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Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases

News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:34:35 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening....

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Dem senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding

News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:34:18 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment....

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Compromise among senators eyed on border security

News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:34:13 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally....

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Obama making plans to tackle global warming

News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:34:08 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin....

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US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects

News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:29:04 +0000

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants....

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Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating

News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:50 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan compromise on student loans started to take shape in the Senate on Wednesday linking interest rates to the financial markets. If approved, it would prevent rates for new borrowing from doubling in coming days....

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Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure

News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:36 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday....

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Kerry calls Karzai to ease anger on Taliban office

News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:24 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry called the Afghan president twice in the past 24 hours to ease Hamid Karzai's anger over the way the Taliban announced the opening of their political office in Qatar....

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