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  • Iowa Senate OKs state military crime report bill

    10 March 2014, 5:23 pm

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A bill giving victims more power to report sexual abuse and other crimes involving state military personnel has received the approval of the Iowa Senate. The Senate voted 47-0 to approve the legislation, which now goes to the House.…
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  • Former Iowa GOP chief takes post with Rand Paul PAC

    10 March 2014, 5:12 pm by: Seth McLaughlin

    The former head of the Iowa Republican Party has taken a job with Sen. Rand Paul's political action committee — providing more evidence that the Kentucky Republican is laying the foundation for a 2016 presidential bid. Doug Stafford, the executive director…
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  • NRA seeks to block gun magazine ban

    10 March 2014, 5:10 pm

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association is asking Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to block enforcement of a California city ordinance that bans gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets. The ban in Sunnyvale went into effect…
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  • 'Lavish parties' exception to gift ban targeted

    10 March 2014, 5:09 pm

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota House has voted to reverse course on a recent law change making it easier for lobbyists to buy meals for legislators. A bill repealing a soft spot in an otherwise strict gift ban passed 126 to 3 on Monday. It would ...
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  • SD bill to open high school group moves to House

    10 March 2014, 5:08 pm

    PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota House Judiciary Committee has passed a measure to require transparency from the association that oversees high school sports and other activities. The panel voted 12-1 Monday to support the bill. It would hold the South…
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  • Migrants seek to enter US in San Diego protest

    10 March 2014, 5:06 pm by: ELLIOT SPAGAT

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dozens of young migrants have presented themselves to U.S. border inspectors in San Diego without legal documents to protest U.S. immigration policies. Demonstrators in green, purple and yellow graduation gowns marched through the streets of…
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  • Tough issues still in hopper for Ind. lawmakers

    10 March 2014, 4:48 pm by: TOM LoBIANCO

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana lawmakers took on gun regulations and an energy efficiency program as they continue working toward the close of their 2014 session. Senate lawmakers approved Monday placing the state's energy efficiency program on hold for a year…
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  • Edward Snowden speaks at SXSW conference

    10 March 2014, 4:40 pm

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - NSA leaker Edward Snowden spoke via live video conference Monday to a packed audience at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. The former NSA contractor, who remains in Moscow living in temporary asylum, faces felony charges in the…
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  • Critics seek denial of Brewer's appeal request

    10 March 2014, 4:40 pm by: JACQUES BILLEAUD

    PHOENIX (AP) - Lawyers challenging Arizona's 2010 immigration law urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject Gov. Jan Brewer's request for the court to review a ruling that prevents enforcement of a minor section of the law. Brewer is trying to get the…
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  • Rubio: US bandwidth better used by cell providers

    10 March 2014, 4:18 pm by: PHILIP ELLIOTT

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Pitching himself as an ally to Silicon Valley, presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio proposed giving cellphone companies more access to government-controlled airwaves and other pro-business initiatives he said would create "thousands upon…
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  • NJ lawyers: Ex-Christie aide's subpoena valid

    10 March 2014, 4:11 pm by: ANGELA DELLI SANTI

    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Lawyers for a New Jersey legislative panel investigating a political payback scandal say a former aide to Gov. Chris Christie has shown no valid legal purpose for refusing to comply with a subpoena. Monday's response was to a court filing…
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  • US network to scan workers with secret clearances

    10 March 2014, 3:22 pm by: STEPHEN BRAUN

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by internal security lapses, U.S. intelligence officials plan to use a sweeping electronic system to continually monitor workers with secret clearances, current and former officials told The Associated Press. The system is intended to…
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  • 150 immigration detainees on hunger strike

    10 March 2014, 3:15 pm

    TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal spokesman says about 150 detainees at Washington state's Northwest Detention Center refused to eat Monday morning as a hunger strike entered its fourth day. Immigration detainees began the strike Friday. The U.S. Immigration and…
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  • Obama administration backs off plan to cut prescription-drug program

    10 March 2014, 2:38 pm by: Tom Howell Jr.

    Congressional Democrats expressed relief and Republican leaders did a victory lap Monday after the Obama administration said it will not implement proposed changes to the Medicare program's prescription-drug benefits. House Republicans held hearings last week…
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  • Climate talkathon meant to raise awareness, spur action

    10 March 2014, 1:46 pm by: Jacqueline Klimas

    Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, said Monday that the planned Democratic talkathon Monday night is to raise awareness among the general public that climate change is an urgent issue. "I think what we're trying to do now in terms of tonight is to make…
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  • White House: Exporting natural gas to Europe, Ukraine not the answer

    10 March 2014, 1:29 pm by: Ben Wolfgang

    The Obama administration on Monday brushed off calls to expedite American shipments of natural gas to Europe as a way to blunt Russian influence in the region. The idea has gained traction on Capitol Hill, where a growing chorus of lawmakers is pushing the…
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  • Last call: The health overhaul's March 31 deadline

    10 March 2014, 1:23 pm by: TOM MURPHY

    Uninsured Americans face an important deadline at the end of this month, and many don't realize it. March 31 is the last day to sign up for health insurance coverage and avoid a penalty for failing to obtain insurance for 2014 under the federal health care…
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  • NYC first lady postpones Albany lobbying trip

    10 March 2014, 1:23 pm by: JONATHAN LEMIRE

    NEW YORK (AP) - New York City first lady Chirlane McCray is postponing her lobbying trip to Albany. A spokeswoman for McCray says a "scheduling conflict" has scuttled the first lady's plan to travel to Albany on Tuesday to lobby for her husband Bill de…
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  • NH Medicaid expansion debate moves to House

    10 March 2014, 1:12 pm by: NORMA LOVE

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A bill to use federal Medicaid money to pay for private health insurance for an estimated 50,000 poor adults is moving quickly through New Hampshire's House. The House Finance Committee held a hearing Monday on the bill that passed the…
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  • Former marine resources chief pleads guilty

    10 March 2014, 1:01 pm

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Executive Director Bill Walker pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to a charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government. The Sun Herald reported (http://bit.ly/1kHELPO…
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