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Ethics panel charges 20-term Democrat full story
A New York Democratic colleague of Rep. Charles Rangel told CNN on Thursday that Rangel and the House ethics committee are "close to a settlement" involving Rangel's alleged violations of House rules.
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Engineering grad waits to become legal full story
Oscar Vazquez will likely read this story. He has the internet. He has a television, too. Then, he'll go off to work at a car parts factory. He buries himself in work in this small Mexican town to keep his mind off thoughts of his wife and young daughter back in the United States.
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WikiLeaks may have blood on their hands full story
The top U.S. military officer said Thursday that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.
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Racing team owner Roush transferred to Mayo Clinic full story
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush, who was injured in a plane crash Tuesday, was transferred from a Wisconsin hospital to the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, according to a statement released Thursday by one of his companies.
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Firefighters gain ground against blazes in Kern County, California full story
Hundreds of fire personnel appeared to be making progress against the wildfires ripping across Kern County, California. The southern California community was hit this week by two wildfires 60 miles apart: the Bull Fire, southeast of the town of Tehachapi, and the West Fire, north of Tehachapi in the Sequoia National Forest.
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Health officials urge evacuations near Michigan oil spill full story
Officials in Michigan Thursday urged residents living near the Kalamazoo River oil spill to evacuate the area because of health concerns.
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Obama shares highs, lows on The View full story
President Barack Obama was "charming as usual" during a taping of a segment with "The View" set to air Thursday, said Joy Behar, one of the co-hosts.
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Senator: 6,600 Arlington graves may have been mismanaged full story
A senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled Thursday to examine the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation's most hallowed burial places for its war dead.
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Feds, parish presidents devising Gulf recovery plan full story
The man overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil disaster will meet New Orleans parish presidents Thursday to outline the plans after the well is permanently sealed.
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Teams mourn amid reports of basketball player's death full story
Former colleagues of missing ex-NBA player Lorenzen Wright expressed condolences Thursday after police found a man's body in Memphis, Tennessee.
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