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David House poses with his laptop computer at his Somerville, Mass. home on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Newly disclosed U.S. government files provide an inside look at the Homeland Security DepartmentÃ?s practice of seizing and searching electronic devices at the border without showing reasonable suspicion of a crime or getting a judgeÃ?s approval. The documents describe the case of House, who had befriended Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the soldier convicted of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks. U.S. agents quietly waited for months for House to leave the country then seized his laptop, thumb drive, digital camera and cellphone when he re-entered the United States. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

New details in how the feds take laptops at border

Anne Flaherty · September 10, 2013 1:14 pm

In this image from video provided by CBS News, CBS Evening news anchor Scott Pelley interviews President Barack Obama in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Obama is grasping all his tools of persuasion in trying to turn around public opinion and rally congressional support for a strike against Syria. Heâs got tricky ground to cover in his Oval Office address Tuesday night and acknowledged on the eve of it that Americans donât back his course. (AP Photo/CBS News)

The ground Obama must cover in Syria address

CALVIN WOODWARDNANCY BENAC · September 10, 2013 11:44 am

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, right, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, during the committee's hearing to consider the authorization for use of military force in Syria . (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John McCain: Russian proposal needs time to ‘play out’

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2013 11:40 am

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012, file photo, people are led on a tour on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. According to statistics released Sept. 10, 2103, by U.S. News & World Report, the average student receiving financial aid at Harvard and Yale paid about a quarter of the sticker price and most graduates leave with smaller debt than peers who attended less prestigious schools. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Big student debt in unexpected places

Philip Elliott · September 10, 2013 11:32 am

File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign on Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NAACP launching search for new leader

Brett Zongker · September 10, 2013 9:04 am

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in St. Petersburg, Russia. A new Associated Press poll shows a majority of Americans oppose a U.S. strike on Syria, despite a weeks-long Obama administration campaign to respond to chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out by the regime of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

AP poll: Most Americans oppose strike on Syria

JENNIFER AGIESTALARA JAKES · September 10, 2013 7:14 am

Princeton Unversity was named the best college in the United States by US News & World Report on Tuesday. (AP/Daniel Hulshizer)

US News: Princeton best college in America

Associated Press · September 10, 2013 4:02 am

File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign on Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NAACP preparing committee to search for new CEO

Brett Zongker · September 10, 2013 2:16 am

Obama: I might lose congressional vote on Syria

DAVID ESPOJULIE PACE · September 10, 2013 1:58 am

In this frame grab from video taken Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, and provided by "CBS This Morning," Syrian President Bashar Assad responds to a question from journalist Charlie Rose during an interview in Damascus, Syria. In the interview broadcast Monday on CBS, Assad threatened to retaliate for any military strike launched in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack. "You should expect everything," Assad said. (AP Photo/CBS This Morning)

Sudden plan: Syria to dispose of chemical weapons?

JULIE PACEMATTHEW LEE · September 10, 2013 1:05 am

Obama, Canadian PM discuss Syria chemical weapons

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2013 12:16 am

House preps for debate stopgap spending bill

Andrew Taylor · September 9, 2013 11:42 pm