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  • Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire neighborhoods. (   05/21/2013 5:30 AM )

  • After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts. (   05/21/2013 3:11 AM )

  • White House knew about IRS inquiry but did not tell president

    WASHINGTON -- White House officials were first notified April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Obama, the White House said Monday. The IRS inspector general informed the White House counsel's office about the agency's nearly finished audit along with other reviews nearly a month before its release, the White House said. Kathryn Ruemmler, the White House counsel, was personally told on April 24, and she notified White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior aides without informing the president, the White House said. White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president would not have acted even if he had known.(   05/21/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Supreme Court to hear cases on town meeting prayers, patent infringement

    WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide cases concerning prayers at the start of town meetings and a patent dispute over heart monitors involving Medtronic Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. It also issued an important administrative law decision that said the Federal Communications Commission was entitled to deference in determining the scope of its own jurisdiction. The case concerning prayers, came from Greece, a town near Rochester, N.Y. For more than a decade starting in 1999, the town board began its public meetings with a prayer from a "chaplain of the month." Town officials said that members of all faiths and atheists were welcome. In practice, the federal appeals court in New York said, almost all of the chaplains were Christian.(   05/21/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Inspector general: ex-US attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

    WASHINGTON -- The US attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal a botched arms-trafficking inquiry, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday. There was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-US Attorney Dennis Burke's motive for disclosing a memo by federal agent John Dodson was retaliation, the inspector general's report said. In testimony to a House committee just two weeks earlier, Dodson had raised serious concerns about the trafficking investigation, Operation Fast and Furious. In Dodson's memo, which was eventually leaked, Dodson proposed a tactic similar to the one being used at the time in the operation.(   05/21/2013 12:00 AM )

  • President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado. (   05/20/2013 11:36 PM )

  • Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory -- by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. (   05/20/2013 7:59 PM )

  • Obama pledges help after Oklahoma tornado

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs. (   05/20/2013 7:59 PM )

  • House passes bill on lying about military medals

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday. (   05/20/2013 7:15 PM )

  • 10 make finals of National Geographic Bee

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. (   05/20/2013 6:44 PM )

  • White House promises help after Oklahoma tornado

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible help to the state after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs. (   05/20/2013 6:30 PM )

  • IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday. (   05/20/2013 5:57 PM )

  • Obama, China's Xi to meet in June in California

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) early next month in California. (   05/20/2013 5:39 PM )

  • Myanmar leader vows justice over communal violence

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to justice. (   05/20/2013 5:37 PM )

  • Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space. (   05/20/2013 5:36 PM )

  • Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer. (   05/20/2013 4:24 PM )

  • Education Department gives 3 more states waivers

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans. (   05/20/2013 3:11 PM )

  • Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the audit was ongoing. (   05/20/2013 2:52 PM )

  • US urges Egypt gov't to defend political speech

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind. (   05/20/2013 2:24 PM )

  • Local WWII veterans given opportunity to visit Washington monuments that honor them

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Robert Johnston, 90, stood at the World War II Memorial 67 years after serving in the MarinesUnited States Army, he thought of his best friend who was killed at the Battle of Saipan. Johnston, a second lieutenant who earned a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts at Saipan and Iwo Jima, said being able to visit the memorial for the first time gave him a chance to reflect. "It's so good to be here and to think back about the people that didn't make it, unfortunately," said the Stoneham resident. On Sunday, nonprofit Honor Flight New England brought 61 local World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials that honor them for their sacrifices. (   05/20/2013 2:07 PM )

  • State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. (   05/20/2013 2:03 PM )

  • Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday. (   05/20/2013 12:37 PM )

  • Kerry challenges Congress on diplomats' security

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry challenged Congress on Monday to go beyond its investigations of embassy security and help ensure that U.S. embassies and consulates abroad have the resources they need for appropriate security. His comments come as the Republicans continue to press for answers about the Obama administration's handling of last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. (   05/20/2013 12:12 PM )

  • High court to weigh in on legislative prayers

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. (   05/20/2013 12:01 PM )

  • Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely. (   05/20/2013 10:22 AM )