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Senate panel advances tough sanctions on Russia
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BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press 
Mar 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel on Wednesday advanced what could become some of the most significant U.S. sanctions on Russia since the end of the Co...
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Obama calls for a ‘rethinking’ on Crimea vote
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BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press JULIE PACE, Associated Press 
Mar 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama expressed a glimmer of hope Wednesday that a referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula can be h...
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White House told of CIA move against Senate aides
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DAVID ESPO, Associated Press JULIE PACE, Associated Press 
Mar 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA's director and its top lawyer told White House attorneys in advance about their plans to file an official criminal complaint...
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Police: Md. mall shooter fascinated by Columbine
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JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press 
Mar 13, 2014
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The gunman who killed two people at a Maryland mall appeared obsessed with mass murder and was fascinated by the 1999 Colum...
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Swiss ex-banker pleads to helping US tax evaders
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MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press 
Mar 13, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Swiss banker pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a fraud scheme that prosecutors say helped U.S. taxpayers hide as...
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Fla. House race could be warning for Democrats
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MICHAEL J. MISHAK, Associated Press TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press 
Mar 12, 2014
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans scored a key victory in a har...
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Update: 2 dead, others missing in NYC explosion
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JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press 
Mar 12, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A thunderous explosion that may have been caused by a gas leak flattened two East Harlem apartment buildings Wednesday, killing at lea...
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50 years later, New York murder still fascinates
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KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press 
Mar 12, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Kitty Genovese's screams for help couldn't save her on the night she was murdered outside her apartment in 1964. Fifty years later, th...
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Steady health care sign-ups may miss goal
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RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press 
Mar 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it's making steady progress on health care sign-ups, but the White House needs something close...
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Gene mapping study shows promise, challenges
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LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer 
Mar 12, 2014
CHICAGO (AP) — These days, it's faster and cheaper than ever to decipher a person's entire DNA. But a small study suggests that looking for disease ri...
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Obama, Clinton circles overlap in Dem fundraising
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JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press 
Mar 12, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Melding 2014 needs with 2016 hopes, President Barack Obama is teaming up with an ally and fundraiser of former Secretary of State Hill...
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General’s defense to try for plea deal in sex case
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EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press 
Mar 11, 2014
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault said Tuesday that they have decided to try to renegotiate a plea bar...
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Study: 2 percent of Americans have new hips, knees
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MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer 
Mar 11, 2014
It's not just grandma with a new hip and your uncle with a new knee. More than 2 of every 100 Americans now have an artificial joint, doctors are repo...
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Survey: Uninsured rate drops; health law cited
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RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press 
Mar 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — With just three weeks left to sign up under President Barack Obama's health care law, a major survey tracking the rollout finds that...
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