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WASHINGTON – Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive, is returning…

June 12, 2014

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Bergdahl scheduled to arrive in Texas on Friday

The Pentagon says it has not made any plans for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to talk to news media after…

June 12, 2014

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Iraq will need additional U.S. assistance, Obama says

President Barack Obama says the U.S. has a stake in ensuring Iraq is safe from jihadists. During a news conference…

June 12, 2014

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Senate approves bill to help waiting vets

Don Parker, right, and his father, Harley Parker, center, a World War II veteran, wait Tuesday to speak with someone…

June 11, 2014

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Hagel says time was running out to save Bergdahl

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., right, questions Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, on Capitol Hill in Washington…

June 11, 2014

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Water woes force brewers to tighten the tap

MillerCoors’ sustainability report issued Wednesday shows the brewer has cut its water use to 3.48 barrels of water per barrel…

June 10, 2014

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South Dakotans hoping to give bison their due

Three members of Congress from South Dakota are backing a bill to make the bison the “national mammal” of the…

June 10, 2014

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Ukraine seeks better gas deal from Russia

Putindu1-i-syn Speaking in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was offering the discount as a “partnership deal.” Russia’s energy…

June 10, 2014

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House Republicans already jockeying to replace Cantor

Cantordu1-i-syn Cantor informed fellow Republicans of his intentions at an emotional closed-door meeting, then made his public announcement at a…

June 10, 2014

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World Briefs

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – An Uzbek militant group operating in Pakistan’s northwest tribal areas says it played a role in the…

June 10, 2014

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Nations’ spies keep eyes on Arctic

Arctic-area nations are boosting their spying on each other as they prepare to stake their claims to resources that are…

June 10, 2014

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BOISE, Idaho – In public Facebook posts written before he vanished from his military base in Afghanistan, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl…

June 10, 2014

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Pakistan forces repel attack near Karachi airport

Law enforcement personnel managed to quickly repulse the attack by as many as three gunmen, an assault claimed by a…

June 10, 2014

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U.S. soldiers die in friendly fire incident

White House principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest Tuesday fielded questions about the friendly-fire deaths of special forces troops in…

June 10, 2014

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Congress advancing bills to help vets

Richard J. Griffin, center, acting inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, testified Monday about the agency’s delays in…

June 10, 2014

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World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – Vietnam’s U.N. ambassador urged China on Tuesday to withdraw its oil rig and more than 100 ships…

June 10, 2014

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RICHMOND, Va. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia’s Republican primary,…

June 10, 2014

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Angry circus performers aren’t clowning around

Mexican circus performers are protesting a new Mexico City law that bans animals in circuses, arguing that it will endanger…

June 10, 2014

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IRS chief touts agency’s taxpayer ‘bill of rights’

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, right, accompanied by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, says his agency will include a…

June 10, 2014

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Judge tosses tenure laws

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy testified during a lawsuit filed by nine students that it can take…

June 10, 2014

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U.S. businesses ramped up job searches in April

Jessica Bowen, left, talks with Sandra Modena, Sales Manager at Trillium Staffing, at the annual veterans job fair aboard the…

June 10, 2014

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Gunman kills student in Oregon school shooting

Two people comfort each other as they await word about the safety of students after a shooting at Reynolds High…

June 10, 2014

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Growth to pick up next quarter, economists predict

Evelyn Morales assembles blender blades at the Vitamix manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. U.S. business economists are predicting that economic…

June 9, 2014

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At least 57,000 await first VA appointment

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., left, confronts Philip Matkovsky, center, assistant deputy under secretary for health for administrative operations at the…

June 8, 2014