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Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

WASHINGTON – Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, becaus...

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O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial LAS VEGAS – His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to the witness stand, a grayer, bulkier O.J. Simpson made his case for a new trial...

Google digs deeper into daily life

SAN FRANCISCO – For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. “Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life,...

Obama acts to mitigate multiple controversies

Tax agency chief forced out; Libya emails released

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood...

Potential civil-rights violations at IRS

WASHINGTON – The FBI’s criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil-rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, whi...

Officials: ‘Multiple fatalities’ in Texas tornado

GRANBURY, Texas – A tornado ripped through a picturesque lakeside North Texas town on Wednesday, resulting in multiple fatalities and destroying or damaging homes, authorities said. ...

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

WASHINGTON – One after another, the charges have tumbled out – allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval ...

House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

WASHINGTON – The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel rebuffed Democratic e...

Agency recommends lowering threshold for drunken driving

WASHINGTON – States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half – from 0.08 blood alcohol level to 0.05 – matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths ...

Justice to investigate IRS targeting of tea party

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of tea party groups for extra scrutiny over whether they qualified for t...

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Holder says he played no role in phone probe WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone re...
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