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Mailbox bomb suspect to face competency hearing
IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the t...
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Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder reacts to aggressive questioning from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee focused on oversight of the Justice Department. Lawmakers pressed for answers about the unwarranted targeting of tea party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press.
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation of national security leaks and ...
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Associated Press Juror Joseph Carroll speaks to members of the media outside the criminal justice center Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Jurors: Doctor got greedy, lost his way
PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell proved a serene but solitary figure in the courtroom during his long murder trial, in contrast to the chaotic life he built as an inner-city doctor, abortion provi...
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Associated Press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a joint news conference April 29 at the Pentagon. A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties.
Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire
WASHINGTON — One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office....
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IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
WASHINGTON — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the a...
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Associated Press The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul leaves Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on Wednesday. McFaul has been summoned by the Russian foreign ministry in connection with an alleged spy detention in Moscow.
Russia says alleged spying case was 2nd this year
MOSCOW — A Russian security services operative — his features bathed in shadows — went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ordered out of the country was the secon...
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A timeline of the IRS’s scrutiny of the right
2010 March-April: IRS agents begin giving extra attention to tax-exempt applications from groups associated with the tea party or with a political sounding agenda in their names, such as “Patrio...
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IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
WASHINGTON — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the a...
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Nashville artist Mare Wakefield plays Evanston in June
Mare Wakefield lived in eight different places by the time she was 10 years old. Wanderlust is in her DNA, according to a press release. “It was a roller-coaster way to grow up, but my brother and...
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Obama tries to regain control of 2nd term
WASHINGTON — Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Servic...
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