| Doctors: Aid Guantanamo hunger strikers Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:01 PM PDT  "It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians said.
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| Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33 Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:29 PM PDT  Michael Hastings, most recently of Buzzfeed but well-known and respected for his reporting in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and elsewhere, had died at the age of 33. According to Buzzfeed, he was killed in a car accident early this morning in Los Angeles.
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| Obama welcomes talks with Taliban Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:04 AM PDT  On the agenda could be the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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| US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:18 PM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
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| House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women.
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| Military plans would put women in most combat jobs Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.
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| CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades.
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| NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.
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| AP EXCLUSIVE: US war games send signal to Assad Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:18 PM PDT  ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.
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| Turkey's 'standing man' launches new protest wave Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:49 AM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still.
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| Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:39 PM PDT  OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers.
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| 18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:57 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
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| Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:53 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said.
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| G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:47 PM PDT  ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement — yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go.
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| Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall Posted: 18 Jun 2013 10:07 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions.
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| Report says immigration bill cuts deficit Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says a sweeping immigration bill before the Senate would cut deficits by $197 billion over 10 years. |
