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CIA doctors’ role in torture program stirs moral worries
Ethicists upset report doesn’t propose reforms
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Poll: many Republicans back limits on carbon
Nearly half the Republicans surveyed for a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Yale University believe the United States should be taking the lead in…
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Senate to take up $1.1T bill to keep government running
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are pushing their party members to pass a budget bill that will…
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VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday turned down an offer by Iran to visit a site, saying access to it would not help advance its probe of suspicions…
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WASHINGTON – In a victory for unions, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that employees can use their company email accounts for union organizing and other workplace-related purposes, if…
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Budget deal erodes limits on political money
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses before meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington following a House GOP caucus meeting.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Under a spending bill introduced…
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Europe muted on CIA torture report amid Islamic State crisis
While China accused the U.S. of hypocrisy, the European Union, Britain and Germany moderated their response to the findings of the report by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Polish…
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WASHINGTON – The chairman of a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, strongly defended his inquiry Wednesday, even as Democrats and some Republicans said previous…
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Most Americans expect 2 more years of gridlock
think Obama, Congress can work together
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Ebola fighters are Person of the Year
Salome Karwah, an Ebola survivor who now counsels Ebola patients in Liberia, is one of the thousands of Ebola fighters Time magazine cited as its Person of the Year for…
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Gowdy: Benghazi probe needed to boost US security
Greg Starr, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, left, and Steve Linick, State Department Inspector General wait for the start of a House Select Committee on Benghazi hearing to…
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White House defends CIA chief; won’t say tactics saved lives
Jose Padilla, center, is escorted to a waiting police vehicle by federal marshals near downtown Miami in 2006. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA program that included torturing…
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry asked Congress on Tuesday for new war powers to provide the legal grounding for U.S. military operations against the Islamic State, but said…
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China ready to deploy nuclear missiles on subs
Fifty years after China carried out its first nuclear test, patrols by the almost impossible-to-detect JIN class submarines armed with nuclear JL-2 ballistic missiles will give President Xi Jinping greater…
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MOSCOW – Russia’s richest man said he bought James D. Watson’s Nobel Prize medal at Christie’s in order to return it to the scientist. Alisher Usmanov, a metal and telecommunications…
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Forests’ futures in doubt
Putnam “Put” Blodgett, president of the Vermont Woodlands Association, has implemented a succession plan for his 670 acres family owned forest land by forming a limited liability company and establishing…
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10 key findings from report on CIA interrogations
1. Enhanced interrogation techniques used on terror detainees, including simulated drowning and sleep deprivation, were ineffective in gaining intelligence leads that led to important operations against terrorist groups or prevented…