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Associated Press Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (center) is escorted out of a courthouse on Tuesday in Fort Meade, Md., after the second day of his court-martial. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prison.
Manning trial shrouded in secrecy, security
FORT MEADE, Md. — The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the central figure in a massive leak of government documents, is focused on secrecy and government security. Yet his trial has become a ...
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Associated Press Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel (left) and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George testify Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services and General Government subcommittee hearing regarding a report that the IRS spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.
IRS head says public no longer trusts agency
WASHINGTON — His agency under relentless fire, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged to Congress on Monday that American taxpayers no longer trust the IRS amid a growing number ...
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FDA weighs lifting safety restrictions on Avandia
WASHINGTON — A former blockbuster diabetes pill that was subjected to major safety restrictions in 2010 may be less risky than once thought, according to the latest analysis of the much-debated Gla...
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Mississippi man indicted in poisoned letters case
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials was charged in a five-count federal indictment made public Monday that...
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Associated Press Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies in 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, comparing a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting.
Court: Police can collect DNA from arrestees
WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than half...
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Apple antitrust suit trial over e-books set
NEW YORK — In a civil case where the words of Steve Jobs play prominently, the government and Apple Inc. are set to square off over allegations that Apple Inc. conspired with the country’s largest ...
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Llama busts loose in Florida, subdued with taser
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Scooter the llama busted out of his penned-in yard in Tallahassee, it took three county sheriff’s deputies and a taser gun to get him back in again. The 6-foot-tall, 7-y...
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City wonders who won big lottery jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — It’s been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket here. No one expected the winner to come f...
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Storm chasers die in pursuit of fatal tornado
Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended their final pursuit. Tim Samaras, his son Paul ...
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Associated Press Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin listens to Canadian Valley Technology Center Superintendent Dr. Greg Winters as he shows where students took shelter inside the school Sunday in El Reno, Okla. A tornado hit the school and surrounding areas on May 31.
Damaging storms moving through northeast, south
PORTLAND, Maine — Damaging winds flattened trees and utility wires and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and a tornado touched down...
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