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Associated Press Powerball winner Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, leaves the lottery office escorted by son Scott Mackenzie (right) after claiming a single lump-sum payment of about $370.9 million before taxes Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla. Officials say she is the largest sole lottery winner in U.S. history.
Widow, 84, claims jackpot of $590 million
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackp...
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Churches split on Scouts’ welcoming of gay youth
In suburban Atlanta, northern Idaho and a number of other places, churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the vote last month to let openly gay boys...
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Associatd Press Leaders of organizations that say the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted them prepared to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Ways and Means Committee. From left are Kevin Kookogey, founder and president, Linchpins of Liberty; Diane Belsom, Laurens County, S.C., Tea Party; John Eastman, chairman, National Organization for Marriage; Karen Kenney, San Fernando Valley, Calif., Patriots; Sue Martinek, Coalition for Life of Iowa, and Becky Gerritson, Wetumpka, Ala., Tea Party.
IRS springs for lavish arrangements
WASHINGTON — Already heavily criticized for targeting conservative groups, the Internal Revenue Service absorbed another blow Tuesday as new details emerged about senior officials enjoying luxury h...
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Associated Press Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (center) is escorted out of a courthouse on Tuesday in Fort Meade, Md., after the second day of his court-martial. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prison.
Manning trial shrouded in secrecy, security
FORT MEADE, Md. — The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the central figure in a massive leak of government documents, is focused on secrecy and government security. Yet his trial has become a ...
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Nuke missile crews cite morale-sapping pressures
WASHINGTON — Officers with a finger on the trigger of the Air Force’s most powerful nuclear missiles are complaining of a wide array of morale-sapping pressures, according to internal emails obtain...
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Officials: Russia rejects chemical arms evidence
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration came back empty-handed after a diplomatic delegation to Moscow last month presented intelligence suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government use...
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Senators blast military response to sex assaults
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators dressed down senior military leaders Tuesday, led by female lawmakers, combat veterans and former prosecutors who insisted that sexual assault in the ranks has cost the s...
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Associated Press Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel (left) and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George testify Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services and General Government subcommittee hearing regarding a report that the IRS spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.
IRS head says public no longer trusts agency
WASHINGTON — His agency under relentless fire, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged to Congress on Monday that American taxpayers no longer trust the IRS amid a growing number ...
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FDA weighs lifting safety restrictions on Avandia
WASHINGTON — A former blockbuster diabetes pill that was subjected to major safety restrictions in 2010 may be less risky than once thought, according to the latest analysis of the much-debated Gla...
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Mississippi man indicted in poisoned letters case
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials was charged in a five-count federal indictment made public Monday that...
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