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NASA spacecraft nears end of years-long journey to Pluto
Scientists will start getting their first real closeups of Pluto this Sunday when the New Horizons spacecraft begins the final leg on a nine-year mission to explore the icy world…
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Health-care website tightens data rules
Government to restrict sharing of users’ personal information
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Kerry: Extremists aren’t Islamic
Kerry In a speech calling for a global effort against violent extremism, Kerry said it would be a mistake to link Islam to criminal conduct rooted in alienation, poverty, thrill-seeking…
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama arrives in India this weekend anxious to take another step in moving the world’s two largest democracies beyond the deep tensions that have beset their…
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DONETSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops. The main separatist leader in…
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Old phone unveiled after 100 years
Cheryl Maslin, registrar and collections manager for the California Historical Society, on Thursday adjusts the receiver on the telephone used by President Woodrow Wilson for the first transcontinental call at…
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Prayers said for Japanese hostages held by Islamic militants
Japan’s government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday that Japan was trying all possible channels to reach Islamic State militants holding two Japanese hostages. The group has said…
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Saudi king picks crown prince
Former ruler of Mideast country is buried in unmarked grave
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Obama to pass on meeting Netanyahu during Washington visit
President Barack Obama says he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in the U.S. to address Congress because his visit comes too close to…
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Border program takes nasty twist
‘Trusted travelers’ being used to unwittingly smuggle drugs
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WASHINGTON – The State Department says it has reduced the number of American personnel working at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, amid chaos in that country…
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Japan seeks to talk with IS
Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese freelance journalist, says he would be willing to negotiate with the Islamic State group for the release of two Japanese hostages the group is threatening to…
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NTSB: Planes should have technologies so they can be found
The National Transportation Safety Board tests flight recorders at its vehicle recorder laboratory in Washington. The board is recommending that that all long airline flights that go over water begin…
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Clinton leading presidential pack
Poll: Ex-first lady holds big leads over possible GOP candidates
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Yemen president resigns under pressure from rebels
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi speaks during the closing session of the national dialogue conference in Sanaa, Yemen. Hadi submited his resignation Thursday over a standoff with Shiite rebels…
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Hagel disputes Iraq leader’s weapons, training complaints
Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Thursday disputed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s assertion that the U.S. has not been providing enough weapons and training for his country’s military.Cliff Owen/Associated Press…
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GOP pushes abortion bill through House after earlier stumble
Marchers on Thursday gather for an anti-abortion rally during the annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are gathering in Washington for an…
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Supreme Court sharply divided over housing bias cases
The Obama administration may need the vote of a frequent conservative antagonist on the Supreme Court to preserve a decades-old strategy for fighting housing discrimination. Justice Antonin Scalia on Wednesday…
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Israeli leader invited to address Congress
Boehner upset by Obama’s handling of Iran talks
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Cuba seeks changes to U.S. migration rules
Cuban officials are urging the United States to end its policy of granting legal residency to Cuban refugees who make it to U.S. soil. t Ministry of Foreign Relations General…
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Pro-lifers pushing to limit abortions
Several federal, state bills seek to restrict procedure
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says the FBI has finished its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri. The Justice Department has not yet…
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CAIRO – Conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo say the blue and gold braided beard on a mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun has been hastily glued back on with…
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Lew slams door on efforts to lower top individual tax rate
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew dismissed congressional efforts to lower the nation’s top tax rate for individuals. “I don’t think that there’s any advantage in pretending that there aren’t big disagreements…
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Senators grapple with how much students should be tested
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., right, says he’s open to discussing whether the federal government should be mandating standardized testing rules or whether…
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France to get better guns, more intel agents to fight terror
French police officers on Wednesday guard the kosher grocery where Amedy Coulibaly killed four people in a terror attack in Paris. France announced sweeping new measures to counter homegrown terrorism…
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Analysis: Obama barrels into final act of presidency unbowed
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>President Barack Obama waves before giving his Tueday night State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker…