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Doctors: Aid Guantanamo hunger strikers
18 Jun 2013 at 4:01pm
"It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians said.

Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33
18 Jun 2013 at 5:23pm
Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's resignation, died in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling Stone, where [...]

Obama welcomes talks with Taliban
18 Jun 2013 at 8:04am
On the agenda could be the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
18 Jun 2013 at 4:18pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
18 Jun 2013 at 5:38pm
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.

10 Things to Know for Wednesday
18 Jun 2013 at 6:00pm
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
18 Jun 2013 at 4:05pm
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.

CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
18 Jun 2013 at 6:08pm
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.

NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
18 Jun 2013 at 2:19pm
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.

AP EXCLUSIVE: US war games send signal to Assad
18 Jun 2013 at 2:18pm
ZARQA, Jordan (AP) ? Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.

Turkey's 'standing man' launches new protest wave
18 Jun 2013 at 11:49am
ISTANBUL (AP) ? After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still.

Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
18 Jun 2013 at 3:39pm
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ? The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers.

Chalmers breaks out of slump sparks Heat in Game 6
18 Jun 2013 at 6:47pm
MIAMI (AP) ? Mario Chalmers broke out of a shooting slump to score 10 points, lifting the Miami Heat to a 27-25 lead over the San Antonio Spurs after one quarter of Game 6 in the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.

18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
18 Jun 2013 at 3:57pm
NEW YORK (AP) ? The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill
18 Jun 2013 at 4:13pm
WASHINGTON (AP) ? About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades.
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