June 19, 2013
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IRS aside, political passions take break
HONEA PATH, S.C. — Four years after the summer of rage that fueled the tea party movement, the political circuit is much quieter — even in Republican bastions like this. It’s not clear whether cons...
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Intel dilemma in Boston, London, Paris attacks
PARIS — Intelligence agencies that have succeeded in thwarting many of al-Qaida’s plans for spectacular attacks are struggling to combat the terror network’s strategy of encouraging followers to ke...
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Associated Press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (center) accompanied by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (right) and Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris, speak about Social Security and Medicare Friday at the Treasury Department in Washington.
Medicare’s long-term health better
WASHINGTON — Medicare’s long-term health is starting to look a little better, the government said Friday, but both Social Security and Medicare are still wobbling toward insolvency within two decad...
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Associated Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg (center) leaves after speaking Thursday at the Real Estate Board of New York.
Police: Notes to Obama, mayor had gun threats
WASHINGTON — A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s m...
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Associated Press Simon Lopez (left) and Hiliaro Islas hold signs while trying to collect signatures in an effort to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio om Wednesday in downtown Phoenix.
Group fails in bid to recall Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio
PHOENIX — A campaign to force a recall election against the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix failed on Thursday after recall organizers said they couldn’t collect enough voter signatures ...
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Drone strike comes despite Obama’s transparency pledge
WASHINGTON — The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal that despite President Barack Obama’s promise last week of new transparency in the drone prog...
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Associated Press The remains of a plant smolder in the rain on April 18 at the West Fertilizer Co. in West, Texas, after an explosion. Until the fertilizer plant blew up last month and demolished scores of homes, many in that town of 2,800 didn't know what chemicals were stored alongside the railroad tracks or how dangerous they were.
Presence of explosive chemicals often kept secret
WASHINGTON — Fears of terrorism have made it harder than ever for citizens to find out what dangerous chemicals lurk in their backyards, The Associated Press has found. Secrecy and shoddy record-ke...
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Ohio State leader jabs Notre Dame, Catholics, SEC
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten conference because the university’s priests are not good partners, joking that Catholic...
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Like your health care policy? You may lose it
WASHINGTON — Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren’t up to the basic standards of Presid...
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Associated Press Plates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) are tested in CDC's healthcare-associated infections laboratory. A recent study of hospitals released Wednesday found that decontaminating all intensive care patients by using antiseptic wipes and giving them an antibiotic nose ointment dramatically reduced bloodstream infections from germs that include MRSA.
Decontaminating patients cuts infections
CHICAGO — Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by screening new patients to see if they carry a dangerous germ, and isolating th...
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