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Mich. gov. front, center in Detroit downfall

Snyderdu1-i-syn It’s the eighth, former business executive and relative political novice Rick Snyder, who is aggressively tying his legacy to…

July 20, 2013

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No signs that Washington will rescue broke Detroit

The federal government provided financial aid to help keep General Motors and Chrysler afloat but seems disinclined right now to…

July 20, 2013

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China Obama’s unlikely partner on climate-change

The world’s two biggest emitters of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are finding common cause in efforts to reduce global warming, cooperation…

July 20, 2013

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Analysis: Secrecy a bump in Kerry’s Mideast road

Secretary of State succeeds in agreement from Israel, Palestine

July 20, 2013

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Egypt forms committee to amend constitution

It is the latest push by the country’s new leadership to move ahead with a military-backed timetable for a return…

July 20, 2013

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Wives of Spitzer, Weiner scrutinized in New York races

play role in their husbands’ return to politics

July 20, 2013

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Obama’s ambitions limited by political reality

President Barack Obama delivers his Inaugural address in January. The vision of his second term as outlined in his speech…

July 20, 2013

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Politics, law overlap in Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny tries pancakes brought by his supporters as he was released from custody Friday in a…

July 20, 2013

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Opposition leader returns to Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny addresses supporters and journalists Saturday after arriving from Kirov at a railway station in Moscow.…

July 20, 2013

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Aurora victims honored, gun groups protest

100 gun-rights activists gather

July 19, 2013

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House votes to replace ‘No Child’ education law

The legislation would eliminate federally required testing of students, which has been controversial from the start. But the measure passed…

July 19, 2013

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Kerry wins step to resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Kerrydu1-i-syn The statement, which came in a news conference after a day in which Kerry shuttled between the Jordanian capital…

July 19, 2013

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Obama asks ‘soul searching’ after Martin shooting

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in…

July 19, 2013

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Coroner: Teen in Asiana crash killed by vehicle

Firefighters, lower center, stand by a tarpaulin sheet covering the body of a Chinese teen struck by a fire truck…

July 19, 2013

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Health report upbeat as Mandela turns 95

Well-wishers celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday outside the gates of the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where the former South…

July 18, 2013

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Panama holds former CIA officer convicted in Italy in rendition case

Robert Seldon Lady, the former CIA chief in Milan, entered Panama, crossed the border into Costa Rica and was sent…

July 18, 2013

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Dell delays buyout vote until next week

Postponement signals lack of support

July 18, 2013

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Senators ready to restore lower college loan rates

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, wasn’t satisfied with the bipartisan agreement on student loans Thursday and said the issue would be…

July 18, 2013

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U.S. official: New anti-leak measures set at NSA

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said systems administrators like Snowden must now work with a colleague when accessing sensitive, compartmented…

July 18, 2013

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Penn State’s Sandusky settlements hit $60M so far

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., in January…

July 18, 2013

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Mandela makes ‘dramatic’ progress, says daughter

“I visited him yesterday and he was watching television with headphones,” said Zindzi Mandela in an interview with Britain’s Sky…

July 17, 2013

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Obama defends health-care program

GOP fails 38th time to repeal or scale back law

July 17, 2013

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Top EU diplomat calls for inclusive Egypt politics

The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, has rejected the new political order and demanded the reinstatement of Egypt’s first…

July 17, 2013

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$33,000 spent on sequestered jurors

The sheriff’s office spent almost 10 times that amount – $320,000 – on total costs related to the trial, including…

July 17, 2013