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Originally published: Jan 10, 2012 - 8:28 am

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Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:54 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal commission charged with building a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower voted unanimously Wednesday to approve architect Frank Gehry's design for... Read more...
Biden calls for DC voting rights during tribute

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:50 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the call for equal voting rights for people who live in the nation's... Read more...
Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:44 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an interview this week with television talk show host Charlie Rose, Obama said he planned to meet with the oversight board and "set up and structure a national conversation"... Read more...
IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:39 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses. The Obama... Read more...
Feds make find at former home of NY mobster

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:37 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - An FBI excavation has turned up possible human remains at a home once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas," authorities... Read more...
Bulger's ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:27 pm
BOSTON (AP) - A former hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James "Whitey" Bulger in 11 slayings, but he acknowledged... Read more...
Dem senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:25 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she opposes the force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is pressing the... Read more...
Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:24 pm
HOUSTON (AP) - The owner of a bus that crashed and killed 17 people on their way to a religious retreat in Texas in 2008 has been indicted on federal charges that include making false statements on... Read more...
Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:23 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest... Read more...
Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:20 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former... Read more...
Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:20 pm
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children a year ago in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas. Adolfo... Read more...
Defense: US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:15 pm
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his... Read more...
Obama making plans to tackle global warming

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:12 pm
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... Read more...
Kerry calls Karzai to ease anger on Taliban office

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:12 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday made his second call to the Afghan president in 24 hours to ease Hamid Karzai's anger over the rollout of the Taliban's new political... Read more...
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jail

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:09 pm
CLEVELAND (AP) - A mentally disabled mother authorities said was enslaved for two years along with her daughter spent time in jail this year after pleading guilty to beating the girl, but her attorney... Read more...