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TEHRAN, Iran – Paramilitary forces from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard have held a war game simulating the capture of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control, state media reported Saturday. It…
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Season’s first snowstorm to sweep across Midwest
Much of the northern Midwest is under a winter storm warning through Saturday, with up to a foot of snow expected to hit many parts of the Midwest. The storm…
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Health officials in Liberia say they are treating a 10-year-old boy for Ebola, the first case of the disease reported in the country in two months. One of the boy’s…
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. air attack on an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March probably killed four civilians, possibly including a child, according to findings released Friday from a…
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Poll: Clinton solidifying support among Dems
Clinton The latest Bloomberg Politics National Poll, taken in the days following the most recent Democratic candidates’ debate and the Paris terror attacks, shows that Clinton enjoys another key advantage…
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Attorneys seek to change Pollard’s parole conditions
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, left, will be working for a New York investment firm while on parole. He was freed Friday after serving 30 years fro selling intelligence secrets to…
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Obama seeks justices’ OK on immigration plan
26 states suing to stop policy blocking deportations
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Democrats seek to expand gun controls
Senator pushes bill to ban sales to people on terror watchlist
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Facebook tries to ease your heartache
Facebook is testing a new feature that will let people who divorce or split up with a lover avoid having to see their ex’s pictures or posts in their news…
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Seattle voters get to call the shots
Alan Durning, author of an initiative passed by Seattle voters that created the nation’s first voucher system for campaign contributions, said critics’ arguments against the voucher system aren’t valid because…
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Men may overeat like cavemen to woo women
Men’s eating habits could be a hardwired urge dating back to prehistoric times when men with better hunting prowess were able to eat more and better than others. That urge…
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Bulldogs in love: New movie tells dog wedding story
Proceeds from a new movie, “The Dog Wedding,” will go to help two charities, Canine Companions for Independence and Long Island Bulldog Rescue. The movie will star 50 dog couples…
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‘Not the first time I’ve been framed,’ felon ex-mayor quips
Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci attended a ceremony to unveil his official portrait in City Hall in Providence, R.I. Cianci was the city’s longest-serving mayor at 21 years.Glenn Osmundson/ Providence…
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Sight, sound used to trigger dementia patients’ memories
Researchers say providing sensory and other cues to dementia patients can help stimulate memories in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Decima Assise, who has Alzheimer’s disease, is dancing wtih Harry Lomping…
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Obama administration: New drugs must remain affordable
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told attendees at a forum on drug prices in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on Friday that consumers shouldn’t have to choose…
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FBI head: No credible threat to U.S. after Paris attacks
FBI Director James Comey, left, with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, said there are no credible threats against the United State following last week’s terror attacks in Paris.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press…
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Islamic State reportedly wants chemical arms
Valls Their quest raises an alarming scenario for the West, given the determination to strike major cities that the group showed with its bloody attack last week in Paris. U.S.…
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Era of mass migration from Mexico is ‘at an end’
Mexicans leaving U.S. now top number arriving
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WASHINGTON – Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to American shores, dividing the…
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House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, talked to reporters before a vote Wednesday where many Democrats joined Republicans in approving tighter restrictions on refugees coming to the U.S. from Syria and…
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Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison
John Bradford, a professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in Canada, testified during a Wednesday sentencing hearing that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle suffered from hypersexuality and…
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WASHINGTON – Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. A bipartisan conference committee of about two dozen lawmakers met Wednesday to…
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Airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State
Campaign could take years, officials say
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Carter pushing retirement, other changes for future force
Many of the moves that Carter planned to outline in a speech Wednesday focus on how the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps recruit and retain troops. For example,…