| Clinton: Using two emails 'would have been better' Posted: 10 Mar 2015 12:23 PM PDT  Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga, Olivier Knox, and Michael Isikoff analyze her remarks.
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| 2 U. of Oklahoma students expelled over racist video Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:51 PM PDT  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Almost a generation ago, the University of Oklahoma set out to raise its profile, seeking to build a regional school that served mostly students from the Southwest into a leading institution that attracted top scholars.
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| Jury in Boston bombing trial sees photos of writing in boat Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:08 PM PDT  Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday saw photographs of a blood-stained, hand-scrawled note speckled with bullet holes inside the boat he was captured in days after the deadly 2013 attack.
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| Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees blood-stained note Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:24 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the blood-stained message that prosecutors say he wrote on the inside of a boat he was hiding in before his violent capture, explaining his reasoning for killing innocent people. Boston Police Officer Todd Brown identified a photograph of the message, displayed to the jury on screens in U.S. District Court in Boston, showing bullet holes and blood dripping over the words. Tsarnaev, 21, is accused of killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade bombs at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013, as well as fatally shooting a police officer three days later as he and his brother tried to flee the city. Federal prosecutors contend that Tsarnaev, who emigrated with his family from Chechnya, was driven by an extremist view of Islam and a desire to strike back at the United States in revenge for military campaigns in Muslim-dominated countries.
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| Madison police shooting forces liberal city to look at race gap Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:47 PM PDT  By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - The fatal police shooting of an unarmed biracial teen in Madison, Wisconsin, has cast a light on the divide between the liberal whites that dominate the university city and its black residents, who said this week they feel marginalized. Since the death on Friday evening of 19-year-old Tony Robinson, Madison has seen days of protests and a measured response by the city's police department. Robinson was shot after Officer Matt Kenny responded to calls about a man dodging cars in traffic who had allegedly battered another person, according to police officials. Madison, a city of 243,000, is perennially near the top of media rankings of the best places to live in the United States.
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| University of Oklahoma expels two leaders of racist singing Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:10 PM PDT  By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The University of Oklahoma has expelled two students for playing a leadership role in singing a racist song at a fraternity-linked event that was captured on video and viewed worldwide, the school's president said on Tuesday. The two students, who have not been identified, were connected to a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity event. The video, posted on Sunday, prompted the university to shut down the fraternity's house on campus and force members to vacate its premises by midnight Tuesday. "There is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma," President David Boren said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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| Democrats deplore Republican letter to Tehran on nuke talks Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:33 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats said Tuesday that the GOP letter about nuclear talks with Iran undercuts the U.S. at the negotiating table and threatens to torpedo bipartisanship on Capitol Hill when it comes to the delicate issue of preventing a nuclear-armed Iran.
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| Obama announces changes for student loan repayment Posted: 10 Mar 2015 01:06 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and manage. Obama signed a "student aid bill of rights" and spelled out an assortment of policy tweaks and projects to try to make it easier for people with student loans to pay back their debt. "We're going to require that the businesses that service your loans provide clear information about how much you owe, what your options are for repaying it, and if you're falling behind, help you get back in good standing with reasonable fees on a reasonable timeline," Obama told a raucous crowd of more than 9,500 students. Obama has asked the Treasury and Education departments and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to report by Oct. 1 on whether bankruptcy laws or other laws or regulations should be changed for student loans.
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| Tsarnaev trial: FBI agents describe collecting evidence from Boston Marathon bombings Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:36 AM PDT  The trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued Tuesday with FBI agents describing in detail the process of collecting evidence from the twin blasts.
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| U.S. envoy to South Korea to maintain open stance despite attack Posted: 10 Mar 2015 12:35 AM PDT  By James Pearson and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to South Korea said on Tuesday he plans to maintain his open, approachable style despite being slashed by a knife-wielding Korean nationalist five days ago, causing him wounds that required 80 stitches in his face. Lippert had quickly become known for his informal demeanor since becoming ambassador in November but last week's attack raised questions about his security arrangements. He declined to comment about potential changes to his security arrangements.
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| White House: Obama emailed Hillary Clinton on her private email address Posted: 09 Mar 2015 11:50 AM PDT  President Barack Obama exchanged emails with the then secretary of state on her private, nongovernmental account when she was in office, the White House says.
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| Woman now in wheelchair testifies at Boston bombing trial Posted: 09 Mar 2015 04:25 PM PDT A woman Monday recalled shielding her husband from the sight of his mangled leg, being pushed to the ground by a bystander frantically trying to extinguish the flames on her body and coming to grips with becoming a double amputee. |
