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Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:59 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GUANTANAMO_YEMEN?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By NEDRA PICKLER 2013-05-23T20:54:59Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRITZKER_COMMERCE?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those were minor bumps in an otherwise smooth Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:42 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRITZKER_COMMERCE?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ANDREW MIGA 2013-05-23T20:52:42Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SENATE_JUDGES?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington.... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SENATE_JUDGES?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By HENRY C. JACKSON 2013-05-23T21:05:15Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue.... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ERICA WERNER 2013-05-23T20:36:17Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMERICAS_SCHOOLS_MORE_PE?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Reading, writing, arithmetic - and PE?... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:19:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMERICAS_SCHOOLS_MORE_PE?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JENNIFER C. KERR 2013-05-23T15:19:14Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_LEAKS_INVESTIGATIONS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets.... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:29 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_LEAKS_INVESTIGATIONS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MARK SHERMAN 2013-05-23T20:58:29Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_PROTESTER?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_PROTESTER?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-23T19:33:38Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:54:09 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 2013-05-23T17:54:09Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUDENT_LOANS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines.... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUDENT_LOANS?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By PHILIP ELLIOTT 2013-05-23T20:47:53Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_NATIONAL_SECURITY?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:59:49 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_NATIONAL_SECURITY?SITE=FLPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES 2013-05-23T18:59:49Z