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AP Source: Obama to call for ending NSA’s control of Americans’ phone data

Washington Examiner -

January 17, 2014 11:36 am

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 AM, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2014 - FILE - In this April 9, 1965 file photo, Surgeon General Luther Terry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Commerce Committee hearing on proposed labeling of cigarette packages. It's no secret that smoking causes lung cancer. But what about diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunction? Fifty years into the war on smoking, scientists still are adding diseases to the long list of cigarettes' harms _ even as the government struggles to get more people to kick the habit. A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General's office says the nation is at a crossroads, celebrating decades of progress against the chief preventable killer but not yet poised to finish the job.(AP Photo, File)

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Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms

Lauran Neergaard -

January 17, 2014 6:20 am

Republican lawmakers arrive at the Capitol as the Senate votes to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. From left to right are: Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The legislation is a follow-up to the budget compromise the two parties pushed through Congress in December that set overall spending limits for the next two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending bill

Andrew Taylor -

January 17, 2014 3:05 am

FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sensenbrenner, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced bills Jan. 16, 2014, to update a formula used to require certain states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before making any changes in the way they hold elections.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Lawmakers move to restore Voting Rights Act

Henry Jackson -

January 17, 2014 3:05 am

This May 12, 2004 photo shows German socialite Viola Drath during the annual Woodrow Wilson home garden party and hat contest in Washington. The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a German man who is accused of killing his 91-year-old socialite wife. The verdict is expected to be announced Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Albrecht Muth was motivated by money when he beat and strangled Viola Drath to death in 2011. Drath was a German journalist who had longtime connections in Washington's diplomatic and social circles. (AP Photo/Washington Times, James R. Brantley)

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German man convicted of killing socialite wife

Eric Tucker -

January 17, 2014 1:55 am

News

Internal affairs probe stems from Chris Brown case

Eric Tucker -

January 16, 2014 11:33 pm

Healthcare

Health care website passed recent security test

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar -

January 16, 2014 11:28 pm

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Congress easily passes $1.1 trillion government-wide funding bill for Obama’s signature

Washington Examiner -

January 16, 2014 11:14 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. On Wednesday, the Republican-run House passed an immense $1.1 trillion spending package, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House passes bill requiring health care numbers

Donna Cassata -

January 16, 2014 11:03 pm

Foreign Policy

Obama taps Kuwait ambassador for Yemen post

Washington Examiner -

January 16, 2014 10:46 pm

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Tag: Nation

AP Source: Obama to call for ending NSA’s control of Americans’ phone data

Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms

Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending bill

Lawmakers move to restore Voting Rights Act

German man convicted of killing socialite wife

Internal affairs probe stems from Chris Brown case

Health care website passed recent security test

Congress easily passes $1.1 trillion government-wide funding bill for Obama’s signature

House passes bill requiring health care numbers

Obama taps Kuwait ambassador for Yemen post

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