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Justices hear environmental case
Court members agree cross-border pollution issue is complex, tough
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Bipartisan negotiators reach modest budget pact
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., say a tentative agreement on a new budget plan will cut spending in a “smarter…
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Bipartisan fix advances for Medicare doctors’ pay
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. says Congress needs to come up with a permanent fix to Medicare payments to doctors rather than continuing to approve fixes every…
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Obama hails Mandela’s life
President Barrack Obama urged Africans and young people around the world to make Nelson Mandela’s “life work your own” during a speech at a memorial service for the former South…
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Congress renews undetectable gun ban for decade
Jay Janner/Associated Press<br><br>This Austin American Statesman photograph shows a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer. Congress approved a law extending a ban on plastic firearms although gun-control…
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5 dead as Argentine police strikes inspire mobs
Two men are detained by police outside a supermarket that was being looted in Cordoba, Argentina, last week. Mobs of looters and robbers are taking to the streets in several…
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Prospects dim for fast renewal of jobless benefits
Some congressional Democrats said they would continue to press to make additional benefits for jobless workers part of any deal, but it was unclear how strongly the White House would…
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Poll: Obama, Iran face selling job on nuclear pact
In the survey, taken Tuesday through Sunday, 32 percent approve of the agreement and 43 percent disapprove. One in four either refuse to answer or say they don’t know enough…
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LA sheriff’s deputies face federal charges
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, at podium, takes questions about a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union. Sixteen current and former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were…
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Kerry headed to Mideast, Asia
Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Kerry’s remarks came as he was preparing to leave Wednesday for the…
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Mandela memorial raises security, logistical issues
Tens of thousands of South Africans are expected to attend memorial services for former South Africa President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. About…
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Probe on Mars finds signs of ancient lake
Scientists say an ancient lakebed discovered on Mars could have supported life on the Red Planet thousands or millions of years ago.NASA/Associated Press The watering hole near the Martian equator…
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SAN FRANCISCO – The 85-year-old U.S. veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during…
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Report: NSA spying on online gamers
U.S. and British intelligence agencies say terrorists could be hiding in place sight in online games such as World of Warcraft. The agencies have been monitoring online games looking for…
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Central African Republic mobs launch sectarian attacks
Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia admits that he has no control over Seleka fighters who helped him overthrow the government several months ago. Muslim and Christian mobs are attacking…
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Obama heads to South Africa for Mandela memorial
President Barack Obama will speak Tuesday during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela. Obama and his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, left for South Africa Monday…
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Minus 135.8 in Antartica sets record
Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that’s 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don’t try it. That’s so cold scientists say it hurts to…
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The federal health-care exchange is incorrectly determining that some people are eligible for Medicaid when they clearly are not, leaving them with little chance to get the subsidized insurance they…
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South Africans pray for Nelson Mandela
World leaders to attend massive event at stadium
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Ukrainians hold largest demonstration since ’04
Citizens demanding president’s ouster
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Revolutionary War prison parcel transferred to Pennsylvania town
Property to be preserved, researched
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A year after Newtown mass shooting, rift over guns deepens
Staring at photographs of their freckled faces, hair tucked into barrettes and baseball caps, a country divided by politics, geography, race, class and belief was united in mourning. And as…
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Freezing temperatures grip Americans
Four deaths in San Francisco Bay area; 100K customers without power in Dallas
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U.S. veteran Newman, 85, home from North Korea
Newmandu1-i-syn Merrill Newman arrived at the San Francisco airport after turning down a ride aboard Vice President Joe Biden’s Air Force Two in favor of a direct flight from Beijing.…
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Auction features items from Nancy Drew author TOLEDO, Ohio – Typewriters and a desk from the home of an author who brought a young sleuth named Nancy Drew to life…
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Lawmakers question U.S.-Russia copter deal
Boeing-made crafts more cost-effective for Afghans, study says