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GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP

WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation of national security lea...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence

DETROIT – Cecelia Crocker’s body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life – one that she doesn’t otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Croc...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

WASHINGTON – Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, becaus...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial LAS VEGAS – His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to the witness stand, a grayer, bulkier O.J. Simpson made his case for a new trial...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Google digs deeper into daily life

SAN FRANCISCO – For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. “Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life,...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama acts to mitigate multiple controversies

Tax agency chief forced out; Libya emails released

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Potential civil-rights violations at IRS

WASHINGTON – The FBI’s criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil-rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, whi...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officials: ‘Multiple fatalities’ in Texas tornado

GRANBURY, Texas – A tornado ripped through a picturesque lakeside North Texas town on Wednesday, resulting in multiple fatalities and destroying or damaging homes, authorities said. ...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

WASHINGTON – One after another, the charges have tumbled out – allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval ...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

WASHINGTON – The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel rebuffed Democratic e...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Agency recommends lowering threshold for drunken driving

WASHINGTON – States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half – from 0.08 blood alcohol level to 0.05 – matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths ...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World