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As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the ...
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Melissa had always been too big for this town, her father liked to say. She was editor of the school newspaper, an intern in the U.S. Senate and the only student from Sentinel ...
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BAGHDAD -- The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has rebounded in strength in recent months and appears to be launching a concerted effort to cripple the Iraqi government ...
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Thirty-two years ago, the Virginia transportation department drove dozens of steel pilings 50 feet into the ground near the West Falls Church Metro station. Encased in ...
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In downturn, Martha's Table and other nonprofits that ease crises face their own fight for survival.
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CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo. In the Midwestern autumn, the rural ...
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The slaughtered federal agents, it later emerged, had something in common: All had been vetted and trained by the U.S. government to work alongside its anti-narcotics agents. ...
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Fifty-one percent of charitable organizations responding to a poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals reported lower fundraising totals so far in 2009 compared ...
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WINONA, MINN. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at the band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a ...
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Taking the ball as the new, first-string running back in practice was Ladell Betts, who said he gets a "dazed" feeling, "honestly, probably once or twice a game," the result ...
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In neighboring Belarus, the government took an opposite tack, accusing drug companies of fanning hysteria over swine flu to boost profits. In Poland, the health minister is ...
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FERRUM, VA. -- Jessica Goode needed to clear her head. It was Tuesday afternoon, her senior project presentation was due by Friday and it wasn't going well. She wanted to be ...
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The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended the change after concluding that more frequent testing did not catch significantly more cancers and ...
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WINONA, Minn. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a ...
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By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three centrist Democrats who had been undecided on Saturday's motion to debate the Senate ...
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A Senate committee on Thursday morning launched the first public hearing into the Fort Hood shooting attack with a focus on the perils of homegrown extremism and "political ...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, to ...
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New York Daily NewsSebelius: US policy on mammograms 'unchanged'Washington PostA top Obama administration official on Wednesday appeared to try to distance the federal ...
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Daily MailOn China visit, Obama can't distance himself from AfghanistanWashington PostBEIJING -- Traveling thousands of miles across Asia on one of his most intensive foreign ...
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The veto by Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi was the latest wrinkle in growing criticism over the law by the country's biggest minorities - Sunni Arabs and Kurds - both of whom ...
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Troubled homeowners who receive housing counseling are 60 percent more likely to avoid foreclosure and have their mortgage payments lowered significantly than borrowers who ...
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Appearing on Capitol Hill only days after his announcement that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators would be sent to ...
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill about health-care reform in November. (Charles Dharapak/AP) "All the anxiety's on the ...
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Unless you're the Yankees and can buy titles, the core of any baseball franchise is not its starting rotation or batting order. Over time, you are your organization. Before ...
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A publicity juggernaut leaking news about campaign infighting and media bashing has distracted from the author's most revealing passages, which dwell on God, Todd and dominion ...