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Commencement 2013: A sampling of advice to this year's college grads
Here are some memorable excerpts from this spring's college commencement addresses.
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Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes
Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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Briefing IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged 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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Opinion 3 priorities for Pakistan's new government
After 14 years, Nawaz Sharif is back at the helm in Pakistan. The nuclear-armed country faces a welter of problems, from terrorism to tensions with Afghanistan, India, and the United States. To move Pakistan forward, Mr. Sharif must focus on three priorities.
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Briefing Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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FBI Most Wanted caught in Nicaragua: What draws US pedophiles to the region?
Stigmatized in the US, some registered sex offenders like Eric Toth decide to move abroad to start fresh in a foreign country – and Central America is becoming a popular spot.
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Will flight delays stir up ire against sequester?
Rolling flight delays blamed on automatic government spending cuts imposed in March snarled some of the nation's busiest airports, testing how Americans will gauge Washington's sequester solution to spending and debt issues.
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Veteran dealmaker Max Baucus announces Senate retirement
A centrist Democrat in a conservative state, Max Baucus has taken many tough votes over his six terms in the Senate, but battles over guns and health care loomed large in his reelection bid.
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The New Economy New home sales climb 1.5 percent, bolstering housing recovery
New home sales improved again in March. Despite a minor slowdown in existing home sales, analysts are optimistic that the US housing recovery is continuing and that home prices will rise.
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As Mexican families return home, US-educated kids struggle to adapt
Throughout Mexico, kids educated in the US are returning to the 'country of their parents' where they face barriers to school enrollment and struggle to adjust to Spanish in the classroom.
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Opinion Immigration reform is a women's issue
The overwhelming majority of undocumented women are mothers – high-value, low-risk members of society. As workers, wives, and pillars of their communities, they have particular needs from any immigration reform bill.
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Terrorism & Security Israel charges Syria with lethal chemical weapons use
The Israeli military says its evidence shows that the Syrian regime used sarin gas during a March clash with rebels, reversing earlier reports that no such weapons had been used.
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Earth Day, 1970: How President Nixon spied on Earth Day
President Nixon spied on the very first Earth Day in 1970. Despite Nixon's fears of an anti-war uprising, the FBI found that Earth Day was 'very benign.'
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Al Qaeda in Canada? Two men arrested, charged with terrorism.
Two men were charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from Al Qaeda elements in Iran, police said Monday. The men are not Canadian citizens, but they had been in Canada a "significant amount of time," said police.
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Bostonians silently mark bombing, with family, co-workers, and strangers (+video)
It was silent at 2:50 p.m., not just in Boston but in other cities, too, to honor those killed and wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings, but also to affirm the city's resilience.
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Return of a King
William Dalrymple looks for contemporary lessons in the story of Britain's disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.
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For Boston Marathon's charity runners, resolve and camaraderie unshaken
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, the many athletes who run for charity are rallying around one another, their fundraising causes, and the larger Boston community.
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Pakistan's Musharraf slips treason charges, but is held incommunicado
Pakistan's caretaker government has refused to bring treason charges against the detained former military leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, saying it was beyond its mandate.
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Opinion Motive in Boston bombings: Look to tribal code of honor
The Tsarnaev brothers, suspects in the Boston bombings, are ethnic Chechens, stemming from a tribal society in which a code of honor and revenge plays a major role. As questions turn to motive, this code may be far more relevant than the brothers' views of Islam.
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Focus On Earth Day 2013, a planetary report card on global warming
Planetary carbon dioxide concentrations are the highest they've been in the past 800,000 years, an ignominious milestone for Earth Day 2013. Still, the world is making some progress toward addressing global warming.
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The Simple Dollar Is financial independence possible on minimum wage?
If you're single, Hamm argues that you can save for retirement, even on the smallest of paychecks.
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Air Force general, his wife die in small plane crash in Virginia
Major General Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife Susan D. Brown died Friday when the Cessna plane he was flying crashed near the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport in Virginia.
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How did Denver’s 4/20 marijuana day turn violent?
Three people were injured by gunshots fired at the 4/20 marijuana celebration in Denver Saturday. While there is growing acceptance of marijuana use, the issue remains politically controversial with federal law at odds with the decriminalization trend among some jurisdictions.
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US, Russia missed chances to intercept Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Russia warned the US about the future Boston Marathon bomber back in 2011. But when Mr. Tsarnaev returned to Russia the next year, authorities there apparently left him alone.
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In Middle East Kerry pushes for Turkey-Israel rapprochement
Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East exploring options for renewed peace efforts. On Sunday, he urged Turkey and Israel to normalize relations, which broke down after Turks were killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010.
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North Korea: US military braces for heightened readiness
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey says 'we’re in a period of prolonged provocation' with North Korea and its young dictator, Kim Jong-un. The US will continue holding military exercises with South Korea, Dempsey says.
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'4/20' marijuana celebration notes security lessons from Boston Marathon bombing
Large crowds are expected to congregate for today's annual '4/20' marijuana smoke-in and celebration around the US. Given this week's Boston Marathon bombing, police are on high alert.
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Ricin suspect's lawyer says feds have little evidence
The lawyer for Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator, says the government cannot prove he had ricin in his possession.
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Japan will join Asia-Pacific free trade talks
Member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will allow Japan to join talks on a US-led Asia Pacific free trade agreement. The pact would cover nearly 40 percent of global economic output.
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Immigration reform and Boston bombing: why some make a connection
Should the Boston bombing be part of the debate on immigration reform? Some say the proposal would make the US more vulnerable, but others say the discussion should not be so narrow.
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