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GOP blocks student loan debate
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill Tuesday to preserve low interest rates for millions of college students’ loans, as the two parties engaged in election-year choreography ai...
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‘Where Wild Things Are’ author dies
NEW YORK — Maurice Sendak didn’t think of himself as a children’s author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. “I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people,”...
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Summer not expected to offer record gas prices
NEW YORK — Gasoline prices likely won’t set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil. The government on Tuesday slashed its forecast for average gas prices to $3.79 p...
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Summer gas price record not likely
NEW YORK — Gasoline prices likely won’t set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil. The government on Tuesday slashed its forecast for average gas prices to $3.79 p...
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Indiana’s Lugar loses, NC passes gay marriage ban
WASHINGTON — Six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was routed by the right flank of his own Republican Party Tuesday night, and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state’...
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CIA thwarts ‘undetectable’ al-Qaida bomb plot
WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the...
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Associated Press U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar shakes hands with his primary-election opponent, Richard Mourdock, at the Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner Monday evening. Sen. Lugar is seeking a seventh term, but low early voter turnout is an issue.
Primary sees fewer early voters
INDIANAPOLIS — As the toughest primary battle in his almost four-decade Senate career neared its end, Republican Richard Lugar tossed darts at a wooden board in an Indiana retirement home Monday an...
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Associated Press A member of the FBI conducts a search of the yard of Adam Mayes and the surrounding area of the home Monday after two bodies were discovered in his yard in the Alpine Community in Union County, Miss. The bodies were identified as a missing Tennessee woman and her oldest daughter.
FBI: Bodies of missing mom, daughter found
GUNTOWN, Miss. — The bodies of a Tennessee mother and her oldest daughter were found behind an alleged kidnapper’s house in north Mississippi, the FBI said Monday, and authorities believe the woman...
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Associated Press Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's vague stance on gay marriage is facing fresh scrutiny. Duncan has broken ranks with the White House, stating his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage.
Obama pressured on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny. Education Secretary Arne Duncan broke ranks with the White House on Monday, stating ...
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No bullet wound found in soldier Skype death
WASHINGTON — Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound or evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a Skype video chat with his wife. Capt. B...
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