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Obama to address security measures

WASHINGTON — President Obama will deliver a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in which he will address how he intends to bring his ...

Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States’ busiest rail ...

Gas prices rise on refinery outages, survey finds

The price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose sharply in the last two weeks amid outages at Midwest and West Coast ...

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Benjamin Lipsitz, lawyer who defended Arthur Bremer, dies at 94

BALTIMORE — Benjamin Lipsitz, a lawyer who defended the man ...

Frederick Doyle, photographic mapping expert for NASA missions, dies at 93

WASHINGTON — Frederick Doyle, a photographic mapping specialist whose work ...

Maureen Dunn, advocate for POWs, MIAs and their families, dies at 72

Maureen Dunn lost her husband on Feb. 14, 1968. She ...

Yahoo board OKs $1.1 billion deal to buy Tumblr

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo’s board of directors has reportedly ...

Training push fails to halt U.S. military sexual assault crisis

WASHINGTON — Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. ...
A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles is shown in this Julien's Auctions handout photograph taken at Julien's Gallery in Beverly Hills, Calif., and released to Reuters on May 18

Custom guitar played by two members of the Beatles sells for $408,000 at auction

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Attendees line-up at a book signing event during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas on May 5, 2013.

NRA tactics: Take no prisoners

Host Sam Arlen speaks as the Powerball number is about to be chosen at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee May 18, 2013.

One winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing

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Drug Prices for Seniors Jump 26%

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People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New York on Friday.

Feeling lucky? Powerball jackpot could exceed $600 million

Passengers wait to be picked up by bus after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut, causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers on Friday.

Nearly 50 hurt as two commuter trains collide in Connecticut

Christian Ferdinand was arrested on Monday at Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes in Brooklyn earlier this year.

Suspect in NYC slaying arrested in Maine accused of smothering girl with pillow

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Christian Ferdinand was arrested on Monday at Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes in Brooklyn earlier this year.

Suspect arrested in Limestone for NYC murder appears in Brooklyn court

CDC: Feces contaminates more than half of public swimming pools

WASHINGTON — Human feces taints more than half of public ...
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