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IRS: Top official first told of targeting in 2012

The IRS said Monday that Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea…

May 13, 2013

Builders bulldoze big Mayan pyramid in Belize

Jaime Awe/Associated Press<br><br>In this image released by Jaime Awe, head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology on Monday, a backhoe…

May 13, 2013

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Heat turned up on fire season as budget cuts reduce force

Jewell, who is just five weeks into her new job, said automatic budget cuts mandated by Congress will force fire…

May 13, 2013

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Obama says he won’t tolerate political bias at IRS

President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday in the East…

May 13, 2013

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Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics

The latest Republican focus is the independent review that slammed the State Department for inadequate security at the installation before…

May 13, 2013

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3 crises challenge Obama

IRS, Benghazi and inquiry about telephone records test the president

May 12, 2013

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Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade gave abortion opponents a target

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses the Roe vs. Wade case on it’s 40th anniversary Saturday at The…

May 12, 2013

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Ex-prime minister back to top spot in Pakistan

Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif deliver sweets while celebrating his victory Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan. Sharif looked…

May 12, 2013

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Impromptu spacewalking repair halts space-station leak, for now

Astronauts try to stop bad ammonia fissure

May 11, 2013

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CO2 record illustrates ‘scary’ trend

levels concern experts

May 11, 2013

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Control towers to stay in operation

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports, including…

May 11, 2013

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TOP COPS

President Barack Obama shakes hands with New York Police Detective Ivan M. Marcano during a ceremony Saturday to honor the…

May 11, 2013

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Death toll in Bangladesh collapse soars past 1,100

Doctors say a seamstress who was rescued 17 days after the eight-story building collapsed is recovering in a hospital, but…

May 11, 2013

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Pakistanis vote amid violence

Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistani voters streamed to the polls Saturday on the outskirts of Islamabad for a…

May 11, 2013

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43 dead in Turkey car bombings

Explosions occur near Syria border

May 11, 2013

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Derelict mom books dark, funny

parenting guides include drinking and swearing

May 11, 2013

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Simpson heads to court to fight for his freedom

O.J. Simpson will return to court in Las Vegas on Monday.Isaac brekken/Associated Press His 1995 trial is the stuff of…

May 11, 2013

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Poll: Americans agree on more issues than not

Children play basketball at a park near blighted row houses in Baltimore, Md. Within the last year, national polls in…

May 11, 2013

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Search for the dead turns up a survivor

Rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble

May 10, 2013

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Prominent youth activist detained in Egypt

The detention sparked a wave of anger among activists and the April 6 youth movement, which was at the forefront…

May 10, 2013

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Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open

The towers, which are operated by contractors for the FAA at low-traffic airports, had been scheduled to close June 15.…

May 10, 2013

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Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship

Surveillance video showed the couple going over the railing about the same time with a brief pause between them, New…

May 10, 2013

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3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France

Beatrice Degrugillers, a spokeswoman for the regional health agency in France’s Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, said a nurse at the hospital where…

May 10, 2013

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Israeli police guard women praying at Jewish site

The reversal followed a court order backing the right of the women to pray at the Western Wall using religious…

May 10, 2013