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Military Sexual Assault Bill Heads For Senate Vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by stripping senior commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses is headed for a highly anticipated vote in the Senate. The bill, which is expected to come up for a vote Thursday afternoon, is firmly opposed by the Pentagon’s leadership, […]

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Kirsten Gillibrand

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by stripping senior commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses is headed for a highly anticipated vote in the Senate. The bill, which is expected to come up for a vote Thursday afternoon, is firmly opposed by the Pentagon's leadership, which

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Record Fine Proposed For Coal Mining Operations

In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing a record fine for thousands of water pollution violations by coal mine operators in five Appalachian […]

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In this April 2007, file photo, a shovel prepares to dump a load of coal into a 320-ton truck at the Black Thunder Mine in Wright, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing a record fine for thousands of water pollution violations by coal mine operators in five Appalachian states. Alpha Natural Resources Inc., the nation's third-largest coal supplier, will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges from 79 mines and 25

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EU Leaders Weighing Sanctions Against Russia

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk waves as he arrives for an EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo) BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia will face sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula unless it withdraws its troops or engages in credible talks to defuse the […]

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Arseniy Yatsenyuk

BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia will face sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula unless it withdraws its troops or engages in credible talks to defuse the situation, European leaders said Thursday. "We need to send a very clear message to the Russian government that what has happened is unacceptable and should have

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Silicon Valley Boom Eludes Many, Drives Income Gap

The widening income gap between the wealthy and those left behind is sparking debate, anger and sporadic protests.

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Wealth Gap Silicon Valley

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arwin Buditom guards some of the most successful high-tech firms in America. Joseph Farfan keeps their heat, air and electric systems humming. But these workers and tens of thousands like them who help fuel the Silicon Valley's tech boom can't even make ends meet anymore. Buditom rooms with his sister an hour's drive from

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Syria Says Israel Fires Shells Into Its Territory

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that Israeli forces fired several tank shells and two missiles toward the Golan Heights. The group said one missile hit a school in the village of Hamidiyeh, where Syrian troops were concentrated. The Observatory obtains its news from a network of activists in Syria.

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Israeli tanks, one in position, the other getting into a firing position in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overlooking the Syrian village of Bariqa, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops opened fire Wednesday on two suspected militants who were trying to plant explosives on the Jewish state's frontier with Syria, the Israeli military said. Syrian state media accused the Jewish state of targeting its forces with tank shells, and warned against such "adventures." In eastern Lebanon, Syrian warplanes

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Army Sex Trial Begins As Prosecutor Pushed Aside

The closely watched sex assault trial for an Army general is finally set, but it will unfold with lingering questions about the accuser’s credibility and without the prosecutor who led the case for nearly two years.

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Paul Wilson

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The closely watched sex assault trial for an Army general is finally set, but it will unfold with lingering questions about the accuser's credibility and without the prosecutor who led the case for nearly two years. The prosecutor, Lt. Col. William Helixon, had urged that the most serious charges against Brig. Gen.

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Analysts: Russia Unlikely To Pull Back In Crimea

Putin’s fast and defiant dismissal of Obama’s threats sparked a new round of criticism from the White House’s Republican opponents. Republican Sen. John McCain accused Obama of having « a feckless foreign policy in which nobody believes in America’s strength anymore. »

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John Kerry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia is unlikely to pull back its military forces in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, analysts and former Obama administration officials say, forcing the United States and Europe into a more limited strategy of trying to prevent President Vladimir Putin from making advances elsewhere in the former Soviet republic. It's an

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