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Unemployment rate remains higher for younger veterans

The overall unemployment rate for veterans in October, the most recent figures available, stood at 6.9 percent. Compare that with the nation's overall jobless rate: 7.3 percent. But for young vets who served after the 9/11 attacks, the number is higher: 10 percent. 

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Other ideas: Ask insurers to delay cancellations; delay penalty for no insurance

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama's apology to Americans whose health insurance plans are being canceled because of the Affordable Care Act opens the door to the question of how the problem will be fixed -- even as his administration tries to overcome the dysfunctional rollout of the website where people are supposed to be able to choose new coverage.

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ACLU, SWAN release a report about troops seeking benefits for sexual trauma

(CNN) -- A study released Thursday claims that troops who report suffering post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of sexual trauma -- namely for rape, assault or harassment -- are much less likely to get benefits than troops claiming to suffer from PTSD because of other causes.

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Mascot reflects Middle East influences on the area's date orchards, alum says

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A Southern California high school sports team is not scoring any points for its name, the Arabs.

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The rules must handle a range of aircraft from small hobby units to military drones

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration took the initial steps Thursday toward introducing privately operated unmanned aircraft into the heavily populated U.S. skies, issuing two documents it hopes will pave the way for manned and unmanned aircraft to co-exist.

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Five new reactors are underway across the United States but others are being closedWhile some environmentalists say nuclear power is needed to prevent global warning, others say the dangers outweigh any benefit. Five new reactors are currently being built, in Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. But in the past year, utilities have permanently shut down four others and plan to take a fifth out of service next year. 

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Tavenner: The Obamacare website now can process five registrants per second

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Go to the Obamacare website today because "it has improved," with more people completing applications after a month of problems that botched the rollout of HealthCare.gov, the official in charge of creating the online program told a Senate committee on Tuesday.

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Airport police unions disagree, saying arming TSA workers would be 'mission creep'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some Transportation Security Administration airport screeners should be given firearms and arrest powers to protect the larger workforce from shootings like last week's tragedy in Los Angeles, the head of the screeners union said Monday.

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Not everyone will pay more because of Obamacare

While Obama and Democrats scramble to reassure supporters and a skeptical nation that the dysfunctional Obamacare website can be fixed and the reforms will work, Republican opponents seize every opportunity to attack the 2010 Affordable Care Act they consider to be big government run amok.

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Spokesman says comparing the Koch brothers to KKK is false and divisive

David Koch took a few questions at the Americans for ProsperityA spokesman for the Koch brothers made a statement defending the Republican super donors after Harry Belafonte likened the billionaire chemical tycoons to the Ku Klux Klan.

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