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WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has lost emails from five more employees who are part of congressional probes into the treatment of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status,…
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Colleges are rethinking sexual assault education
Johns Hopkins is under investigation for its handling of an alleged gang rape of a Towson University student at a fraternity house, Pi Kappa Alpha, in spring 2013. Since the…
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Think of bull elephant, multiply by 7
Argentine dinosaur may shed light on huge beasts
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Comedian Joan Rivers, 81, dies
Fashion, acting were early dreams for this daughter of Russian parents
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CHICAGO – A U.S. appeals court issued a scathing, unequivocal ruling Thursday, declaring that gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana violated the U.S. Constitution – a decision released a…
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Gays scoff at New York’s holiday-parade decision
Members of the Irish-American gay community protest on Fifth Avenue against the exclusion of Irish-American gays from marching in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York. Organizers of…
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Mo. teen never charged with a serious felony
Attorney: Effort to obtain records is ‘character assassination’
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Forecasts see rising health-care inflation
Economic recovery, an aging society and more people insured under the new health-care law are driving the long-term trend. Projections by nonpartisan experts with the Health and Human Services Department…
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The third U.S. aid worker sickened with Ebola is a Boston-area doctor who decided to return to Liberia after two others fell ill with the deadly virus,…
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NOVOKATERYNIVKA, Ukraine – The ferocity of the attack on the fleeing Ukrainian troops was clear, days after the ambush by Russian-backed separatist forces. More than 30 military vehicles lay in…
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Immigrants facing barriers proving status for coverage
Shekhar Bastola, a SEAMAAC Bhutanese outreach worker, left, helps Bhagawat Bastola with his immigration documents in Philadelphia.Amy Jones, SEAMAAC/Associated Press The government mailed letters in English and Spanish last month…
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Video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist
This image made from video released by Islamic State militants on Aug. 19 purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff being held by the militant group. Today, an Internet video purports…
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As more states work to legalize pot, will traffic deaths rise?
Stoned drivers aware of impairment, more likely to be cautious
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MILWAUKEE – President Barack Obama renewed his push Monday for Congress to raise the minimum wage in a buoyant accounting of the economy’s “revving” performance, delivered on behalf of Democrats…
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HAPPY CAMP, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service says cloudy skies and lower temperatures have slowed the spread of two forest wildfires that are threatening as many as 250 homes…
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Iraqi forces, militia break militant siege of Shiite town
Held area was approached from two directions
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Obama attends chef’s wedding
Chef Sam Kass and MSNBC host Alex Wagner were tying the knot in an evening ceremony at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a farm-to-table restaurant in Pocantico Hills, just north…
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Afraid of flying, this guy built his own cockpit
Instead of flight school, he chose ‘YouTube University’
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Corvette Museum’s sinkhole will soon be a thing of the past
Chevrolet pouring out the cash for car restorations
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Ebola virus taking big toll on poor health-care system
Sierra Leone has 2 doctors for every 100,000 citizens