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Obama honors first time WNBA champ Indiana Fever
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama honored the WNBA champion Indiana Fever on Friday, calling the players role models for young athletes — even those on his daughter Sasha's basketball team. The team captured its first title last...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Women's National Basketball Association, Barack Obama, Minnesota Lynx, Sports
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Feds to comply with morning-after pill ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest...
Tags: Women's Health, Family Planning, Government, Justice and Rights, Kathleen Sebelius
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Gun control advocates mark 6 months since shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to...
Tags: Joe Biden, Interior Policy, Laws, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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NYC police: Notes to Obama, mayor had gun threats
DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's most potent gun-control advocates, officials...Tags: Interior Policy, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Personal Weapon Control, Justice and Rights, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013, Mississippi)
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute...Tags: Highway Transportation, Technology, Transportation Industry, Engineering, National Transportation Safety Board
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Migration, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Chuck Schumer, Ted Cruz
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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: FBI, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Sandy Levin, Taxation, U.S. Department of Justice
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: News Media, Justice and Rights, Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: FBI, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Judges, Media Industry
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: FBI, John Boehner, John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations
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GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Strategists in...Tags: Government, Rand Paul, Islam, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Joe Biden, Harry of Wales, New York City, Diana, Princess of Wales, Greenwich
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