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Religious conservatives asked to back GOP plans
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:31PM June 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Facing lingering tensions in his party, the chairman of the Republican National Committee urged religious conservatives Saturday to support the GOP's plans to expand.
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Obama takes bolder Syria stand as G-8 talks open
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:12AM June 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit Monday, now that he has authorized weapons and ammunition shipments to struggling rebels.
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Obama: Being a good father isn't easy
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:02AM June 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says there's no substitute for the love and support that fathers provide.
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Defense report: Troops in bin Laden raid revealed
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:03PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon inspector general's report says U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film "Zero Dark Thirty."
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Jeb Bush: Immigrants 'more fertile,' fuel economy
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:58PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told religious conservatives Friday that the future of the nation's economy depends upon immigrants in part because they "are more fertile" and create more businesses than native-born Americans.
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Obama honors first time WNBA champ Indiana Fever
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:31PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is honoring the WNBA champion Indiana Fever, calling the players an inspiration to young athletes — even those on his daughter Sasha's basketball team.
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Bipartisan Task Force Looks to Cut List of 4,500 Federal Crimes
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:05PM June 14, 2013 Comment
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., and nine Over-Criminalization Task Force colleagues will conduct months of hearings on how to rein in the growing list of federal crimes.
Vague, misused and draconian laws go on the chopping block.
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Christie maintains a political balancing act
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM June 14, 2013 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is walking a political tightrope, trying to balance his re-election campaign in a Democratic-leaning state with a potential presidential bid aimed at winning over Republicans.
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USDA: Modified wheat appears to be isolated
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:57PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found.
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Obama taps finance director as envoy to Denmark
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:55PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is tapping his former campaign finance chairman, an HBO executive and the head of a major Catholic charity to be U.S. ambassadors.
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House revises abortion bill after rape controversy
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:25PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A House proposal to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks has been revised to include rape and incest exceptions after the Republican sponsor raised a storm by saying that very few rapes result in pregnancies.
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Flag Day: What the American Flag Could Have Looked Like
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:45PM June 14, 2013 CommentFlag Day commemorates the adoption of the American flag in 1777, but it's worth noting the object of our celebration hasn't always looked the same way.
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Friday's Most Bizarre Statements From the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' Conference
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:16PM June 14, 2013 CommentSpeakers at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual "Road To Majority" conference Friday sought to spur social conservatives to get involved in upcoming elections – and made some bizarre comments in the process.
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Mark Sanford at Faith and Freedom Conference: 'I Worry That I Am Unworthy'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:45PM June 14, 2013 CommentRep. Mark Sanford, R-SC, who was elected to Congress last month after resigning as governor of South Carolina in 2009 over an extramarital affair, struck a repentant tone as he spoke before hundreds of social conservatives in Washington Friday.
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Obama on fatherhood: 'It's the best job I've got'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:29PM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says being a father is the best job he's got.
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AG: leaker will be held accountable
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:49AM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says national security has been damaged as a result of leaks about a pair of government surveillance programs and that the U.S. will punish the person who is responsible.
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Obama to take advantage of advances in wireless
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04AM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of new advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs.
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House considers jail term for military sex assault
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53AM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House is heading toward passage of a sweeping defense bill that reflects the outrage among lawmakers over the growing number of sexual assaults in the military.
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Supreme Court archive has about 14K hours of audio
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:50AM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell's Tidewater Virginia drawl could make the word "court" sound as if it had two syllables. And Justice Clarence Thomas, though he doesn't talk much, speaks in a deep baritone.
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European growth still on US agenda, not as loudly
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:26AM June 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A year after President Barack Obama made an emphatic pitch to Europe's economic powers to focus more on economic growth than austerity, much of the eurozone remains mired in or near recession. Obama's appeals have had mixed results in softening the demands on some of the most debt-ridden European nations to cut their spending.
