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A sign stands outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report that comes in the wake of scandals that rocked teams at all three academies last year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

‘Culture of disrespect’ fuels academy sex assaults

Lolita Baldor · January 9, 2014 11:18 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The president is hosting a series of meetings this week with lawmakers, privacy advocates and intelligence officials as he nears a final decision on changes to the government's controversial surveillance programs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Lawmakers: Obama weighing changes in NSA policy

JULIE PACEKIMBERLY DOZIER · January 9, 2014 10:59 pm

The nutrition information is shown on the back of a Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup can in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Some of the nation's largest food companies have cut their calories by the trillions according to a new study. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Food industry cuts calories four-fold over pledge

MARY CLARE JALONICK · January 9, 2014 10:42 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, file photo, a person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow as the Gateway Arch appears in the distance, in St. Louis. The deep freeze that gripped much of the nation this week wasn't unprecedented, but with global warming we're getting far fewer bitter cold spells, and many of us have forgotten how frigid winter used to be. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps

Seth Borenstein · January 9, 2014 10:33 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Also on stage are representatives and community members from each of the five Zones. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Obama unveils first 5 ‘Promise Zones’

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 9, 2014 9:46 pm

Obama orders quadrennial study of energy strategy

Energy and Environment

Obama orders quadrennial study of energy strategy

Josh Lederman · January 9, 2014 8:44 pm

US: China rules for disputed seas ‘provocative’

US: China rules for disputed seas ‘provocative’

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 7:42 pm

FBI chief doesn’t see Edward Snowden as a whistleblower

National Security

FBI chief doesn’t see Edward Snowden as a whistleblower

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 7:41 pm

Numbers of U.S. military wounded down; care units to close

National Security

Numbers of U.S. military wounded down; care units to close

Pauline Jelinek · January 9, 2014 7:19 pm

Senate advances third nominee to key appeals court

Senate advances third nominee to key appeals court

Henry Jackson · January 9, 2014 6:34 pm

Group seeks fed recognition for Utah gay marriages

Group seeks fed recognition for Utah gay marriages

Julie Pace · January 9, 2014 6:25 pm

Ex-soldier facing terrorism charge to plead guilty

National Security

Ex-soldier facing terrorism charge to plead guilty

Jessica Gresko · January 9, 2014 6:19 pm