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The move will be one of the last significant policy decisions made by Leon Panetta

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, multiple officials told CNN on Wednesday.


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In an interview with Katie Couric Notre Dame star linebacker denies knowing of hoax

Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te'o has admitted lying again, marking at least the second time he has acknowledged knowingly spreading falsities in the saga of his fake, dead girlfriend


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Two detained but no charges filed yet

Officials from the Harris County Sheriff's Office are still in the initial stages of their investigation into a shooting that wounded three people. An argument between two men triggered the gunfire


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Investigation looked into whether he had written inappropriate e-mails to Jill Kelley

The Department of Defense Inspector General has cleared Gen. John Allen, who currently is completing his post leading U.S. troops in Afghanistan and is in the running to be the next Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the military head of NATO.


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New Mexico teen accused of gunning down family 'lost sense of conscience'

Family members say Nehemiah Griego, who shot his family before surrendering, is no monster. They can't fathom what could have gone so terribly wrong.


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Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark abortion decision

(CNN) -- Tuesday is the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision, but a poll shows that many Americans don't know the significance of the case.


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Police said all the passers-by who were injured were hit by police bullets

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A woman injured in last summer's shooting in front of the Empire State Building is suing the New York Police Department over its response to a gunman who had killed his co-worker just moments earlier.


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Obama is the 17th President to win a second term

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was a seemingly wistful moment at the halfway mark of his presidency, before the celebratory parade and the evening's galas.


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Children of public figures have no choice about protection

Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey skewered the National Rifle Association Thursday for referencing the president's children in a political attack commercial.


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Sixteen other presidents have made more than one inaugural address

President Barack Obama will join what is perhaps America's most exclusive club, peppered with names such as Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt, when he delivers his second inaugural address on Monday


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