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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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US loans from China at issue in debt fight
WASHINGTON — Despite what you may have heard, China isn’t the country’s biggest creditor. America is. The bulk of the national debt — soon to exceed a staggering $17 trillion — is held by the Fe...
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Christie: Obama kept promise on storm aid
HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama “has kept every promise he’s made” about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Hours later, Obama’s housi...
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Associated Press A woman walks past a retail store's window display in Baltimore on April 10. Despite less pay, U.S. consumers keep spending, thanks to cheaper gas, rising stocks, and low rates. On Friday, the government said consumers spent 3.2 percent more on an annual basis in the January-March quarter than in the previous quarter, the biggest jump in two years.
Consumers spend despite taxes
WASHINGTON — This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security tax increase. Which raised a wor...
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Associated Press Patrick Foley, head custodian at Jenny Lind Elementary School, puts up a sign about a candlelight vigil to be held for Lila Fowler in Valley Springs, Calif., on Monday. Authorities are searching for the killer of Fowler, 8, a third-grader at Jenny Lind, who se bodywas found by her 12-year-old brother in the family's Valley Springs home Saturday.
Community on alert as killer sought
VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — A region of oak-studded hills in California, where big-city dwellers come to get away from crime, was on lockdown on Monday, two days after a mysterious intruder stabbed an...
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