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President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power
Washington Post
President Obama’s professed ignorance of the targeting of conservatives by one government agency and his support of tracking journalists’ sources by another highlight one of the great paradoxes of his presidency: Sometimes he uses his office as aggressively...
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'We could lose everything': Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRS
FOX News
Jay Devereaux hadn't paid much attention to the daily drumbeat of partisan politics in D.C. He wasn't a Washington nerd, and didn't know who said what during congressional hearings -- nor did he care.But when news broke that...
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Fluent News Reader: End of Service Notice
Fluent News Reader
We regret to inform you that on May 1, 2013 Fluent News Reader will no longer be available for download from the Apple App Store or Google Play. On June 1, 2013 Fluent News will no longer show...
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Obama to address legality of security measures
Washington Post
President Obama will deliver a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in which he will address how he intends to bring his counterterrorism policies, including the drone program and the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in...
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60 injured as commuter trains collide in Conn.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Three patients...
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Creeped out by cicadas
Washington Post
The night started with one tiny click near the bedroom window. Then came another, and another, until a great oak beside Lori Milani’s South Arlington apartment was alive with an almost deafening roar of cicadas. “It sounded like...
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Autopsy confirms body found is that of missing California veteran
FOX News
Autopsy results have confirmed the body found late Thursday afternoon in the brush near Modjeska Canyon is that of a missing California army veteran.The roommate of Maribel Ramos, who was reported missing by her family members May 3,...
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Studies in the NRA’s hardball tactics
Washington Post
As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association with an “A+” rating for her voting record in the Tennessee House of Representatives, Debra Maggart never imagined that her political career would end this way. Maggart, who chaired...
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Marine reunited with dog he handled in Afghanistan in surprise ceremony
FOX News
When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home."I promised her if we made it out...
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Official: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing
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DES MOINES, Iowa — It’s all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials...