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Associated Press Bashar Ja'afari (center) Syria's U.N. ambassador, speaks during a news conference, on Tuesday at United Nations headquarters. Ja'afari says the use of chemical weapons is not only "a red line" but "a blood line" that cannot be tolerated and is again demanding a U.N. investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Aleppo that it blames on rebels.
Obama hints at potential military action
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday he would consider U.S. military action against Syria if “hard, effective evidence” is found to bolster intelligence that chemical weapons have b...
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Laying bare your finances to apply for health care
WASHINGTON — After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president’s new health care law. You won’t have to lay bare ...
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Obama offers Republicans compliments
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama needled a GOP senator Tuesday, then praised Republicans working to solve the immigration riddle. He pledged to re-engage with Congress to close the U.S. dete...
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Horse slaughter plant to open in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress reinstates a ban on the practice, Ag...
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Syrian criticizes chemical arms’ use
UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that the use of chemical weapons is not only “a red line” but “a blood line” that cannot be tolerated and again demanded a U.N. investigation o...
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Iraq war resister faces court-martial
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A court-martial got underway Monday for the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war. Army Pfc. Kimberly Rivera is ch...
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Associated Press House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill on Feb. 5. A soft-spoken conservative from Virginia is emerging as a central player on immigration as the issue nears a critical juncture.
Goodlatte holds immigration clout
WASHINGTON — Depending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP trying to find common g...
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Google invades Siri’s phone turf
SAN FRANCISCO — Siri may be feeling a little job insecurity. The sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple’s iPhone and iPad is facing competitio...
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Obama selects Foxx to run Transportation
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington’s fiscal fights. Foxx,...
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Lawyer: Former ricin suspect’s home unlivable
OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man’s house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison ricin, a lawyer said Monday, arguing that the government ...
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