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  • Did military's gun rules help Navy Yard shooter?

    Published September 18, 2013

    As Americans start to digest the full extent of the horror that played out Monday morning at the Washington Navy Yard, the shooting leaves some with a basic question: How was a gunman, for the second time in four years, able to kill so many people at a U.S. military facility? 

  • Sign of the times? Wisconsin teachers union decertified in latest blow to labor

    Published September 15, 2013

    Teachers from one of Wisconsin’s largest unions have jumped ship -- voting overwhelmingly to abandon the group in the latest in a string of setbacks for the struggling labor movement following Gov. Scott Walker’s union overhaul two years ago.

  • One year later, families have few answers on Benghazi attack

    Published September 11, 2013

    On the one-year anniversary of the brutal terror attacks in Benghazi, the families of the four murdered Americans are still no closer to the truth about what happened to their loved ones than they were 12 months ago.

  • Obama speech leaves Congress divided, as before, over Syria

    Published September 11, 2013

    The president backed off the military option in his speech, drawing a mixed reaction from lawmakers. 

  • Hillary Clinton calls for US to take lead in Syria crisis

    Published September 10, 2013

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night the United States should lead the international community in a “strong response” against Syria and described allegations that President Bashar al Assad used chemical weapons as violating “the universal norm at the heart of our order.”

  • Administration rebrands controversial immigration post to skirt funding cut-off

    Published September 05, 2013

    The Obama administration is being accused of trying to pull a fast one on lawmakers by re-branding a controversial immigration job -- a "public advocate" for both legal and illegal immigrants -- after Congress explicitly voted to defund it.

  • Syrian rebels turn to Mideast neighbors for arms amid reported delay in US help

    Published September 03, 2013

    Syria's rebel forces are still making do with hand-me-down weapons that have been stolen or smuggled into the country -- as the U.S. and its allies are slow to deliver on promises to arm the opposition. But as Washington weighs what U.S. involvement will mean, Syria's neighbors are coming to the rebels' defense, re-stocking weapons and sending in supplies. 

  • Gaming laws could pose risk for fantasy football craze

    Published August 31, 2013

    The trash talk around the water cooler is already underway as hordes of fantasy football players get ready to draft their teams. The NFL has even gotten into the act with a web site for stats and strategies. 

  • South Carolina city makes being homeless illegal

    Published August 28, 2013

    South Carolina’s capital city is dishing out some southern discomfort following a controversial decision to criminalize its homeless.

  • Agents shocked as cartel boss involved in torture death of DEA colleague slips away

    Published August 27, 2013

    Mexican and U.S. authorities are scrambling to find a 60-year-old former drug lord -- who was behind the brutal killing of an American agent nearly two decades ago -- following his recent, and unexpected, release from a Mexican prison.