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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public’s faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly...
Guantanamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amMIAMI — Guantanamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.
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On IRS scandal, Boehner asks, ‘Who’s going to jail?’
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political...
Jolie puts spotlight on a stark choice
Northwest Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amAngelina Jolie won new fans — some in unlikely places — when she revealed Tuesday that she’d had a double mastectomy to ward off a very high genetic risk of breast cancer.
“I’ve become a...
CBS unveils schedule with six new shows
Entertainment Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amNEW YORK — Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule Wednesday...
Wenatchee High School will require swimming lessons for non-swimming students
Northwest Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWENATCHEE — The Wenatchee School Board adopted a new swimming program Tuesday that calls for swim assessment tests for all freshman PE students.
The program for the coming year includes...
AccuWeather predicts active Atlantic hurricane season
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amBALTIMORE — AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline.
While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer...
House Republicans, White House look to change student loan rates
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans in the House of Representatives and President Barack Obama agree in general on what to do with student loan interest rates: Let them vary with the market.
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Legislation would give clean energy more access to investment tool
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amCongressional lawmakers from both parties are taking a step to catalyze the nation’s clean energy economy: After 32 years of restricting a crucial investment tool to expanding fossil fuels, they’...
Smokeless tobacco use among US kids and teens has leveled off
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amLOS ANGELES — After years of decline, the rate of smokeless tobacco use among young people in the U.S. has leveled off, new research shows.
In 2011, 5.2 percent of middle school and high...
