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Some Cubans worry diplomatic thaw will shift after Obama presidency
Residents who like their lives fret about becoming more like the U.S.
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Prosecutors seek order to permanently shield details in Hastert case
Order would protect alleged victim's identity even after the case ends.
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Gov. Dayton calls a special session of Legislature for 10 a.m. today
The final deal to finish the state budget, struck Thursday night, sets the table for a special session today where approval of money for environmental and agricultural programs is still in doubt.
NTSB: Amtrak engineer wasn't talking, texting on cellphone
The engineer in last month's fatal Amtrak crash wasn't using his cellphone to talk, text or download anything just before the train sped off the tracks, investigators said Wednesday, addressing one big question about what might have caused the accident but only deepening the mystery of what did.
US orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy
President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an escalation but not a significant shift in the struggling U.S. strategy to defeat the extremist group.
EPA says it intends to regulate emissions by US airliners
The Obama administration proposed Wednesday to regulate aircraft emissions in much the same way as power plants, saying they are a threat to human health because they contain pollutants that help cause global warming.
Cybersecurity firm says spying campaign targeted Iran talks
A cybersecurity firm with close ties to Russian intelligence said Wednesday it uncovered a cyber-espionage campaign targeting hotels that hosted Iran nuclear negotiations, the details of which are among the most closely held secrets in world diplomacy.
Protests follow video of Texas officer drawing gun on black teens
Hundreds of demonstrators marched Monday night to the pool where a white police officer pinned a black teenage girl to the ground and pulled a gun on others over the weekend. The protesters carried signs that included the phrases, "My skin color is not a crime" and "Fire Eric Casebolt."
Minnesota cities, counties fume over costly sales tax change
Local governments are fuming over an impending Minnesota law change that will cost them $20 million in sales taxes that won't go away as planned, an unwelcome prospect given the hundreds of millions of dollars lawmakers set aside to enable possible tax cuts next year.
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GOP candidates take aim at Hillary Clinton for her criticism of laws she says suppress the vote
Christie and Perry say she just doesn't understand states' rights prerogative.
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Beau Biden laid to rest
The former Delaware attorney general and son of Vice President Joe Biden died a week ago of brain cancer at age 46.
Rick Perry goes at it again, launches 2016 bid
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, pledging to "end an era of failed leadership" and hoping this campaign will go better than his last one.
Officials: Dozens of labs received potentially live anthrax
The Pentagon disclosed Wednesday that it inadvertently shipped possibly live anthrax to at least 51 laboratories across the U.S. and in three foreign countries over the past decade, but it has yet to determine how it happened, who is to blame, why it was not discovered earlier and how much worse the embarrassment will get.
High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man prosecuted for making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free-speech issues that had made the case intriguing to First Amendment advocates.
Either way, no more NSA collection of US phone records
However Congress resolves its impasse over government surveillance, this much is clear: The National Security Agency will ultimately be out of the business of collecting and storing Americans' calling records.
Lindsey Graham, who sees a world of peril, opens 2016 bid
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham opened his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination Monday with a grim accounting of radical Islam "running wild" in a world imperiled also by Iran's nuclear ambitions.
House GOP ups school funding offer, pressure Dayton for deal
House Republicans are pressuring Gov. Mark Dayton to take a deal on public school funding.
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Rep. Kline backs loan forgiveness for Corinthian students
As pressure mounted, the chairman of the House education committee said in a statement that he supports discharging loans for students of the defunct for-profit school.
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