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Senate rejects, for now, extending payroll tax cut
The Senate blocked a plan to renewed a payroll tax cut because it would have been paid for by taxing the rich.
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US discovers elaborate drug-smuggling border tunnel
The latest secret passage - equipped with a hydraulic lift, electric rail carts and a wooden staircase - was discovered Tuesday.
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Families fight to limit truckers' hours
Families are lobbying Congress to lower the hours truck drivers can spend on the road.
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Free or reduced lunch on the rise at U.S. schools
Millions of schoolchildren across America are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as their parents have lost jobs or homes during the economic crisis.
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Anthrax attack victim's family settles lawsuit for $2.5 million
More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit.
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WATCH: Corvette street racers spin out in Houston
An impromptu drag race between two Corvettes didn't work out so well this past Thanksgiving in Houston.
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Alleged White House shooter deemed competent to stand trial
Alleged White House shooter Oscar Ortega-Hernandez has been deemed competent to stand trial, according to ABC News.
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American Catholics start using new Mass translation
Catholics attending Mass in the U.S. this weekend will find some changes in the prayers they've been saying for decades.
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Latest in the Occupy protests from California to Maine
Here are the latest developments in the Occupy protests, including California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington state.
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Senate approves $662 billion defense bill
Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive defense bill.
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Cain accuser has faced financial, legal troubles
His campaign rocked anew, a feisty Herman Cain claimed a "groundswell of positive support" from backers.
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New accuser sues Sandusky, Penn State, Second Mile in abuse case
The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy from 1992, when the boy was 10, until 1996 and threatened to harm his family to keep the boy quiet.
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Police move in on Occupy L.A., Philadelphia
In a massive show of force, 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 people.
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Conrad Murray gets four years behind bars
The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has been sentenced to the maximum term of four years behind bars.
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Georgetown student in Egypt: 'Not sure I was going to live'
Georgetown University student Derrik Sweeney, one of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo, says they were hit and threatened with guns, and described that first night in custody as the scariest of his life.
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Manning's lawyer says wikileaks didn't hurt national security
The Army intelligence analyst suspected of giving classified material to WikiLeaks says a White House review concluded the alleged leaks did no real damage to national security.
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UAE wants info on NC-to-DC airplane incident
The government of the United Arab Emirates wants more information about an incident in which several of its citizens were taken off a Washington-bound flight from Charlotte and rescreened by security.
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Mom of kids killed in Arizona plane crash drawing support
Friends and acquaintances are lending support to an Arizona mother who lost her three children and her ex-husband in a plane crash in the Superstition Mountains.
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