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The new terror alerts would also be published online using Facebook and Twitter 'when appropriate'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government's new system to replace the five color-coded terror alerts will have two levels of warnings -- elevated and imminent -- that will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances


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Critics appealed to advertisers to boycott his show last summer after he said President Barack Obama had 'a deep-seated hatred for white people'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Glenn Beck later this year will end his Fox News Channel talk show, which has sunk in the ratings and has suffered from an advertiser boycott


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After all-night talks among aides, President Barack Obama summoned Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. to the White House

Short of a deal, congressional leaders bargained and squabbled by turns Thursday on legislation to cut spending and prevent a partial government shutdown that loomed for Friday at midnight


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EMC Frontline Pregnancy Centers promotes itself as 'Fighting for life in NYC - the abortion capital of America'

The debate between the centers and the city has renewed focus on the New York City's abortion rate, at 41 percent among the highest in the country


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The products are often packaged as incense or bath salts and can be obtained for as little as $10 at many head shops

Synthetic substances that mimic marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs are making users across the nation seriously ill, causing seizures and hallucinations and even killing some people.


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'Democrats' bottom line hasn't changed. Republicans' bottom line hasn't stayed still'

Struggling to avert a government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats each said Wednesday the other would be to blame if compromise talks on the budget fail to produce an agreement


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Would have been the first Texas execution since the state switched to pentobarbital in its lethal three-drug mixture

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the first scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate using pentobarbital on Tuesday.


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Army spouses suffer significantly more depression; kids suffer neglect

The longest war in United States history puts an incredible strain on both military service members and their families. The mother in Florida who killed her two teenage children in January – whose husband had been deployed to the Middle East multiple times – suffered from depression and substance abuse issues. Cases of depression among military spouses is significantly higher than in the civilian population.


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Friday is the deadline to avoid a shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that private talks with President Barack Obama failed to produce a deal to avoid a government shutdown


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Bey is accused of ordering the killing of Bailey in 2007 because he was investigating the financially troubled bakery for a story

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A gunman testified Monday that he shot a California journalist three times in broad daylight on a downtown Oakland street to make sure he completed the killing ordered by the leader of a once-influential community group.


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