The House voted this afternoon by a 222-203 margin to pass the “Slaughter solution” rule authorizing a single vote on the Senate health care bill which the House...
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WASHINGTON - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out...
New tax mandates and penalties included in Obamacare will cause the greatest expansion of the Internal Revenue Service since World War II, according to a release from Rep. Kevin...
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Obama's EPA stifles new energy gains
It would be simpler if President Obama leveled with energy industry officials and the American people and admitted he's doing everything in his power to suffocate this country's ability to find and... Full Editorial
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The Montgomery County Council weighed changes to local law on Thursday that would grant police more freedom to ship truants back to class.
Last year, more than 8,600 Montgomery students fell into... Full story
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Polanski lawyers cite new evidence in appeal of ruling that director appear in LA court
Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the fugitive director's 32-year-old... Full story
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A hungry Vermont man was arrested after authorities said he walked down the street to a nearby pizza place. Problem was, the pizzeria happened to be in Canada. Buzz Roy... Full story
Crime History: Chicago mob boss kills himself
On this day, March 19, in 1943, Chicago mob boss Frank Nitti sat down on an Illinois Central railroad branch line and shot himself in the head.
Nitti's suicide took place the day before he was... Full story
AP answers your questions on the news, from sex addiction treatments to the Toyota recall
Now that sex addiction has found its poster child in Tiger Woods, more people are familiar with the affliction. Yet how it's treated remains a mystery to many.
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US urged to declare Chinese drywall fire hazard
Congressional members are asking the top U.S. fire official to declare defective Chinese drywall a fire hazard.
In letters to U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin Cochran, congressional members from... Full story
Iraqi officials: Roadside bomb kills 3 people, gunmen kill soldier in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb and a gun attack have killed four people and wounded seven others in Baghdad.
The officials say the roadside bomb went off Friday morning near a market in... Full story
Myanmar says it freed jailed American because of friendship with United States
Myanmar's ruling military junta decided to release a naturalized American citizen from prison because of its friendship with the U.S. government, state media said Friday.
Nyi Nyi Aung, a... Full story
Crime
Panamanian murderer caught in D.C., lived off federal subsidies
The FBI was led to 36-year-old Juan Barrera by an anonymous caller who claimed Barrera was planning to fire a rocket launcher at a Metro train, according to an affidavit recently filed in Greenbelt's federal court. Full story
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Egyptian fighters aid Taliban in Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan - Egyptian fighters are increasingly... Full story
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