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Senate passes bill allowing states to tax online sales

Senate passes bill allowing states to tax online sales

The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike. But…

President dares graduates in Ohio to reject cynical voices

President dares graduates in Ohio to reject cynical voices

I dare you, Class of 2013, to do better. I dare you to dream bigger, Obama said. In a sunbaked…

Obama to discuss jobs during trips

Obama to discuss jobs during trips

President Barack Obama on Sunday told graduates of Ohio State University to rise above the cynicism and dysfunction many see…

Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats

Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats

Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted…

California’s Ventura wildfire appears to be accidental

California’s Ventura wildfire appears to be accidental

Continuing cool, moist air significantly reduced fire activity and helped firefighters build containment lines around the 44-square-mile fire at the…

Is you is or is you ain’t a tax cheat?

Is you is or is you ain’t a tax cheat?

you shop online tax-free, probably

Danish philosopher’s ideas adapted for kids

Danish philosopher’s ideas adapted for kids

As Denmark celebrates the philosophers 200th birthday today, Marie Moeller has found her version of Either/Or featuring strobe lights,…

Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant

Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant

Diane Nott, of Elyria, Ohio, holds a gerbil Saturday before the society’s annual New England pageant in Bedford, Mass. The…

Weather helps ease Calif. wildfire

Weather helps ease Calif. wildfire

Calm, moist air aids fight against coastal blaze

LaPierre: NRA members won’t give up guns

LaPierre: NRA members won’t give up guns

A young man who chose not to give his name sizes up an assault-style rifle during the National Rifle Association’s…

Report shows persistence of violence on television

Report shows persistence of violence on television

A study of 392 prime-time-scripted programs on broadcast networks shown during the month after Vice President Joe Bidens January meeting…

Actor Alan Alda wants scientists to nix jargon, use simple words

Actor Alan Alda wants scientists to nix jargon, use simple words

Actor Alan Alda enlists the help of Sujata Pawagi during a Communicating Science class on the campus of Stony Brook…

Widow, pals focus in bomb case

Widow, pals focus in bomb case

Suspects’ inner circle under scrutiny

Federal report cites many causes for bees’ decline

Federal report cites many causes for bees’ decline

A new federal report blames a combination of problems for the decline of honeybees in the United States since 2006.…

Morning-after pill sparks debate

Morning-after pill sparks debate

parents protest access to 15-year-olds

7 U.S. service members killed in Afghan attack

7 U.S. service members killed in Afghan attack

The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a news conference that regular payments his government has…

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said around 4,000 people were fleeing from the predominantly Sunni southern parts of…

Israel enforces ‘red line’ with airstrike in Syria

Israel enforces ‘red line’ with airstrike in Syria

Bodyguards escort Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, through a crowd of young people Saturday during an inauguration ceremony in Damascus…

Calif. fire threatens 4,000 homes

Calif. fire threatens 4,000 homes

A wildfire burns Friday along a hillside in Point Mugu, Calif. By Friday afternoon, the Ventura County blaze had burned…

U.S. orders new visa reviews for arriving students

U.S. orders new visa reviews for arriving students

The order, which is effective immediately, came from a senior official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, David J. Murphy.…

Stocks surge as Dow tops 15,000 – briefly

Stocks surge as Dow tops 15,000 – briefly

The market jumped from the opening bell, traders donned party hats and a wave of buying helped the Standard and…

Economy delivers job gains

Economy delivers job gains

Not only that, but many more people were hired in February and March than previously thought, the Labor Department said…

Boston bomb suspect’s family makes funeral plans

Boston bomb suspect’s family makes funeral plans

A funeral parlor in Worcester that is familiar with Muslim services said it will handle arrangements for Tsarnaev, whose body…

Bomb’s DNA sample yields no match to suspect’s widow

Bomb’s DNA sample yields no match to suspect’s widow

The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said the source of the DNA is unknown, adding that it…

NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more than gun rights

NRA official: ‘Culture war’ more than gun rights

NRA First Vice President James Porter, who will take over the top job Monday, issued a full-throated challenge in the…

Experimental Air Force aircraft goes hypersonic

Experimental Air Force aircraft goes hypersonic

The X-51A Waverider, carried under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress bomber, prepares to launch over the Pacific Ocean.U.S. Air…

Syrian opposition blames regime for village deaths

Syrian opposition blames regime for village deaths

The killings in Bayda reflect the sectarian overtones of Syrias civil war. Tucked in the mountains outside the Mediterranean coastal…

U.S. employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5%

U.S. employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5%

The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases…

Tally ho! Owners set dogs on NYC rats

Tally ho! Owners set dogs on NYC rats

maintain breeds’ traits through real work

Is antibacterial soap damaging your health?

Is antibacterial soap damaging your health?

conducts review; some say chemical disrupts hormones

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