| Hillary Clinton on server scandal: ‘It's like a drip, drip, drip’ Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:42 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton says she's been as "transparent as possible" about her use of a private email server as secretary of state — but that continuous questions about her decision to use one have left a mark on her campaign.
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| France carries out airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:40 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria in a five-hour operation on Sunday, President Francois Hollande announced, making good on a promise to go after the group that he has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France.
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| Katie Couric: When the pope goes to prison Posted: 27 Sep 2015 05:22 AM PDT  For inmates inside Philadelphia's largest super-max prison, Commissioner Lou Giorla concedes, "Life is not easy."
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| 'God weeps,' pope says, after meeting clergy sex abuse victims Posted: 27 Sep 2015 12:41 PM PDT  By Scott Malone and Philip Pullella PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pope Francis confronted the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy on the final day of his U.S. visit on Sunday, meeting with five adults abused as children and vowing to hold accountable those involved in the crimes and cover-ups. "I have in my heart the stories of suffering and the pain of the minors who were sexually abused by priests," the 78-year-old Argentine pope, speaking in his native Spanish, told bishops in Philadelphia after meeting privately with the victims, three women and two men. God weeps for the sexual abuse of children," the leader of the world's 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church added.
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| Boehner says will avoid U.S. government shutdown, clear more legislation Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:01 AM PDT  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday that Congress will avoid a government shutdown this week and he would push through as much unfinished legislation as possible before leaving at the end of October. Speaking on CBS' Face the Nation two days after his surprise resignation, he said the House this week would pass a government funding bill now moving through the Senate, which does not meet conservatives' demands to cut off money for Planned Parenthood. Asked if passage would require Democratic votes, he responded: "I'm sure it will, but I suspect my Democratic colleagues want to keep the government open as much as I do." The Ohio Republican also announced that he would convene a special committee to investigate Planned Parenthood's abortion practices, similar to the one probing deadly attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
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| Clinton on email controversy: a 'drip, drip, drip' of revelations Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:49 AM PDT  By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the politically damaging "drip, drip, drip" of revelations about her use of a private email server is out of her control and she is unsure when the controversy might end. Clinton, who has seen her lead shrivel in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said she has tried to be as open as possible and take responsibility for the email flap. "It is like a drip, drip, drip.
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| Mexicans march on anniversary of 43 students' disappearance Posted: 26 Sep 2015 06:50 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students by marching down Mexico City's premier avenue in an atmosphere of defiant hope Saturday.
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