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Rolling Stone backing off gang-rape story

University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in…

December 5, 2014

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Cities bid for Obama library

4 universities seek to house planned center

December 5, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s new Orion spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic flight 3,604 miles…

December 5, 2014

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NASA’s Orion lands with ‘bullseye’ splashdown

NASA’s Orion spacecraft lifts off from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral AIr Force Station in Florida. The new spacecraft…

December 5, 2014

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Obama taps Pentagon veteran Carter to lead DOD

President Barack Obama said on Friday his nominee to head the Defense Department, Ashton Carter, will need to make “smart…

December 5, 2014

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House rebukes Obama on immigration

House Speaker John Boehner is planning to move forward with his plans to pass a spending bill that will keep…

December 4, 2014

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40 people rescued from flash flood in California

RANDALL BENTON/Sacramento Bee<br><br>Water and leaves accumulate along Stockton Boulevard near Alhambra in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday. Rain caused some minor…

December 4, 2014

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Bird’s fate shaping energy development in the West

Research at the biggest wind farm project being developed in the U.S. right now seeks to help the chicken-sized Gunnison…

December 4, 2014

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New violence in Chechnya leaves at least 20 dead

Smoke rises from the burned out market pavilion next to a publishing house in the center of Grozny, Russia, on…

December 3, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Wind gusts and sluggish fuel valves conspired to keep NASA’s new Orion spacecraft on the launch…

December 3, 2014

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Ex-police chief charged in death of black man

The indictment of Richard Combs, the former chief and sole officer in the small town of Eutawville, was released Thursday.…

December 3, 2014

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Lethal-force cases hard to prosecute

ruling makes it difficult to second-guess police actions

December 3, 2014

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States seeking to block Obama on immigration

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott announces that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition filing a lawsuit to block President Barack Obama’s…

December 3, 2014

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DETROIT – Japan’s Takata Corp. refused to comply with a U.S. government demand for an expanded recall of its air…

December 3, 2014

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U.S. health-care bill may be heading up

Spending grew at slowest rate in decades

December 3, 2014

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Obama initiative vows to help native youth

Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe David Archambault II and President Barack Obama watch American Indian dance during a…

December 3, 2014

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Obama tells CEOs he wants to work on wage growth

President Barack Obama on Wednesday tells leading CEOs he hopes to conclude new trade agreements with Europe and Pacific nations,…

December 3, 2014

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Lawyer: No indictment for officer in NYC chokehold death

A woman, who did not want to give her name, places flowers at a memorial for Eric Garner near the…

December 3, 2014

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Ex-BP executive fighting Gulf oil spill charges

A Justice Department spokesman says U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt on Wednesday declined to throw out one count against David…

December 2, 2014

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Obama: Ebola fight not over yet

Progress on vaccine reported

December 2, 2014

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WASHINGTON – Suspected Nazi war criminals would be blocked from receiving Social Security benefits under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday…

December 2, 2014

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Police probing violence after Ferguson decision

Stepdad to be interviewed about angry comments

December 2, 2014

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NASA set to test new manned spacecraft

planned to take astronauts to Mars

December 2, 2014

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Boehner pushes plan to avoid shutdown

Proposal would let conservatives attack Obama for his actions on immigration

December 2, 2014