May 20, 2013
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Associated Press Army soldiers Staff Sgt. Brian Hall (from left), 1st Sgt. Marcia McGee, Spc. Vanessa Davila, Spc. Heidi Olson and Maj. Sheila Medeiros talk to reporters Thursday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. The soldiers spoke about the decision announced by defense leaders Thursday to open a quarter-million combat and other military positions to service members regardless of gender.
Women in combat: Good to go if they meet standards
WASHINGTON — Women in the military must have the same opportunities as men to take on grueling and dangerous combat jobs, whether loading 50-pound artillery shells or joining commando raids to take...
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Associated Press Eric Dompierre (left), 19, who has Down syndrome and is the kicker for the Ishpeming High School varsity football team, prepares for the first day of practice Aug. 6 in Ishpeming, Mich. Breaking new ground, the U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options.
Agency: Disabled’s civil rights include sports
WASHINGTON — Breaking new ground, the U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options. The directiv...
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Biden: Magazine rounds limit ranks as bigger priority
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he’s more concerned about limiting the number of rounds in a gun magazine than about banning assault weapons that account for a small percen...
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Debt limit crisis averted SEmD but springtime fight still lies ahead
WASHINGTON — Retreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but pointing the way to a springtime budget ...
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Ex-Brown President Hornig dies; worked on A-bomb
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Donald F. Hornig, a scientist who served as a key figure on the Manhattan Project, an adviser to three U.S. presidents and president of Brown University, has died. He was 92. ...
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Air Force general calls sexual assaults a ‘cancer’ to service
WASHINGTON — Sexual misconduct within the Air Force’s ranks is a “cancer” that the service is committed to eradicating, the Air Force’s top officer said Wednesday at the first congressional hearing...
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Upcoming deadlines in debt limit, budget fights
Upcoming deadlines in this year’s budget and debt limit fight between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans: n Feb. 4: The president is legally required to submit a budget for the...
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Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces the Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday on Capitol Hill as she answers questions about the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans On the dais, from left are, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc.
Clinton takes on officials regarding Libya attack
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Be...
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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer
Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking mo...
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Associated Press Capt. Sara Rodriguez, 26, of the 101st Airborne Division, carries a litter of sandbags during the Expert Field Medical Badge training May 9 at Fort Campbell. The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday.
Combat roles open to women
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on the...
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