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Senate passes $80 billion measure for veterans, military bases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed its first spending bill of the year on Tuesday, a popular $80 billion measure for veterans'…
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Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama a $607 billion defense policy bill that he is expected to sign even though he…
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Carson: Questions on background aren’t ‘real’ scandals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he's facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny about the veracity…
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Chase hacking charges leveled at 3 suspects
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men held in Israel and one U.S. citizen believed to be living in Moscow have been charged…
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Appeals court rules against Obama immigration plan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to protect from deportation an estimated 5 million people living in the United…
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Myanmar in post-election limbo with slow official results
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar was trapped in a post-election limbo Tuesday with official results barely trickling in, although opposition leader Aung…
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Senate bill would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to pass a bill that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — something Barack…
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Viewers’ guide: Substance vs. personalities as stakes grow
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Organizers are promising to focus on substance when eight Republicans face off on the main stage for the GOP'…
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Catalan lawmakers pass plan to split from Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain…
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Legally blind barber awarded $100k for wrongful termination
BOSTON (AP) — A legally blind barber has been awarded $100,000 by a Massachusetts commission against discrimination after it says he was…
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After vet felled by PTSD, service dog Honor aids family now
CLYDE, N.C. (AP) — Part of the Labrador retriever's training was to sense when the demons of war had invaded…
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Truck spills cranberries in accident on Cape Cod bridge
SAGAMORE, Mass. (AP) — A truck carrying cranberries crashed head-on into another vehicle on a bridge into Cape Cod, spilling berries onto…
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Armed groups target elephants in Congo park
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The eight suspected poachers stood under a tree, apparently unaware they were being tracked by 10 rangers from Congo'…
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Portugal’s radicals move to heart of power after debt crisis
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Die-hard communists are poised to walk the corridors of power in Portugal, and a new generation of leftist…
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Unpopular GOP candidates mulling when to pack it in
WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Republican presidential candidates with dwindling bank accounts and negligible support in polls have been finding reasons to stay…
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Germany passes law allowing some types of assisted suicide
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe…
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NATO chief sounds alarm over Russian buildup
TROIA, Portugal (AP) — NATO's secretary-general sounded the alarm recently over the build-up of Russian military forces from the…
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Christie, Huckabee polls relegate both to undercard debate
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two candidates who have been part of each of the prime-time Republican debates so far, Chris Christie…
