| Defying GOP, Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline bill Posted: 24 Feb 2015 01:34 PM PST  President Barack Obama has vetoed a Republican bill forcing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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| Jury deliberations begin in 'American Sniper' killing trial Posted: 24 Feb 2015 04:47 PM PST  STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has begun deliberations in the capital murder trial of a former Marine in the fatal shooting of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and a friend of Kyle's.
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| Homeland Security shutdown by the numbers Posted: 24 Feb 2015 08:56 AM PST  Yahoo News takes a look at how a shutdown could affect workers at the TSA and other agencies.
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| 'American Sniper' Kyle never saw it coming Posted: 24 Feb 2015 03:27 PM PST  Chris Kyle was apparently taken by surprise when he was fatally shot two years ago at a Texas gun range.
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| Aaron Schock's spending problem isn't going away Posted: 24 Feb 2015 07:31 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, a rising Republican star already facing an ethics inquiry, has spent taxpayer and campaign funds on flights aboard private planes owned by some of his key donors, The Associated Press has found. There also have been other expensive travel and entertainment charges, including for a massage company and music concerts.
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| Axelrod takes on Giuliani Posted:  Axelrod takes on Giuliani
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| Metrolink train strikes truck in Southern California Posted: 24 Feb 2015 04:08 PM PST  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of people have been injured in the crash of a Southern California commuter train and a truck northwest of Los Angeles.
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| VA secretary apologizes for misstating military record Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:56 PM PST  VA chief Robert McDonald apologizes for mistakenly saying he served in the special forces.
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| Eight dead in gun rampage at Czech restaurant Posted: 24 Feb 2015 01:55 PM PST  An armed man killed burst into a restaurant and opened fire.
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| CBS News releases video referenced in O'Reilly dispute Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.
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| Alaska quietly becomes 3rd state to legalize marijuana Posted: 24 Feb 2015 12:50 PM PST  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults, but it was a subdued milestone.
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| Chicago's Mayor Emanuel hopes to avoid run-off in election Posted: 24 Feb 2015 03:41 PM PST  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will easily take first place in Tuesday's municipal election, but polls show he may miss the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a run-off in the race to lead the financially challenged, third-largest U.S. city. Emanuel, 55, a former chief of staff to President Barack Obama seeking a second term as mayor, has already spent millions of dollars in the non-partisan race against four challengers, and a second round will mean six more weeks of expensive campaigning. Emanuel is close to the mark, getting 48.3 percent of the vote in a recent Ogden & Fry poll. His nearest opponent is Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia at 26.5 percent, followed by businessman Willie Wilson with 15.2 percent.
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| Fifty hurt when Southern California commuter train slams into truck Posted: 24 Feb 2015 02:40 PM PST  By Michael Fleeman OXNARD, Calif. (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-bound commuter train slammed into a produce truck apparently stuck on the tracks in a Southern California city before dawn on Tuesday, injuring 50 people in a fiery crash, some of them critically. The truck driver, who was not hurt, left the scene of the destruction in Oxnard on foot and was found walking and disoriented one or two miles away, Assistant Police Chief Jason Benitez said. Benitez said the 54-year-old driver from Arizona was not arrested but investigators were trying to determine if there was any criminal wrongdoing in the 5:45 a.m. PST (8:45 a.m EST) wreck, which overturned three double-decker Metrolink rail cars. Benitez said it appeared that the truck driver had taken a wrong turn in the pre-dawn darkness and ended up on the tracks, where the rig became stuck as the train approached at 79 miles per hour.
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| Ex-NFL star's fiancée looked nervous day after alleged killing: witness Posted: 24 Feb 2015 02:01 PM PST  By Daniel Lovering FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez's fiancée was visibly nervous the day after an associate of the ex-NFL star was killed, a woman who cleaned Hernandez's Massachusetts home testified at his murder trial on Tuesday. Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, spent time on the telephone, peeking out the window and crying after hauling away a large trash bag in the trunk of a red car, Carla Barbosa, 31, testified at Massachusetts Superior Court in Fall River. She added police were outside when Barbosa left the house on June 18, 2013, a day after Odin Lloyd's bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's home.
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| What an Iran nuclear deal could look like Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:23 PM PST  With the clock ticking down to a third, perhaps final deadline for a deal to rein in Iran's nuclear program, top diplomats are ramping up efforts to pin down details. US Secretary of State John Kerry met twice in Geneva with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday and Monday, and could join fresh talks planned next week in Switzerland, US officials said. "We're in the endgame now," Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, who has long worked on non-proliferation issues, told AFP. To reach a verifiable, comprehensive agreement that limits Iran's ability to harness enough fissile material to build a nuclear bomb.
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| Giuliani clarifies controversial Obama remarks Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:06 AM PST  Former New York City mayor clarifies controversial comments suggesting the president "doesn't love America."
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