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Penn State fraternity suspended after secret Facebook discovered — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity is suspended after police said they created a secret Facebook page where they posted offensive pictures. — We got our hands on the search warrant.
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What ‘Race Together’ Means for Starbucks Partners and Customers — It began with one voice — As racially-charged tragedies unfolded in communities across the country, the chairman and ceo of Starbucks didn't remain a silent bystander. Howard Schultz voiced his concerns with partners …
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Starbucks, USA TODAY team to tackle racial issues
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LIVE BLOG: Netanyahu: The right-wing is in danger - Arabs are voting in droves — Live Updates: 36/7% of eligible Israelis cast their ballots by 2 P.M.; 5.8 million Israelis are expected to head to the polls Tuesday. — Israelis are voting on Tuesday in an election called last December by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel's New Political Center
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House GOP budget again repeals ObamaCare — The House budget unveiled Tuesday again includes a full repeal of ObamaCare. — The 43-page proposal offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) would eliminate all mandates, taxes, regulations and subsidies under the healthcare law …
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Republicans try end-run around spending caps — A similar strategy led to a government shutdown two years ago. — The great Achilles heel in the House Republican budget Tuesday can be found in a blue-and-white chart, tucked away on page 40 and mapping out a 10-year path …

House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law
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Dramatic moment passenger who yelled 'Jihad! Jihad!' was pinned by terrified fellow fliers on board Washington United flight — This is the dramatic moment passengers on board a United Airlines flight tackled a young man to the ground after he shouted ‘Jihad, Jihad’ and threatened to hijack the aircraft.
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Official: United flight turns around after passenger runs up aisle yelling ‘jihad’ — Story highlights — (CNN)A United Airlines flight had to make a U-turn in the sky after an unruly passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.
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Iranian Officials Ask Kerry About Republicans' Letter — LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iranian officials questioned Secretary of State John Kerry about a letter that Tom Cotton of Arkansas and 46 other Republican senators issued last week arguing that a potential nuclear accord would not be binding unless it was approved by Congress.
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Iranian Leaders ‘Clearly’ Got Letter's Message, Tom Cotton Says — (Bloomberg) — Iranian leaders “clearly have the message now” from a letter 47 Senate Republicans wrote warning that a future U.S. Congress could reverse any nuclear deal, the chief author said Tuesday.
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None Dare Call It Treason: Tom Cotton, Iran and Old GOP Ideas
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Obama trade agenda becomes problem for Hillary Clinton — President Obama's pro-trade agenda is a problem for Hillary Clinton, who is under pressure from liberals to oppose her former boss's push for fast-track authority as she prepares to run for the White House.
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BREAKING NEWS: Spam Filtering Service had access to Clinton Classified Emails
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Secret Service Wants a Fake White House to Help Protect the Real One — WASHINGTON — Stung by accusations that it cannot adequately protect the White House, the Secret Service wants to spend $8 million to build another White House in Beltsville, Md. — In prepared testimony …
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Michelle Obama on ‘Hard’ Life at the WH: We Can't Open Windows
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Romney to jump into ring with former heavyweight boxer — Mitt Romney has reportedly signed on to box former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. — The two will spar to raise money for Charity Vision, a Salt Lake City organization that gives medical care and surgeries for needy children …
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Mitt Romney to Fight Evander Holyfield in Charity Bout
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Loretta Lynch nomination in the air as Dems block anti-trafficking bill — Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to block an anti-human trafficking bill on Tuesday over its abortion restrictions - prolonging an impasse that threatens to further delay a vote on Loretta Lynch as attorney general.
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'Hands up, don't shoot' was built on a lie — The late evening of Aug. 9, 2014, I couldn't sleep. I was due to substitute-anchor MSNBC's “UP with Steve Kornacki” and should have been asleep. But after looking at my Twitter feed and reading the rage under #Ferguson, I felt compelled to type …
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Israel's Gilded Age — Why did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel feel the need to wag the dog in Washington? For that was, of course, what he was doing in his anti-Iran speech to Congress. If you're seriously trying to affect American foreign policy, you don't insult the president …
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Arizona judges can't do only opposite-sex marriages, ethics opinion says — Arizona judges who perform wedding ceremonies are being told that they cannot turn away gay couples who want to marry. — An opinion issued by a state judiciary ethics advisory committee said rejecting same-sex couples …
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Alumni won't leave millions to University of Alabama because of state's war on same-sex marriage
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Jeb Bush's Headwinds — He starts the race with ample money, veteran aides—and real problems on the policy and ideological fronts. — The race for next year's Republican presidential nomination is going to be fascinating on so many levels, but none more than the challenges facing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Scott Walker denies ethanol flip-flop
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Apple Plans Web TV Service in Fall — In talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of about 25 channels — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi — Apple Inc.'s lofty plans to build an online television service are coming into sharper focus.
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Too naughty or nice? Spirit Airlines launches $69 fare promotion — Tactful or tasteful? Budget carrier launches $69 fare deal. (Spirit Airlines) — Spirit Airlines, self proclaimed “Home of the Bare Fare,” may be pushing the limits of good taste with their latest $69 round trip deal.
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