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10 key findings from report on CIA interrogations
1. Enhanced interrogation techniques used on terror detainees, including simulated drowning and sleep deprivation, were ineffective in gaining intelligence leads that led to important operations against terrorist groups or prevented…
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Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn’t work
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday as she arrives to release a report on the CIA’s harsh…
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British royals serve U.S. a personal visit
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, greets children and parents outside the Northside Center after her visit to New York on Monday. Kate and Prince William are on a three-day visit to…
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KABUL, Afghanistan – American and NATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan on Monday, lowering flags in a ceremony to mark the formal end of their combat mission in…
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BP’s settlement appeal rejected
Roughly $7.8B to be paid out to victims of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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First spark of life on Earth repeated by way of a laser?
Scientists think so, others doubt it
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U.S. unveils federal law enforcement profiling ban
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will brief local law enforcement officials on Monday about new federal guidelines prohibiting federal officers from profiling based on religious, race and other characteristics.Tony Dejak/Associated…
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Millennials, employers stuck for now
Some young Americans’ job prospects may be limited
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II attended Sunday’s 73rd anniversary ceremony with the help of canes,…
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Harlem Hellfighters live on
Museum effort shows post-WWI lives of storied black regiment
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Macaws take flight in Caracas
Wild parrots offer respite from Venezuela capital’s crime, pollution
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Time to let your freak-food flag fly
Cinnamon crickets are ‘in,’ and they just might save the Rust Belt
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An SUV involved in the death of a Missouri teenager outside a Somali community center had an anti-Muslim message displayed in the rear window at the…
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HONG KONG – A prominent teenage leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests ended his hunger strike Saturday after 4½ days at his doctor’s urging. The decision by Joshua Wong, 18,…
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Job market is partying like its 1999
Unemployed finding work at a pace unprecedented post-Great Recession
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400 killed annually by police
There’s reason officers rarely are indicted by grand juries
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Colorado farmers want help with foreign-born workers
If anything, it seems the actions might have muddied already less-than-clear waters, according to the Colorado Farm Bureau. “When you look at it, there’s nothing specifically in there to help…
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Rolling Stone backing off gang-rape story
University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone said Friday that it has found…
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s new Orion spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic flight 3,604 miles beyond Earth, opening a new era of human exploration meant…
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NASA’s Orion lands with ‘bullseye’ splashdown
NASA’s Orion spacecraft lifts off from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral AIr Force Station in Florida. The new spacecraft successfully completed a test flight Friday, spashing down in the…
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Obama taps Pentagon veteran Carter to lead DOD
President Barack Obama said on Friday his nominee to head the Defense Department, Ashton Carter, will need to make “smart choices” as the Pentagon ramps up to fight the Islamic…