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IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
How the tables have turned: The Internal Revenue Service is the one under the microscope now, as revelations emerged Friday that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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Immigration reform bill: Top 8 changes GOP senators want
More than 300 amendments were submitted for possible inclusion in a sweeping immigration reform package – at least 100 of them from two Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Here are eight notable changes GOP lawmakers want to see in bill, as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up amendments between now and Memorial Day.
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Mother's Day 2013: 10 best books
Mother's Day 2013: 10 best new books for all kinds of moms
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Where do things stand at Guantánamo? Six basic questions answered.
President Obama this week pledged to “reengage” with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.
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Chemical weapons 101: Six facts about sarin and Syria’s stockpile
President Obama said Assad's use of chemical weapons would be a 'red line' for US. Did he use sarin or any other chemical weapon against his own people?
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Fertilizer plant blast: how lax security hints at regulatory gaps in Texas
The Texas fertilizer plant, targeted for years by thieves who wanted anhydrous ammonia to produce drugs, reportedly had no fence, alarms, or guards. Yet state regulators raised few security concerns before the deadly blast.
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Republicans pursue probe of Benghazi attacks, name witnesses for hearing
Witnesses at a May 8 hearing 'have critical information' about terrorist attack that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, last year, says Rep. Darrell Issa. He says others might testify if they can overcome fear of retaliation by superiors.
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Boston bombing fallout: US moves to close security gap on student visas (+video)
Student visa snafu involving a Kazakh friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, prompts US to beef up security checks. Will the episode undermine chances for comprehensive immigration reform?
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5 US soldiers killed by bomb in southern Afghanistan
During one of the bloodiest weeks for NATO forces this year in Afghanistan, five US soldiers were killed Saturday when an explosive device struck their vehicle in the Kandahar province.
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Homeland security orders new student visa checks
A student from Kazakhstan, allowed to return to the US in January without a valid student visa, is accused of hiding evidence in the Boston Marathon bombing case. On Thursday, Customs and Border Protection ordered new checks for student visas.
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Boston bombing: Arrangements difficult for burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev
A funeral home in Worcester Mass., is handling the arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarvaev. A burial site has been difficult to find, and the funeral home director has faced protesters.
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Decoder Wire Newest 'Most Wanted Terrorist': Should Assata Shakur make the list?
Fugitive Assata Shakur is the first woman named to FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list. A member of a black militant group, she was convicted of the 1973 murder of a New Jersey trooper. But some say the 'terrorist' label doesn't stick.
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Mother's Day 2013: 10 best books
Mother's Day 2013: 10 best new books for all kinds of moms
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Fertilizer plant blast: Does post-9/11 secrecy make your life riskier?
Following the fertilizer plant blast, Texas cited terror concerns in withholding information on dangerous chemicals. Some say that secrecy deprives citizens of the ability to make decisions about their safety.
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Why America's top general is wary of US military intervention in Syria
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast he has doubts about whether US military action in Syria would achieve three key aims.
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Are Indian-Pakistani relations in jeopardy after prisoner death?
A Pakistani prisoner in an Indian jail was attacked and seriously injured in a tit-for-tat assault one day after the death of an Indian man in a Pakistani prison.
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'Iron Man 3' is all action match-ups
'Iron Man 3' has a great leading man in Robert Downey Jr., but the fight sequences in the movie rang from passable to interminable.
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Boston bombing probe: Three suspects told stories that don't match
In broad terms, the three suspects arrested and charged with obstructing justice in the Boston bombing investigation told the same story. But the accounts varied on some important details.
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Where do things stand at Guantánamo? Six basic questions answered.
President Obama this week pledged to “reengage” with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.
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In time of trans-Atlantic austerity, US expands military presence in Spain
With its already small defense budget hit hard by the economic crisis Spain is leasing several bases to the US in exchange for access to better technology, intelligence, and training.
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Two Iranians in Kenya found guilty of bomb plots
The men were found with enough RDX explosives to bring down a building, and more could be hidden. They scoped-out British and Israeli embassies, and a synagogue.
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Opinion: America can't afford the real cost of Guantánamo
The consequences of ignoring Guantánamo, its abuses, and its hunger strikers are foreboding – for the prisoners and for America. President Obama must release prisoners with no case against them, move the rest to US courts to be charged and tried, and finally close the detention facility.
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Chapter & Verse Tsarnaev brothers will be focus of new biography
The biography's author Masha Gessen, a journalist born in Russia who has also lived in the US, has also written about Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Terrorism & Security Buoyed by successes, Syrian regime pushes to retake rebel-held city of Homs
Homs lies along a key highway that connects Damascus with the coastal city of Latakia, a regime stronghold.
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New arrests hint at unseen side of Boston bombing suspect (+video)
Three of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends were arrested Wednesday and charged with covering up for him. Two told authorities they heard Tsarnaev brag about his bombmaking ability.
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Boston bombings: 3 more suspects taken into custody, police tweet (+video)
Using their Twitter account, the Boston Police Department announced Wednesday three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings have been arrested.
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Female DNA on bomb? FBI checking suspects (+video)
Female DNA on bomb? The FBI took DNA samples from the wife of suspected Boston bomber Tamerian Tsarnaev Monday.
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Lawyers who defend terror suspects have thankless task. Why do they do it?
The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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Poll shows how US Muslims are like Protestants – and how they're not
A worldwide Pew poll of Muslims charts opinions on issues from women's rights to which religion is the one true faith, and details how US Muslims fit into the American matrix.
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Opinion: Why civilian courts are best for terror trials, especially Boston bombing suspect
As more than 1,000 terrorism trials over the last decade show, the federal court system is well equipped to handle terrorism cases like that of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His trial may also help harmonize US counterterrorism efforts with those of its allies.
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