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Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
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A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery
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Key senators tightly control immigration debate
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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level
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Improving economy changes political landscape
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The Crew of Spooky 21
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Andre' challenges Gulfport Ward 2 City Council results
GULFPORT -- Ward 2 City Council candidate David André is challenging the results of the Republican primary, which he officially lost by two votes to incumbent Councilman Ricky Dombrowski.
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Diamondhead POA won't enforce political signs, solicitation rules
The Diamondhead Property Owners Association said Friday it will allow political signs in yards there and allow candidates to solicit votes door to door until a lawsuit over the POA's prohibitions on those activities is resolved.
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Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan
Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of ...
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Whatever cause, Washington state bridge collapse points to bigger problems
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see today.
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Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes
President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
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Interactive: The Flight of Spooky 21
It is unclear exactly what conditions the six-man crew encountered that caused their mission on Dec. 24, 1965, to end in a crash in southeastern Laos. Decades later, a small amount of their physical remains were found. Follow the flight and subsequent search in this interactive map.
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After failure on gun legislation, Obama learning limits of his power
Six months after his triumphant re-election, President Barack Obama has run into the hard reality of the modern presidency.
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Obama's new wordsmith believes in public service
When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast.
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Obama's new wordsmith believes in public service
President Barack Obama's new chief speechwriter is a 32-year-old fellow Chicagoan who believes in public service.
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Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.
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Arizona investigating angry email sent lawmakers
Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access.
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Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official
The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.


