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Syria inspections set to start

The Opposition Syrian Coalition attends a ministerial meeting at the U.N. The international team that will inspect and remove Syria’s…

September 27, 2013

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Navy Yard employees get counseling after massacre

Counselors are working with Washington Navy Yard deal with their fears and feelings after a Sept. 16 shooting rampage that…

September 26, 2013

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Health-care program safe from shutdown, officials say

Associated Press<br><br>This photo provided by the Bipartisan Policy Center shows G. William Hoagland. A partial government shutdown next week would…

September 26, 2013

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Panel looks at new NSA rules

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says the committee is looking at legislation that would limit…

September 26, 2013

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House Republicans draw line in sand

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says the Senate will not pass a budget bill that does not include funding…

September 26, 2013

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Report to study CO² impact

A new report on global warming is due out today and is expected to try to address the effect of…

September 26, 2013

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Official: Talks with Iran ‘substantial’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country is open to negotiations on its nuclear program.Seth Wenig/Associated Press – EU…

September 26, 2013

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Envoy says deal reached on Syria

Russia is offering to provide troops to guard Syrian facilities where Syria’s chemical weapons would be destroyed under an agreement…

September 26, 2013

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Massive quake in southwest Pakistan kills 210

The death toll in Tuesday’s earthquake in southwestern Pakistan jumped overnight. Rescuers are trying to help thousands of people injured…

September 25, 2013

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FBI helping ID Kenya dead

Morgue officials are expecting more bodies to begin arriving as government officials search rubble and debris inside the Westgate Mall…

September 25, 2013

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Navy Yard gunman left note about radio waves

The FBI says there is no evidence that Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was targeting anyone specfically when he…

September 25, 2013

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Foreign weapons sent to rebels in Syria worry Iraq

“We deplore the efforts of anyone to supply more weapons to any party to the ongoing conflict – whether to…

September 25, 2013

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Russia expects Syria resolution in next 2 days

Gennady Gatilov told The Associated Press that the text of the resolution will include a reference to Chapter 7 of…

September 25, 2013

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Iranian president ready for nuclear negotiations

Iran has agreed to meet with six world powers today on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to…

September 25, 2013

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Playboy picks its top party school: WVU

West Virginia University is No. 1. At least in Playboy ‘s list of Top Party Schools of 2013, the men’s…

September 25, 2013

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Pakistan struggles to help quake victims; 210 dead

The death toll from a major earthquake that hit Pakistan Tuesday is rising, government officials said Wednesday. The government said…

September 25, 2013

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Scalia expects NSA program to end up in court

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believes the Supreme Court will ultimately weigh in on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs…

September 25, 2013

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Scientists put face on past

A life restoration of Entelognathus, an old armored fish that rewrites the history of human jaw bones.Brian Choo/USA TODAY This…

September 25, 2013

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Senate OKs bill to keep government open

The vote came shortly after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz held the Senate in session overnight – and the Twitterverse in…

September 25, 2013

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USPS seeks 3-cent increase for first-class mail

The U.S. Postal Service is asking for another increase in postal rates to help the agency balance its budget. The…

September 25, 2013

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Navy Yard shooting victims remembered

Friends and family remember four victims of the Sept. 15 massacre at the Washington Navy Yard. Services were held for…

September 24, 2013

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Cruz vows to speak till he can’t against Obamacare

“This grand experiment is simply not working,” the Texas freshman told a largely empty chamber of the president’s signature domestic…

September 24, 2013

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Study predicting more storms

Severe springtime thunderstorms could increase by as much as 40 percent across the eastern U.S. (roughly from the Rockies to…

September 24, 2013

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Iran, French leaders meet

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani says he is open to talks with the U.S. to try to resolve their differences over…

September 24, 2013

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U.S. unveils insurance costs

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are touting the benefits of the new Affordable Care Act a week…

September 24, 2013

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At U.N., Obama welcomes signs of Iranian moderation

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United Nations must ensure that Syria follows through with its commitment to turn over…

September 24, 2013

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Kenyan president: Terrorists defeated

Kenya’s president says government forces defeated terrorist forces that took over a mall in Nairobi on Saturday. Government reports say…

September 24, 2013

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Major quake in southwestern Pakistan kills 39

The Pakistani military said it was rushing troops and helicopters to Baluchistan province’s Awaran district, where the quake was centered,…

September 24, 2013

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Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood group

Khalil Hamra/Associated Press<br><br>Egypt’s government upped the ante in its crackdown on Islamists Monday by banning the Muslim Brotherhood and ordering…

September 23, 2013

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Conn. court weighs if horses are innately vicious

Horse owners and farmers are mobilizing as the state Supreme Court hears an appeal in the case Tuesday. Such a…

September 23, 2013