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Associated Press Urooj Khan, 46, of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, appears with a winning lottery ticket. The Cook County medical examiner said Monday that Khan was fatally poisoned with cyanide July 20, 2012, a day after he collected nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings.
Lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning
CHICAGO — With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result...
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Republicans scoff at Obama’s ‘no-negotiation’ vow on debt
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, meet Congressman Michael Burgess. The president says he absolutely will not let Republicans threaten a national debt ceiling crisis as a way to extract deepe...
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Biographical information for John Brennan
NAME — John O. Brennan. AGE-BIRTH DATE — 57; Sept. 22, 1955. EDUCATION — Bachelor’s degree, political science, Fordham University, 1977; master’s degree, government, University of Texas at Au...
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Associated Press Current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks in the East Room of the White House on Monday in Washington. President Barack Obama announced that he is nominating Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan (right) as the new CIA director and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (left) as the new defense secretary.
Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks
WASHINGTON — Digging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Penta...
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Bobcat attacks man inside his garage
BROOKFIELD, Mass. — A man in Massachusetts says all he heard was a hiss before a bobcat pounced on him in his own garage, sinking its teeth into his face and its claws in his back. Roger Mundell...
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Clinton back at work after hospitalization
WASHINGTON — Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she returned to work on Monday after a monthlong absence caused fi...
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Newtown sets up task force to handle donations
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Chris Kelsey is the tax assessor in Newtown, but for the better part of three weeks, his job has been setting up and organizing a warehouse to hold the toys, school supplies and ot...
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Associated Press The crowd gathers in January 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. Four years and one re-election after Obama became America's first black president, some of the thrill is gone.
Second time not as thrilling as before
WASHINGTON — Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America’s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. president is still a big deal. ...
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Associated Press Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks in February 2007, during an appearance at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Sources: Obama to nominate Hagel as Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, choosing a former Senate colleague he grew close to during...
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Hearing may be ‘mini-trial’ in theater shootings
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The suspect in the Colorado movie theater killings returns to court this week for a hearing that might be the closest thing to a trial the victims and their families will get to...
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