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1. The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the policy. Obama's signature would end the Pentagon's 17-year, don'
1. Capitol Hill is in a stalemate heading into the holidays. House Republicans want Senators to return to Washington and negotiate a payroll tax cut extension after the House rejected a Senate measure. The tax goes up for workers January 1st if nothi
1. House Republicans have backed down. Speaker John Boehner says there's now an agreement to accept the Senate's bipartisan two-month payroll tax cut. President Barack Obama congratulated lawmakers for ending what he calls a bipartisan stalemate. 2.
1. Two days after a strong storm slammed much of the East Coast with blizzard-like conditions, many people were still digging out Monday. Many businesses were still closed due to the snowfall, and commuters in several cities had a tough time getting
1. Two days after a strong storm slammed much of the East Coast with blizzard-like conditions, many people were still digging out Monday. Many businesses were still closed due to the snowfall, and commuters in several cities had a tough time getting
1. At least 28 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Wednesday after a car bomb exploded in the Turkish capital. Authorities say the attack targeted military vehicles that were carrying arm forces personnel. 2. A spokesman for a U.S led coali
1. A Christian minister in Florida is cancelling plans to burn copies of the Quran on September 11th. The plan drew criticism from President Barack Obama along with religious and political leaders across the Muslim world. 2. Strong winds are keeping
1. The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of General David Petraeus to become the next commander of the Afghanistan war, paving the way for a swift, full Senate confirmation. 2. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashes with the GOP o
1. The Senate has wasted no time in confirming President Barack Obama's new choice to be commander of the Afghanistan war. By a vote of 99 to nothing, senators confirmed General David Patraeus. He'll succeed General Stanley McChrystal. 2. Hurricane A
1. BP officials say undersea robots have taken off the existing cap, and oil is now gushing freely into the Gulf. The company hopes to fit a tighter dome that will funnel more oil to collection ships upon the surface. 2. Probation and jail records sh
1. As BP crews get ready to test a plan to plug the top of its busted oil well, a company spokesman says engineers are still trying to figure out exactly how to use a pair of relief wells they're constructing. The wells were once seen as the only sur
1. BP officials say they plan to begin forcing cement down the blown-out Gulf oil well today. The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea. Yesterday, crews were able to force down the oil with mud. 2. A fe
1. Authorities are trying to find out if overcast skies, rain and gusty winds played a role in a crash claimed the lives of former Senator Ted Stevens and four others. And one rescue worker says fishing waders warmed the surviving passengers, helped
1. President Barack Obama says he's ready to work with the GOP, and he wants to start with taxes and spending. The president called Tuesday's election a shellacking for Democrats. The president says he hopes to learn from the setback just as other pr
1. President Barack Obama says he understands the unease in India about the impact of US goods flowing into the country. He's there as part of his tour through Asia, and he also says that increased trade would be a win-win situation for both countrie
1. Iranian state radio reports that an Arizona-born former marine has been sentenced to death in Iran after being convicted of working for the CIA. His parents say he was visiting his grandmother. 2. Gabrielle Giffords took part in a ceremony remembe
1. Police say they don't have a motive in the shootings that left three people dead and two others critically wounded in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Police said the two suspects arrested overnight will face three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of
1. Police documents say the two men accused of shooting five people in Oklahoma have confessed. Three of the five have died. All the victims are black. Police described the suspects as white. 2. A pair of tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma. The
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