Crack smoking video claim dogs Toronto mayor

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• Foolhardy budget cuts cripple government operations
• US failure to maintain infrastructure betrays national legacy
• The House is letting banks write their own laws now
• Republicans behaving badly
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• Lois Lerner refuses to resign
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• The tortured logic of Iowa Rep. Steve King
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• Obama turns page on Bush-Cheney ‘war on terror’
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• Will Scouts suffer membership hit after lifting ban?
• Obama reframes the rules of engagement on terrorism
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Why Issa is the sounding alarm on Capitol Hill

He is best known as the Viper car alarm voice that instructs would-be thieves to "Please step away from the vehicle."

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• 'Crossroads' in terror fight
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• Jindal: Obama's woes flow out of big government philosophy
• Obama to grads: Assaults have 'no place' in military
• Obama: Misconducts ripple far and wide
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• Fighting abuse in U.S. military ranks
• Army suspends general due to allegations of misconduct
• Can Issa recall Lerner?
• The courage of teachers
• What about Obama's promise?
• We're pointing a gun at our democracy
• With IRS defanged, politics can run rampant
• Lerner pleads the 5th
• Bergen: Bush's war on terror is over
• Opinion: Could Weiner replace Bloomberg?
• Holder: Drone strikes have killed 4 Americans since 2009
• When politics gives you a second chance
• Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
• Bergen: 9 myths about drones, Gitmo
• 'Crossroads' in terror fight
• Garcetti makes history as next LA mayor
• What it means to take 'The 5th'
• Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says
• Photos: Key players in scandal

Were the bombings preventable?

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented?

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• Suspect's life crumbled
• Audit missing people cases
• Castro's ties with victims
• Psychology of abuse
• Care more about white women?
• 5 stories of captive kids who got away
• The search for Ashley Summers
• Gitmo force feeding is torture
• Arias case bumps a bigger story
• Suspect's Miranda rights questioned
• Arias foreman: Decision 'gut-wrenching'
• Amanda Bynes in trouble, again
• Cops who rescued women speak
• Acid attack victim fights for justice
• Utah teen charged in deaths of adopted brothers, 4 and 10
• In London, the scene of a soldier's slaughter
• Can Issa recall Lerner, despite her invoking 'The Fifth?'
• Soldiers & sex: Can men evolve?
• Massachusetts fugitive rapist sentenced to up to 40 years in prison
• Gun, drug texts feature in new Trayvon Martin shooting evidence
• Tsarnaev took part in 2011 gruesome triple homicide, official says
• Deputy's life-threatening moment
• Purported faith-healing couple charged in death of infant son
• Internet celeb wanted in murder

Collapsed Bridge Won't Move Congress

Congress unable to compromise on funding nation's ailing infrastructure.

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• Congress Unlikely to Act on Infrastructure Spending
• Michelle Obama Freeze-Dances, Praises Kerry Washington at D.C. School
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• US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones
• Obama's 'New Phase' in Terror Fight
• Biden Makes 'Jeopardy' Cameo
• Watch: Digital Report: President Obama Delivers National Security Speech
• Weiner's Rough First Campaign Day
• Watch: President Obama Promises More Oversight on Drone Strikes
• IRS' Lois Lerner Placed on Leave
• PM Note: One Speech, Two Obamas; Drones vs. GTMO
• Watch: Obama Promises More Oversight on Drone Strikes
• Transcript: Obama Announces New Terror Policy
• Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leaks
• Obama: 'This War, Like All Wars, Must End'

Veterans' claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively.

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• Justice Department defends journalist email search
• Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks
• Budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
• For Republicans like Rand Paul, the 2016 campaign has begun
• Fed's Bullard wants inflation pickup before tapering QE
• Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners
• Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program
• Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester
• IRS official at center of scandal put on leave
• Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes
• Senate votes to cut insurance subsidies to rich farmers
• Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists
• U.S. Commerce nominee poised for swift Senate approval
• U.S. House won't follow Senate lead on immigration bill: Boehner
• Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
• Pittsburgh on the Hudson? Wrong city in NY City campaign logo
• Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
• Lawmakers intensify push on military sexual assault problem
• Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
• U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares
• Nebraska attorney general wants abortion clinic nurse's license revoked
• U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
• New Hampshire lawmakers reject casino bill backed by governor
• Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
• Obama threatens to veto Republican student loan plan