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Obama praises ‘Roe vs. Wade’

“We reaffirm our steadfast commitment to protecting a woman’s access to safe, affordable health care and her constitutional right to…

January 22, 2014

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Panel seeks changes to make voting easier

Lines at some polling places were so long on Election Day 2012 that people were still waiting to vote when…

January 22, 2014

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U.S. seeks new child car-seat rules

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acting Administrator David Friedman plans to accept public comments on new rules to require child…

January 22, 2014

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Nation Briefs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians,…

January 22, 2014

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Obama names task force to combat campus sex assaults

President Barack Obama is giving a new task force 90 days to come up with recommendations on what colleges can…

January 22, 2014

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Vermont, lover of snow, jealous of storms elsewhere

Barre Sno-Bees Snowmobile Club Trailmaster Tim Stone stands in front of the tractor the club uses to pull trail grooming…

January 22, 2014

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Lawyers: Case against ex-Va. governor no slam dunk

Legal experts say it will be difficult for the government to prove former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife,…

January 22, 2014

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World Briefs

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections…

January 22, 2014

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Officials downplay threat against Winter Games

European Olympics officials are dismissing a new threat of terrorism at next month’s Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia. Officials…

January 22, 2014

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Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics

The presidents “discussed how best to advance shared U.S.-Russian interests, including a safe and secure Sochi Olympics, for which the…

January 22, 2014

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Thousands brave cold for abortion protest in D.C.

Anti-abortion demonstrators march up Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday during the annual March for Life. Thousands…

January 22, 2014

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Syria: Assad must remain in power

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says Bashar Assad’s role as Syrian president will not be up for debate during peace…

January 22, 2014

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State victories create dilemma for abortion foes

Julie Mayberry, right, wife of Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, center, and Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life,…

January 21, 2014

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Expectations drop as peace talks near

For many Syrian refugees such as Ibraheem Qaddah, a former Free Syian Army fighter from Daraa, peace talks that begin…

January 21, 2014

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Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Egyptians chant slogans Tuesday as they attend a rally in support of Egypt’s defense minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo.…

January 21, 2014

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1 dead in Purdue shooting; student in custody

Police evacuate students from the Electrical Engineering building after shots were fired on Tuesday on the campus of Purdue University…

January 21, 2014

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Another snowstorm strikes East Coast

The storm stretched 1,000 miles between Kentucky and Massachusetts but hit especially hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor…

January 21, 2014

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France to increase Africa military presence

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian plans to explain to U.S. officials his country’s plans to reorganize its forces in…

January 21, 2014

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Snowden trial may be risky

Legal experts say that if former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden is ever prosecuted in U.S. courts, the government…

January 21, 2014

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NOAA: 2013 4th-warmest year on Earth

The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.12 degrees above the 20th-century average and marks the 37th…

January 20, 2014

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Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Obama’s interview with The New Yorker magazine will appear Jan. 27. In it he said that while he considers marijuana…

January 20, 2014

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Family of man held in North Korea worried, encouraged

American missionary Kenneth Bae, right, leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday. Bae, 45, who…

January 20, 2014

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Study raises questions about youth arrests

One of the authors of a study showing nearly half of all black men have been arrested on non-traffic-related charges…

January 20, 2014

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Some Obama spy changes hampered by complications

Legal experts say some of President Barack Obama’s proposals to reform the government’s surveillance programs raise constitutional and other problems.Charles…

January 20, 2014