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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities, as an uneasy calm settled over the south Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate bill aimed at saving the U.S. Postal Service would make it harder to close thousands of low-revenue post offices and end Saturday mail delivery, even though the struggling agency says those moves are just what's needed to reduce its massive debt and become profitable again....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans determined to show women voters that they have their interests at heart on Wednesday announced plans to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the federal government's main domestic violence program....

GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York woman admitted Wednesday that she faked cancer to con donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon....

A Marine who used his Facebook page to criticize President Obama was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, a spokesman for the Marines said.

Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.

The Republic: Group questions constitutionality of middle-of-the-night 'wake up calls' by Richmond police by Larry O'Dell:

Richmond police are violating residents' constitutional rights by waking them in the middle of the night with a knock on the door to admonish them for leaving valuables in plain sight in their parked cars, a civil liberties group said Wednesday.

The Charlottesville-based Rutherford Institute said in a letter to Police Chief Bryan Norwood that the department's new "Wake Up Call" initiative invades residents' privacy and infringes on their Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable police intrusions. The program also heightens the risk of a violent confrontation between police and an alarmed resident, the institute said.

"The recent Trayvon Martin incident from Florida should serve as a stark warning of how the fear and misunderstanding of a homeowner can turn a benign situation into tragedy involving loss of life," John W. Whitehead, executive director of the Rutherford Institute, wrote in the letter.

Dropping out is hard to do. It's been especially hard for Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul....

Dropping out is hard to do. It's been especially hard for Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul....

With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger....

Dropping out is hard to do. It's been especially hard for Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul....

Only two presidential candidates have sought and received federal matching campaign funds this election cycle, and they're hardly household names....

Only two presidential candidates have sought and received federal matching campaign funds this election cycle, and they're hardly household names....

President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume....

It's a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple's invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: "It's the week we've all been waiting for."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio has outlined his vision of a more muscular American foreign policy as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins the search for a running mate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio has outlined his vision of a more muscular American foreign policy as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins the search for a running mate....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In politics, this is the year of big money. It's the first presidential race since two court decisions in 2010 changed the rules....