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Sat, 25 May 2013 14:27:29 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_COMMUNITY_OUTREACH?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By EILEEN SULLIVAN 2013-05-25T14:27:29Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEST_POINT_HAGEL?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.... Sat, 25 May 2013 14:16:41 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEST_POINT_HAGEL?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By LOLITA C. BALDOR 2013-05-25T14:16:41Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation.... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:53:09 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID ESPO 2013-05-25T13:53:09Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_WAR_ENDGAME?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:10:36 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_WAR_ENDGAME?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ROBERT BURNS 2013-05-25T13:10:36Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RECOVERY_POLITICS?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:13:10 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RECOVERY_POLITICS?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By TOM RAUM 2013-05-25T13:13:10Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMAS_SPEECHWRITER?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast.... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:36 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMAS_SPEECHWRITER?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2013-05-25T07:39:36Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FURLOUGH_FRIDAY?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.... Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:24 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FURLOUGH_FRIDAY?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DONNA CASSATA 2013-05-24T21:20:24Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMAS_SPEECHWRITER?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast.... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:36 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMAS_SPEECHWRITER?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2013-05-25T07:39:36Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.... Sat, 25 May 2013 10:03:58 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2013-05-25T10:03:58Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_DRONE_POLICY?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:10:58 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_DRONE_POLICY?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JULIE PACE 2013-05-25T07:10:58Z