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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: New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Harry of Wales
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Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...Tags: Gaming, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Services and Shopping, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Patrick Leahy
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Mental Health, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Republican Party
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Biden officially sworn in for second term
CBS NewsVice President Joe Biden was officially sworn for his second term this morning at 8:21 a.m. ET by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, hours before President Obama takes his second oath of office at the White House. The two are being sworn in today,...Tags: Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Sonia Sotomayor, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice
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Culver Academy students preparing for inauguration parade
Culver Academy students are already in Washington DC to take part in Monday's presidential inauguration parade. But on Saturday morning their horses started making the journey. 90 horses have been loaded into six vans and are now en route to the nation'...
Tags: Politics, White House, Beyonce, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Gun control debate driving local gun sales
WSBT TVThe talk of new gun control laws is driving up sales of assault rifles and ammunition. Local gun stores are seeing lots of first time buyers as well as long time gun owners who worry about losing their Second Amendment right to bear arms. But others...Tags: Laws, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Substance Abuse, Washington, DC
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Biden meets with gun safety, victims groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday heard personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he drafts the Obama administration's response to the shooting at a Connecticut...
Tags: Arne Duncan, Mental Health, Kathleen Sebelius, White House, Washington, DC
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Finally, a breakthrough
CBS NewsMost of the world is counting down to a midnight New Year's celebration while Congress continues to watch the clock and count down to another deadline, despite the efforts of lawmakers to avert the "fiscal cliff." Those efforts are inching closer to the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Credit and Debt, Democratic Party, Politics, Fiscal Cliff
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Sandy Hook group launches anti-violence initiative
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as they called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies. "I do...
Tags: Mental Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Executive Branch, Health and Safety at School
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UPDATE: 11th-hour fiscal cliff deal reported
South Bend TribuneWASHINGTON -- Racing against the clock, the White House reached agreement with congressional Republicans late Monday on a deal to prevent across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts to government programs from taking effect at midnight, according...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Fiscal Cliff, White House
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Obama has long work list to tackle when he returns
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hardly a secret that Barack Obama, like every president no doubt, muses about his ultimate legacy and spot in the presidential pantheon. He approaches his second term confronting tough and shifting challenges that will play...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Abraham Lincoln, Democratic Party
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