June 20, 2013
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Compromise among senators eyed on border security
WASHINGTON — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration le...
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Fed expected to slow bond purchases
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is ...
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Wilson won Nobel prize in physics in 1982
PORTLAND, Maine — Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy ...
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CBO: Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON — About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the nonpartisan Congressional B...
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Associated Press National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander (second from right) testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Intelligence Committee.
NSA director: Plot against Wall Street foiled
WASHINGTON — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials...
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Associated Press Rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up in 2001 outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps
DETROIT — After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. ...
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House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats ch...
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Hastings credited with ending Gen. McChrystal’s career
LOS ANGELES — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member t...
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping bac...
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Catholic religious order opens abuse files
NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse. The Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. ...
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