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Obama presses for road repairs

Funding, taxes are needed to keep projects going

May 10, 2014

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Insurgents abduct wife, 2 kids in Nigeria

Joint effort to rescue schoolgirls starts

May 10, 2014

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Same-sex marriage arrives in Bible Belt: Ark. issues licenses

Jennifer Rambo, right, of Fort Smith, Ark., kisses her partner, Kristin Seaton, of Jacksonville, Ark., after their marriage ceremony Saturday…

May 10, 2014

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Ukraine president warns about eastern sovereignty

What will happen after vote is still up in the air

May 10, 2014

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Phoenix VA health system appoints interim director PHOENIX – An interim director will take over the embattled Phoenix VA Health…

May 10, 2014

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Let the sun shine in: White House goes solar

What’s not known is the amount of tax dollars spent

May 10, 2014

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Is your new baby’s name in the top 20 for last year?

Here is the list compiled by the Social Security Administration

May 10, 2014

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HAVANA – U.S. diplomats confirmed Saturday that Cuban officials have given them some information about four Florida residents who were…

May 10, 2014

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Syrians re-enter Homs after rebels expelled

Their surrender is exchanged for safe passage

May 10, 2014

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Egypt to try 200 who are suspected of terrorist attacks

Prosecutors cast blame on Palestinians, too

May 10, 2014

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Female candidates boost Dems

Party 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