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Poll: Americans Incorrectly Believe Gun Crime on Rise
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:34PM May 07, 2013 Comment
Police with guns drawn search for the Boston Marathon suspects in Watertown, Mass., on April 19, 2013.
Justice Department data released Tuesday shows steep drop in gun crimes since 1993.
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Michelle Obama at book-signing: 'Buy away'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:30PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is signing copies of her gardening book, "American Grown," at a bookstore in Northwest Washington.
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Obama: Sexual assault in military is a 'betrayal'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:23PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says military personnel who engage in sexual assault are betraying the uniform they are wearing. He says he has directed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to "step up our game exponentially" to halt such assaults.
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Obama says he's never spoken to Kim Jung Un
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:19PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't know Kim Jung Un personally and has never spoken to him, but says the North Korean leader can still take a different path.
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Obama: No easy answers on Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:11PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says there are no easy answers to resolving the civil war in Syria and says he doesn't make decisions based on perceptions.
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Reports show gun homicides down since 1990s
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:03PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of reports show that gun homicides have dropped steeply since their 1993 peak, adding fuel to Congress' battle over restricting firearms.
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Woman who ran black site bypassed for top spy job
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:34PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job.
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Republicans question security in immigration bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:25PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators criticized border security provisions in a new immigration bill Tuesday, arguing that the landmark legislation can't pass Congress unless the measures are strengthened.
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Justice Department: Gun Murders Down 39 Percent From 1993 to 2011
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Police with guns drawn search for the Boston Marathon suspects in Watertown, Mass., on April 19, 2013.
New report says non-fatal gun crimes down 69 percent.
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Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:18PM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Libya ambassador nominee vows sufficient security
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:14AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to serve as ambassador to Libya says she will insist on sufficient security at any U.S. installation nearly eight months after a deadly assault killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
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Clinton: Too much focus on Hillary's future
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says speculating about his wife's political future is a waste of time and the nation needs to be more focused on the big problems.
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Officials: Military sex assault reports are up
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:37AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a new Pentagon study reports that the number of sexual assaults reported by members of the military rose from 3,192 to 3,374 in 2012, while the department estimates that as many as 26,000 service members were assaulted, based on anonymous surveys.
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Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:52AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a Senate committee says the sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the military.
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Backer of broader gun checks not giving up fight
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:29AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — One of the principal sponsors of defeated gun background check legislation says he isn't giving up on getting a bill passed.
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Newspaper: NJ gov. had secret weight loss surgery
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:37AM May 07, 2013 CommentTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight.
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Sanford's quest for redemption rests with voters
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00AM May 07, 2013 CommentCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It's now up to voters render a verdict on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's quest for political redemption, as one of the more unusual political campaigns in a state known for rough and tumble politics draws to a close.
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Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.
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Obama, SKorea to show united front on NKorea
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:14AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) hope to present a strong front against North Korea's nuclear threats when they meet at the White House on Tuesday. But they also want to leave the door open to talks with Pyongyang (pyuhng-yahng).
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Internet sales tax bill faces tough sell in House
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13AM May 07, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet.
