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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has called the economy "frustratingly slow." On Tuesday, Congress will find out whether he still thinks so, even after Friday's news that hiring surged in January and unemployment reached a three-year low.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will stress the importance of science and technology education Tuesday when he hosts the second White House Science Fair.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.... More
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Fearing a tide of spending by outside conservative groups, President Obama is giving his blessing to a pro-Democratic Party “super PAC” that will work to help his reelection, his campaign said late Monday. More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After five years of legislative struggling, 23 stopgap measures and a two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress finally has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air tra... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Homeland Security Department has appointed a public advocate to handle complaints and questions about its immigration enforcement policies.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Center on Education Policy says after last school year's rough budget cuts for schools, states are predicting a brighter outlook on spending for K-12 this school year.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family members of a Mexican casino owner who fled the U.S. after facing drug and fraud charges.... More
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A Republican fund-raising advantage among outside groups has led the White House to change course and use surrogates to encourage donations to a “super PAC.” More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesn't think a prominent breast cancer charity should continue giving grants to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is urging his top fundraisers to support a Democratic super political action committee which can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections.... More
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States on Monday eased one of its many sanctions against Myanmar as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military rule.... More
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mitt Romney returned to the campaign trail here Monday and trained his focus on President Obama, but his top aides and key surrogates More
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AU.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to replenish the beach about 900 feet from his island vacation cottage. A repre... More
