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Can super PAC support save Rick Perry?

Written by Will Weissert and Julie Bykowicz AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rick Perry has raised so little money for his second-chance presidential bid that he's stopped paying his campaign staffers, the kind of cash crisis that could normally sink a candidate.

Barack Obama

Keystone XL review drags on 5 times longer than average

Written by Josh Lederman WASHINGTON (AP) — For six and a half years, the White House has had a quick comeback to questions about its yet-to-be-announced decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline: Talk to the State Department.

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Judge puts NFL on hot seat as he belittles ‘Deflategate’

Written by Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive over its four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Wednesday, demanding to know what evidence directly links Brady to deflating footballs and belittling the drama of the controversy.

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Polluted water suspected cause of US rowing illnesses in Brazil

By Stephen Wade RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thirteen rowers on the 40-member U.S. team came down with stomach illness at the World Junior Rowing Championships — a trial run for next summer's Olympics — and the team doctor said she suspected it was due to pollution in the lake

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Obama asks judge to lower terrorist bond payment so as not to burden the Palestinian Authority

Written by Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has intervened in a lawsuit over Palestinian attacks that have killed Americans, advising a judge that requiring a hefty bond payment in the case could financially destabilize the Palestinian government.

Syria

Middle East refugees stream into Greek island, meet wretched conditions

Written by Nicholas Paphitis and Dalton Bennett KOS, Greece (AP) — Dozens of people from the Middle East reached the Greek island of Kos from nearby Turkey on Wednesday, joining thousands already camped in wretched conditions on what is normally a tourist playground known for its sun and beaches.

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US lawmakers quick to criticize China on currency drop

Written by Matthew Pennington WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers have been quick to condemn the sudden drop in the value of Chinese currency as damaging for American businesses and workers, reviving an issue that once was one of the biggest sources of tension between the two world powers.

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Obama coal regs discriminate against red states

Here's today's political quiz question: What do these five states — Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, California and Maine — have in common? Yes, they are blue states ruled by Democrats, but that's not all. These are the states that use the least amount of coal — 2