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IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
39 mins ago
The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.
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Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
1 hour 51 mins ago
City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses.
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FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'
3 hours 52 mins ago
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs.
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Labor board nominees advance
7 mins ago
A Senate panel has endorsed President Barack Obama's slate of five nominees to sit on the National Labor Relations Board. Two of them advanced despite strong GOP opposition.
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House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults
10 mins ago
Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged.
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FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
13 mins ago
The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.
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Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks
31 mins ago
The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation bloc.
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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
59 mins ago
Anthony Weiner's run for redemption is officially on.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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Mais non! French universities may teach in English
In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite.
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