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Jobless benefit bill moves forward
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A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.
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Questions surround Massa's resignation
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Embattled former Rep. Eric Massa sought Tuesday night to turn attention away from sexual harassment allegations swirling around him in the wake of his resignation.
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Jury urges death penalty for former 'Bachelor No. 1'
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A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.
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U.S.: 'Jihad Jane' backed terrorists
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A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.
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Man pleads guilty in N.J. airport scare
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A New Jersey man who breached security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.
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Emanuel in the political cross hairs
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White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is accustomed to working in the shadows, but he now finds himself in newspaper stories.
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Activists picket at health insurance conference
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Progressive activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting.
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Ex-doc sentenced for wife's poisoning
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A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.
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Financial reform key as Obama meets with Greek leader
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Global financial reform is expected to top the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddles with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.
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Oscar interrupter: I was wronged
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A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage.
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Unemployment benefit bill moves forward in Senate
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A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.
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Missing executive's body found in river
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The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.
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Opinion: Gays have right to privacy, too
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Today is the first day same-sex weddings will be performed in the District of Columbia.
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Same-sex couples marry in D.C.
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Dozens of same-sex couples plan to marry in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, the first day that such unions will be legal in the nation's capital.
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Police: Ohio State shooter killed himself
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A gunman apparently angry over a poor evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building today, killing a manager and then himself, police said.
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China may ban eating dogs, cats
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Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.
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GOP health care 'no' backfire?
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Julian Zelizer says the GOP, by digging in its heels and opposing the health care bill, is taking a risk that could be costlier than the party thinks.
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Court to hear protests at soldiers' funerals case
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A small Kansas church that has gained nationwide attention for protesting loudly at funerals of U.S. service members will receive a Supreme Court hearing over free speech rights.
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Obama scorches private insurers
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President Obama tore into private health insurers for recent rate hikes Monday, taking a more aggressive rhetorical turn as he pushes for final congressional passage of his top domestic priority.
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Obama nominates ex-Army general to head TSA
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President Obama tapped a former Army general Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration.
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