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Female candidates boost Dems

targets competitive states, districts

May 10, 2014

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Illegal park projects damage sacred site

Tribes, U.S. law ignored by two employees

May 10, 2014

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NATO, facing assertive Russia, ponders what to do

Ian Lesser, senior director for foreign and security policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said NATO…

May 9, 2014

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Dogs pick up directions from human voices

The study found that dogs of all shapes and sizes could home in on a treat based entirely on the…

May 9, 2014

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Chicago relishes its hot dogs

Hot Doug’s owner Doug Sohn’s announcement that he is closing his “sausage superstore” in October is leading some fans to…

May 9, 2014

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Report faults pipeline oversight

A pipeline explosion and fire killed eight people and destroyed much of a subdivision in San Bruno, Calif., three years…

May 9, 2014

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GENEVA – The Swiss billionaire industrialist behind the nation’s recent anti-immigration vote said Friday he is leaving parliament to concentrate…

May 9, 2014

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Remains of Sept. 11 victims being moved

Mark Desire, right, assistant director for forensic biology at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, says his work trying to…

May 9, 2014

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WASHINGTON – Despite Democratic complaints, Republicans jumped into a new election-season investigation of the deadly Benghazi assault on Friday, naming…

May 9, 2014

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Troops going to doctors more than ever, news survey shows

The pace of more than 14 out-patients visits per service member in 2013 was a rate nearly 60% higher than…

May 9, 2014

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Putin hails Crimea’s return

A Russian World War II veteran is greeted with flowers after a Victory Day military parade in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday.Ivan…

May 9, 2014

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Pelosi says House Dems divided on Benghazi probe

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, center, says a House select committee that will investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S.…

May 9, 2014

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Putin may overshadow planned D-Day events

The White House says President Barack Obama will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin when they both attend ceremonies marking…

May 8, 2014

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GOP senators praise nominee’s ‘competence’

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, says the Affordable Care Act…

May 8, 2014

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New investigation to look at Benghazi

Speaker of the House John Boehner says a new select committee will answer questions that linger more than a year…

May 8, 2014

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WICHITA, Kan. – A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended an order requiring Kansas and Arizona residents to provide proof…

May 8, 2014

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Big quake panics much of Mexico

Students gather in the courtyard of their school after an earthquake shook Mexico City Thursday. The quake, which was centered…

May 8, 2014

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Pakistan frees detained FBI agent on bail

An American identified as FBI agent Joel Cox leaves a police station in Karachi, Pakistan, after posting a $9,800 bond…

May 8, 2014

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KIEV, Ukraine – A strong majority of Ukrainians want their country to remain a single, unified state and this is…

May 8, 2014

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Pro-Russia insurgents to hold vote in east Ukraine

A pro-Russian gunman speaks by phone in front of the city hall decorated with the flag of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s…

May 8, 2014

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Figuring your airfare cost may get harder

Airlines are arguing that they should be able to advertise their prices the same way as hotels and car rental…

May 8, 2014

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Oil-tanker rules aim to reduce explosion risks

Foxxdu1-i-syn The emergency order requires that each railroad operating trains containing more than 1 million gallons of crude oil –…

May 7, 2014

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Obama praises tornado-hit town’s spirit

President Barack Obama says the entire country is supporting residents of Vilonia, Ark., who are trying to rebuild their lives…

May 7, 2014

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BANGKOK – A court ousted Thailand’s prime minister Wednesday for abuse of power, accomplishing what anti-government demonstrators have sought to…

May 7, 2014