin’s text messages and a Facebook posting dealing with fighting introduced at George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder tr...

6 dismissed in 1st day of Fort Hood murder trial

FORT HOOD, Texas – The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage declined to ask potential jurors any questions Tuesday as jury selection finally began in his l...

Former judge admits flaws in secret court

WASHINGTON – A former federal judge who served on a secret court overseeing the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs denied Tuesday that the judges act as “rubber stamps.”...

Automatic speed control at play

NTSB looking at how equipment used in Asiana crash

White House projects shrinking deficit

WASHINGTON – The White House said Monday that the federal budget deficit for the current fiscal year will shrink to $759 billion. That’s more than $200 billion less than the administration p...

Immigration, student loans top congressional plans

WASHINGTON – Congress returned Monday to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers ha...
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