McConnell argues IRS should not be 'handed' 'Obamacare'

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Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says

Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, had been acquainted with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev at a mixed martial arts center near Boston, according to a source briefed on the bombing investigation.

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• Secret drones, terror prisons to be focus of Obama speech
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• Lawmakers grill ousted IRS boss
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• Disgraced Weiner running for mayor
• Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak
• Obama to grads: 'No time for excuses'

Were the bombings preventable?

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented?

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• Arias case bumps a bigger story
• Suspect's Miranda rights questioned
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• Cops who rescued women speak
• Acid attack victim fights for justice
• Cold case linked to faculty killings?
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• AEG exec called Michael Jackson 'a freak' before signing
• Man arrested in probe of ricin-laced letters found in Washington state
• Purported faith-healing couple charged in death of infant son
• Rescued Cleveland women 'happy and safe,' attorneys say
• Opinion: 'Rogue' DHS unions follow Obama's lead on deportation
• Tsarnaev took part in 2011 gruesome triple homicide, official says
• Sweet controversy at Michael Jackson death trial
• Judge will decide: Is NY's stop-and-frisk policy legit?
• FBI mourns agents who fell to their deaths during training

US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones

Attorney General Eric Holder has disclosed in a letter to Congress that four Americans were killed by U.S. drones in the course of the government's counterterrorist attacks.

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• Clintons Won't Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
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• Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not Funding Battle
• Immigration Reform Moves to Senate
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Commerce nominee faces questions on failed bank, tax havens

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Commerce faced questions on Thursday about her role in the failure of a Illinois bank in the early 2000s and her billionaire family's use of offshore tax havens to shelter income.

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• Republican Issa to call IRS's Lerner back in Tea Party probe
• Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
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• New Hampshire lawmakers reject casino bill backed by governor
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• 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
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• IRS officials thwart lawmakers' quest for answers on IRS scandal
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• IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
• Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
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• Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
• House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come
• Arkansas state treasurer resigns in face of federal charges
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