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    Jun 19, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...

    Tags: Executive Branch, Montgomery County (Virginia), Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental Issues, National Government

    2. Mar 1, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. Congressman tops Watson, the 'Jeopardy' computer

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Turns out all it took to top Watson, the Jeopardy-winning computer, was a real-life rocket scientist. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey is just such a scientist. The congressman topped the IBM computer Monday night in a "Jeopardy"...

    Tags: Elections, Science and Technology, Washington (U.S. state), New Jersey, Politics

    3. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Consumers, White House, Religious Conflicts, Human Rights

    4. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. RPT-Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

    Reuters
    (Repeats May 19 story with no changes to text) * Myanmar president in first visit to Washington * Concern about rights abuses in ethnic conflict * Washington wants to foster ally on China's border By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) -...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Human Rights, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisoners and Detainees

    5. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, White House, Human Rights, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Crime, Law and Justice

    6. May 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Historians fret fate of War of 1812 sites

    On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to burn Washington to the ground.
    On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, National Government, Conservation, Archaeology, Government

    7. Dec 9, 2011 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  7. Remains Of NJ Soldier Among Those Sent To Landfill, Air Force Acknowledges

    The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged.
    The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged. Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq...

    Tags: U.S. Navy, John Kirby, Defense, The Pentagon, CNN (tv network)

    8. May 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    9. May 8, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Roll Call: House votes on abortion, health exchange bills

    WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Saturday: HOUSE Abortion tax policies Voting 251 for and 175 against, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill (HR3) that would use the U.S. tax code as a...

    Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Land Resources, John Garamendi, BP Plc, Abortion

    10. Dec 12, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Senate widens probe of destroyed tapes

    Lawmakers leading the Senate investigation of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes said there were gaps in the testimony of CIA Director Michael V. Hayden on Tuesday and outlined plans to call a series of witnesses as part of an expanding probe.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Lawmakers leading the Senate investigation of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes said there were gaps in the testimony of CIA Director Michael V. Hayden on Tuesday and outlined plans to call a series of witnesses as part of an expanding...

    Tags: Social Issues, Police Investigations, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael V. Hayden

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