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Gov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
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Trump to testify at Chicago trial on condo deals
Donald Trump is known for grilling contestants on his TV show, "Celebrity Apprentice." But he'll be in the hot seat Tuesday as he takes the stand at a civil trial in Chicago.
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IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings
The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated.
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Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended
Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.
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Senators argue over immigration bill ID mandates
Senators weighing a landmark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification _ such as fingerprinting _ to track who is entering and leaving the country.
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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding.
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Prince Harry ends tour of storm-damaged NJ shore
Britain's Prince Harry is heading to New York City after finishing a tour of two New Jersey towns hard hit by Superstorm Sandy.
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Senate begins work on massive farm bill
The Senate has begun laying the groundwork on a massive farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers.
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Tougher drunken driving threshold weighed
Federal accident investigators were weighing a recommendation Tuesday that states reduce their threshold for drunken driving from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05, a standard that has been shown to substantially reduce highway deaths in other countries.
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Prince Harry tours storm-damaged NJ shore
Britain's Prince Harry continues his tour of New Jersey towns hard hit by Superstorm Sandy with a visit to Seaside Heights.
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Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting
The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated.
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Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone
The Senate has begun laying the groundwork on a massive farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers.
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Demolition to begin on NJ coaster wrecked by Sandy
Workers are set to begin demolishing perhaps the most famous symbol of Superstorm Sandy's devastation along New Jersey's shoreline.
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ending Syria's two-year war.
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Prince Harry arrives to see NJ storm damage
Britain's Prince Harry has arrived at the first of two New Jersey shore towns hard hit by Superstorm Sandy.
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Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.
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Prince Harry to see NJ storm damage, visit NYC
Residents of a New Jersey shore community devastated by Superstorm Sandy are waiting for the arrival of Britain's Prince Harry.
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Progress sought on drunken driving deaths
New approaches are needed to combat drunken driving, which claims the lives of more than a third of the people killed annually on U.S highways and has remained stubbornly high for the past decade and a half, a new report said Tuesday.
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