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CIA-Senate row tricky for Obama
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CIA-Senate row tricky for Obama

March 15, 2014

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leaves the Senate chamber last week after accusing the CIA of illegally searching committee computers.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Obama wants to stay…

U.S. goes high-tech to oversee Afghan aid work
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U.S. goes high-tech to oversee Afghan aid work

March 15, 2014

The U.S. Agency for International Development on Saturday began seeking bids on a monitoring project contract that could cost up to $170 million. The agency hopes the five-year project will…

World/ Nation Briefs
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World/ Nation Briefs

March 14, 2014

UNITED NATIONS – Muslim and Christian leaders of the Central African Republic pleaded Friday for the U.N. Security Council to hurry and deploy peacekeepers to a country that’s been ripped…

Investigation turns toward pilots
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Investigation turns toward pilots

March 14, 2014

The latest evidence suggests the plane didn’t experience a catastrophic incident over the South China Sea as was initially suspected. Some experts theorize that one of the pilots, or someone…

Rare map going once … going twice …
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Rare map going once … going twice …

March 14, 2014

A 1849 map that is being auctioned by Heritage Auctions of Dallas shows Texas shortly after it became a state, when it was “at that fledging point where it’s just…

Under pressure, Obama vows to examine deportations
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Under pressure, Obama vows to examine deportations

March 14, 2014

President Barack Obama is asking Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to look for ways to ease America’s deportation policies. Obama met with three Latino lawmakers Thursday who complained about the…

West readies sanctions on Russia after Crimea vote
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West readies sanctions on Russia after Crimea vote

March 14, 2014

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says violence that broke out in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday night shows that the Ukrainian government has lost control of its people. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left,…

Malaysia denies jet was transmitting data
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Malaysia denies jet was transmitting data

March 13, 2014

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says countries looking for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 need to better coordinate their efforts because passengers’ “families and friends are burning with anxiety.” Many Malaysians…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

March 13, 2014

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – El Salvador’s electoral court on Thursday declared leftist candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren the winner of the tight presidential election, making him the first former rebel…

Egypt crackdown crippling Gaza economy
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Egypt crackdown crippling Gaza economy

March 13, 2014

A new poll shows that support for Hamas is slipping in the Gaza Strip as the government struggles to keep its economy afloat. Hamas’ economic problems have soared since the…

Jobless benefits deal possible
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Jobless benefits deal possible

March 13, 2014

Approval of the $9.7 billion measure seemed likely by the Democratic-led Senate when it returns in late March from a weeklong recess. That would throw the issue into the Republican-run…

Nuke crew woes grow worse
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Nuke crew woes grow worse

March 13, 2014

Newly released Air Force documents suggest that missile crew members at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota were cheating on exams almost a year before allegations of widespread cheating…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

March 13, 2014

WASHINGTON – The oil company behind the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history can once again perform work for the federal government. Under an agreement reached Thursday with the…

Chances for prosecution unclear in CIA-Senate spat
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Chances for prosecution unclear in CIA-Senate spat

March 13, 2014

CIA Director John Brennan is denying that his agency hacked into a computer to find details about a Senate committee’s investigation into possible CIA abuse of terror suspects during the…

House backs bill to sue president over laws
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House backs bill to sue president over laws

March 12, 2014

A House-passed bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the president stands little chance of passage in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The House, which is controlled by Republicans, say the law…

Iran strengthens ties with Oman during visit
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Iran strengthens ties with Oman during visit

March 12, 2014

Iran’s president is visiting Oman to strengthen ties between the two Middle Eastern countries. Hassan Rouhani, left, signed an agreement to build a pipeline to ship Iranian natural gas to…

New OT rules in the works
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New OT rules in the works

March 12, 2014

President Barack Obama plans to help low-paid salaried workers by raising the pay threshold for workers covered by overtime rules. The president wants to extend overtime pay to more salaried…

China adds another twist in hunt for jet
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China adds another twist in hunt for jet

March 12, 2014

Malaysian officials are denying claims that they have been withholding any information about the circumstances surrounding the flight of a Malaysia Airlines jet that has been missing for five days.…

U.S. dismisses Crimea election
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U.S. dismisses Crimea election

March 12, 2014

Obama made a point of welcoming Ukraine’s new leader to the White House, declaring as they sat side-by-side that he hoped there would be a “rethinking” by Russian President Vladimir…

Insurance sign-ups starting to level off
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Insurance sign-ups starting to level off

March 11, 2014

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says her agency is finding that more people on signing up for health insurance as they find out how affordable it can be…

California mulls how to regulate driverless cars
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California mulls how to regulate driverless cars

March 11, 2014

California officials are grappling with how to regulate driverless cars once they begin hitting the roads in a few years. One of the issues officials want to clarify now is…

Senator’s dispute with CIA grows more public
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Senator’s dispute with CIA grows more public

March 11, 2014

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is asking the CIA to apologize for searching a congressional computer system for information about an investigation into allegations that the CIA…

More questions arise about missing plane
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More questions arise about missing plane

March 11, 2014

As criticism of their inability to find any trace of the jet has mounted, the Malaysian authorities have repeatedly insisted that they were doing their best to solve the mystery…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

March 10, 2014

PATTAYA, Thailand – Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a…

Judge won’t dismiss general’s sex assault charges
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Judge won’t dismiss general’s sex assault charges

March 10, 2014

Wilsondu1-i-syn Judge Col. James Pohl reviewed newly disclosed emails and said he found evidence of unlawful command influence in Fort Bragg officials’ decision to reject a plea deal before the…