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Venezuelan Middle Class Seeks Refuge In Miami

In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014 photo, Carlos Salamanca tries to start his car in Miami. Salamanca fled Venezuela’s increasingly political turmoil with his family in January. He is now living largely out of an old Nissan he purchased for $1,000. (AP Photo/Christine Armario) MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela’s growing political turmoil in […]

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MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan. Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he'd purchased on a

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Militant Grip Transforms, Terrorizes Syrian City

Fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Once a vibrant, mixed city considered a bastion of support for President Bashar Assad, the eastern city of Raqqa is now a shell of its former life, transformed by al-Qaida militants into the nucleus of the terror group’s […]

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Mideast Syria Islamic State

BEIRUT (AP) — Once a vibrant, religiously mixed community, Syria's eastern city of Raqqa is now a shell of its former self, terrorized by hard-line militants who have turned it into the nucleus of their vision for the Islamic caliphate they hope one day to establish in Syria and Iraq. In rare interviews with The Associated Press, residents and

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Crimea To Vote To Split From Ukraine, Join Russia

Pro-Russia demonstrators hold Russian and Crimean flags and posters as they rally in front of the local parliament building in Crimea’s capital Simferopol, Ukraine, Thursday March 6, 2014. (AP Photo) SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday as lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision […]

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Pro-Russia demonstrators

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday as lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision to voters in 10 days. President Barack Obama condemned the move and the West answered with the first real sanctions against Russia. Speaking from the White House, Obama said any

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Half Of Millennials More Likely To Lean Democratic

Former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama wave to the crowd during a campaign event at the Waldorf Astoria, Monday, June 4, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) — Young adults like to think of themselves as independent, but when it comes to politics, they’re more likely than not to lean […]

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Former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama wave to the crowd during a campaign event at the Waldorf Astoria, Monday, June 4, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Young adults like to think of themselves as independent, but when it comes to politics, they're more likely than not to lean to the left. Half of American adults ages 18 to 33 are self-described political independents, according to a survey out Friday, but at the same time half of these so-called millennials are Democrats or

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As U.S. Legalization Efforts Grow, Here Are 5 Things You Should Know About Dutch Drug Laws

The Netherlands may be known as home to one of the world’s most liberal drug policies, but it isn’t totally freewheelin

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EU Rethinking Pot Netherlands

Here are five things to know about drug laws in the Netherlands: PERSONAL USE: The Dutch policy allows citizens to own small amounts of weed and cultivate a few cannabis plants. The maximum amount of weed you can carry is five grams (0.2 ounces) and you can grow no more than five cannabis plants. COFFEE SHOP RULES: Selling weed in coffee

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Residents Frusturated As Department Of Energy Keeps Silent About Nuclear Leak

Former state lawmaker John Heaton tells a panel of officials with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant the community is frustrated with the release of information following a radiation leak at the underground nuclear waste repository, during a town hall in Carlsbad, N.M. on Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo) […]

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Nuke Repository Radiation

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — It's been three weeks since the radiation sensors were triggered and the exhaust dampers at the federal government's only underground nuclear waste dump slammed shut, putting the repository's massive salt caverns off-limits and the nation's cleanup efforts on hold. The U.S. Department of Energy says low levels of radiation

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Senate Blocks Obama Pick For Civil Rights Post Based On Defense Of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Should a lawyer be disqualified from public service for representing a client like a cop killer? The question arises after the Senate rejected President Barack Obama’s candidate to be the government’s chief civil rights attorney.

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Debo Adegbile

The White House, attorneys and civil rights groups argued that a bipartisan vote Wednesday blocking Debo Adegbile from advancing toward confirmation set a troubling precedent that could dissuade lawyers with aspirations to serve in government from taking on unpopular clients or working for unpopular causes. "The fact that his nomination was

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