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Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs.
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Top U.S. general warns of sexual assault 'crisis,' meets Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top general in the U.S. Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act.
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U.S. House votes to repeal Obamacare in 37th symbolic act
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as demonstrating dogged party opposition to "Obamacare."
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Internet celeb 'Hatchet hitchhiker' suspected of N.J. killing
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet hero earlier this year is wanted for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death inside his home, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Boston bomb suspect's nasty note
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U.S. House lawmakers in last-ditch bid to save immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to write an immigration bill met on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants.
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Republicans advance bill to tie student loan rates to markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in control of the House Education and the Workforce Committee voted on Thursday to advance legislation tying student loan interest rates to the financial markets, a plan they said would give borrowers a better sense of how much they must repay.
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Parents of children killed by nanny are now expecting
The parents of two young children killed last fall allegedly by their nanny announced Thursday that they are expecting a baby this fall.
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Weiner spotted filming a campaign ad amid rumors of NYC mayoral run
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is apparently close to making his run for New York City mayor official. According to WNBC-TV, the former congressman was spotted filming what appeared to be a campaign ad on the front steps of his childhood home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Thursday. Weiner was joined by his wife, Huma Abedin, [...]
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White says SEC not now writing political spending rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers on Thursday that her agency, despite pressure from liberal groups, is not currently drafting a rule that would call for public companies to disclose their political spending.
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Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Man describes surviving Texas twister
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‘No magic formula’ to end Syria war
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