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Tentative deal in San Diego mayor harassment suit
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Tentative deal in San Diego mayor harassment suit

August 21, 2013

A tentative deal has been reached in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against San Dieo Mayor Bob Filner and the city of San Diego. Local residents and the Democratic National…

Uneasy partners Japan, South Korea join US air drills
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Uneasy partners Japan, South Korea join US air drills

August 21, 2013

Their aircraft have been flying the annual Red Flag Alaska training drills that end Friday, along with U.S. and Australian forces. The exercise has included simulated combat maneuvers in which…

Railroads seek to install cameras to watch crews
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Railroads seek to install cameras to watch crews

August 21, 2013

Union Pacific asked a federal judge this week to declare it has the authority to install the cameras under the railroad’s existing labor agreements. Kansas City Southern railroad won a…

Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster
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Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster

August 21, 2013

Contaiminated water is leaking from some of the steel storage tanks at the wrecked Fukusima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, raising fears that more radioactive water could start leaking.Kyodo News/Associated Press…

Manning case unlikely to affect other leak probes
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Manning case unlikely to affect other leak probes

August 21, 2013

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court martial. The military judge overseeing Manning's…

NSA releases court opinions
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NSA releases court opinions

August 21, 2013

The National Security Agency says it collected thousands of emails and other Internet communications from Americans with no terrorist connections by gathering up bundled Internet communications from fiber optic cables…

Court orders Mubarak to be freed
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Court orders Mubarak to be freed

August 21, 2013

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be put under house arrest if he is released from prison after two years in custody. Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi ordered the house…

Reported Syria attack tests U.S. hope to avoid war
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Reported Syria attack tests U.S. hope to avoid war

August 21, 2013

Syrian anti-government activists are accusing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad of launching a chemical attack that killed at least 100 people in a Damascus suburb. The United States…

Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case
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Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

August 21, 2013

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court martial. The military judge overseeing Manning’s…

Media in Egypt stoke the heat – and now feel it
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Media in Egypt stoke the heat – and now feel it

August 20, 2013

Journalists covering the turmoil in Egypt are coming under increasing danger from police and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Five journalists have been killed in the past week in…

Attacks in Hezbollah area test supporters’ resolve
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Attacks in Hezbollah area test supporters’ resolve

August 20, 2013

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been shaken by recent bombings in Beirut bringing a sense of fear and unease to a community that has been largely spared the violence plaguing…

Afghan military is looking to count a few good men
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Afghan military is looking to count a few good men

August 20, 2013

That’s why the Pentagon is looking for a contractor to upgrade the existing Afghan database to determine who is serving in the military, and whether those troops can read and…

Justices far from being tech savvy, Kagan says
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Justices far from being tech savvy, Kagan says

August 20, 2013

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says her fellow justices aren’t the most technologically advanced people. She said justices still send messages to each other with paper memos, rather than emails.Michael…

Medical care costs rise more than wages
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Medical care costs rise more than wages

August 20, 2013

Coverage costs still are climbing faster than wages. That means, in many cases, that a bigger portion of the average paycheck is sliced off for insurance instead of being deposited…

Near drowning discussed by  Italy astronaut
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Near drowning discussed by Italy astronaut

August 20, 2013

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano talked on his online blog about how he nearly drowned during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station last month. He says he felt…

CIA admits Iran coup role
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CIA admits Iran coup role

August 20, 2013

The acknowledgment is contained in documents obtained by the National Security Archive through a Freedom of Information Act. The archive, which is based at George Washington University’s Gelman Library in…

Prosecutors end Hasan case
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Prosecutors end Hasan case

August 20, 2013

After calling nearly 90 witnesses in 11 days, prosecutors said they had completed their case during Maj. Nidal Hasan’s trial. Hasan also is accused of wounding more than 30 people…

Iran Foreign Ministry   to handle nuclear talks
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Iran Foreign Ministry to handle nuclear talks

August 20, 2013

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says the election of moderate President Hasan Rouhani has provided a good opportunity for world powers to…

White House studies cutting aid to Egypt
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White House studies cutting aid to Egypt

August 20, 2013

White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest says President Barack Obama has called a meeting to discuss whether or not to continue U.S. aid to Egypt. The Obama administration has…

Ex-Pakistani leader faces murder charges
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Ex-Pakistani leader faces murder charges

August 20, 2013

A Pakistani court has indicted former Pakistani President and military chief Pervez Musharraf on charges in connection with the assassination of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The indictment…

States predict more insurance customers
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States predict more insurance customers

August 19, 2013

USA TODAY contacted the 50 states, and 19 had estimates for how many of their uninsured residents they expect will buy through the exchanges. About 48 million Americans were uninsured…

Benghazi aftershocks affecting U.S. policy in Egypt
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Benghazi aftershocks affecting U.S. policy in Egypt

August 19, 2013

The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed the American ambassador and left three other Americans dead was cited as a reason for closing some 20 American embassies…

Islamists on defensive throughout Middle East
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Islamists on defensive throughout Middle East

August 19, 2013

Political leaders in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan have sided with the Egyptian military and secularists who backed the July 3 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. On…

Kidnap suspect leaves money to victim’s family
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Kidnap suspect leaves money to victim’s family

August 19, 2013

Hannah Anderson’s paternal grandmother was left $112,000 by the man suspected of kidnapping the 16-year-old California girl. James DiMaggio was shot and killed by FBI agents in a shootout in…

Judge bars most motive evidence in Fort Hood trial
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Judge bars most motive evidence in Fort Hood trial

August 19, 2013

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan spoke up during his court-martial Monday, questioning a witness and challenging the prosecution’s definitino of “jihad.” Hasan is on trial in the 2009 shooting rampage that…

Court: Mubarak may be freed soon
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Court: Mubarak may be freed soon

August 19, 2013

Underscoring the growing anger over Mohammed Morsi’s ouster, suspected Islamic militants ambushed two minibuses carrying off-duty policemen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, forcing the men to lie on the sand and…

Defiant NSA leaks reporter says he won’t be silenced
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Defiant NSA leaks reporter says he won’t be silenced

August 18, 2013

Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, right, says he will start publishing more stories about National Security Agency surveillance programs after his partner, David Miranda, was detained by British authorities for several…