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Charlize Theron on 'Fox News Sunday'
Staff writerCharlize Theron puts in an appearance this weekend on "Fox News Sunday." The Oscar-winner is a messenger of peace for the United Nations. She and Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, are in the power play segment of the program at 10 a.m. Sunday...Tags: Michael Chertoff, Marsha Blackburn, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, George W. Bush, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Police Investigations, Susan Collins, Crime, Law and Justice
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As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Al-Qaeda
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Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer
Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Laws
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Susan Collins, Laws
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Quinnipiac University, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Susan Collins
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Johnson to retire in 2014
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Democrats’ efforts to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate after next year’s midterm elections were thrown into further doubt Tuesday when Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., became the fifth senior member of the party to announce his...Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Mike Rounds, Republican Party, John D. Rockefeller IV, Tim Johnson
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Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Republican Party, Patrick J. Toomey, Ron Johnson, Dan Coats
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Republican Party, John D. Rockefeller IV, Susan Collins, Mark Schauer
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Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan won't run for reelection in 2014
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democrat Carl Levin announced Thursday that he would not run for reelection in 2014, adding to an exodus of experience in the chamber. Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the sixth sitting senator to decide...
Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Republican Party, John D. Rockefeller IV, Tom Harkin, Elections
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Efforts to avoid gov't shutdown move to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts....
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Paul Ryan, Elections
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Drones on the dais
WASHINGTON -- Is the position of God subject to the confirmation process? Does the Lord Almighty require the advice and consent of the Senate? These are no longer abstract questions. John Brennan may not be divine, but he plays God often as...
Tags: Susan Collins, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Dianne Feinstein, Murder
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Feb 11, 2013
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