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First lady to high school grads: live your dreams
20 mins ago
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
1 hour 59 mins ago
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
2 hours 46 mins ago
President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain.
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
3 hours 10 mins ago
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on
3 hours 35 mins ago
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall
3 hours 49 mins ago
Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms.
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
4 hours 3 mins ago
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
4 hours 28 mins ago
Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
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Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river
Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. ...
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Finance
News Summary: Stocks gain for fourth straight week
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT: Positive reports on leading economic indicators and consumer confidence gave the stock market a boost on Friday, helping stocks to their fourth consecutive week of gains.
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