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IRS leader’s credibility assailed

Department head says no obstruction of Congress in probe

June 22, 2014

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NEW YORK – The secret U.S. government memo outlining the justification for the use of drones to kill American terror…

June 22, 2014

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Vast oil drilling threatens solitude of national park

Area influenced 26th president

June 21, 2014

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Border Patrol cancels flights

It was unclear why today’s flights for San Diego and El Centro, about 100 miles of east of San Diego,…

June 21, 2014

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Militants blitz through western Iraq

Top Shiite cleric, U.S. pushing for inclusive government

June 21, 2014

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Female vets struggling with the VA as well

Women receiving care has more than doubled since 2000

June 21, 2014

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SEATTLE – Friends on Sunday mourned a well-known outdoors writer and photographer who had been missing for three days in…

June 21, 2014

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Who’s playing games? You’ll be surprised

Video gamers have long been viewed as loners, and mostly teenage boys. However, a study conducted in March for the…

June 21, 2014

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Space agency has its eyes on asteroid for mission

An artist conception of what NASA says are good candidates for a mission to capture an asteroid and then haul…

June 21, 2014

$Texas gas town considers ban on fracking$

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Texas gas town considers ban on fracking

For more than a decade, Denton has drawn its lifeblood from the huge gas reserves that lie beneath its streets.…

June 21, 2014

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Feline that terrorized family stumps TV host

Saving the cat from euthanasia a personal crusade

June 21, 2014

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Transgender rights advanced without fanfare

In 2007, not enough Democratic votes for congressional ‘trans-inclusive’ bill

June 21, 2014

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What is considered offensive?

‘Redskins’ case forcing us to introspect

June 21, 2014

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Militants take 2 more Iraqi cities

Sunni fighters expand offensive

June 21, 2014

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U.S., Iran, longtime enemies, now potential partners

An Iraqi boy living in Iran holds a toy gun and flashes a victory sign in front of a poster…

June 21, 2014

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Group contests statutory ban on campaign lies CINCINNATI – A national anti-abortion group wants a federal court to block an…

June 21, 2014

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Benghazi suspect a shadowy figure among militias

Abu Khattala states he tried to organize rescue mission and did not attack

June 21, 2014

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World Briefs

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during a search Saturday for three missing Israeli teens, feared abducted in the West…

June 21, 2014

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‘Microbeads’ ban turns heads

Industry working on alternative substances

June 21, 2014

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WASHINGTON – Nearly 80 percent of senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs got performance bonuses last year despite…

June 20, 2014

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Cleric calls out leader of Iraq

An Iraqi woman living in Iran holds a poster of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, in…

June 20, 2014

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Park Service moves to ban use of drones

Grand Canyon National Park has already changed its rules to ban drones inside the park. Now the National Park Service…

June 20, 2014

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Doctors Without Borders: Ebola ‘out of control’

People protest outside a hospital as Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the area after Ebola deaths in Monrovia, Liberia.…

June 20, 2014

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Energetic stock market pushes toward milestones

An improving economy in the United States and elsewhere is driving many investors back into the stock market and pushing…

June 20, 2014