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Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to deliver?...
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Afghan killings mar special operations outreach

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused in massacring Afghan civilians had been assigned to protect special operations forces that were teaching Afghans how to defend themselves....
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Families: Girlfriend won't testify against mobster

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
BOSTON (AP) -- Family members of people allegedly killed by James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) say his longtime girlfriend will plead guilty to helping Bulger evade capture and won't testify against him at his trial....
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Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Police at the University of Maryland say three Internet users alerted them that a current student was planning a shooting rampage on campus....
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White House: No change in Afghan strategy

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....
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Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- A former student who worked at the campus police department tipped officers off to a current student's online threats of a shooting rampage, police said Monday....
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'Millennium bomber' sentence overturned

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a 22-year prison sentenced for convicted "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, calling it unreasonably lenient....
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White House: No change in Afghan strategy

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....
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Q&A: NYPD spies on Muslims. Legal? Good policy?

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....
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Q&A: NYPD spies on Muslims. Legal? Good policy?

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....
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Lawmakers seek end to US deal with Russian firm

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Defense Department should stop doing business with a Russian arms exporter that is providing weapons to a Syrian government killing its citizens, a bipartisan group of 17 senators said Monday....
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PSU: Paterno's firing over 'failure of leadership'

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....
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Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....
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Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....
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Verrilli: Point man in looming health care battle

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Donald Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance....
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Verrilli: Point man in looming health care battle

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Donald Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance....
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Defendant won't testify in NJ webcam spying trial

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
NEW BRUNWSICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant....
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Defendant won't testify in NJ webcam spying trial

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
NEW BRUNWSICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant....
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Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for them under the health care overhaul law....
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Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification....
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