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GOP unveils government funding measure
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans controlling the House moved Monday to ease a crunch in Pentagon readiness while limiting the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the Border Patrol from the across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.
Spending cuts seem here to stay
WASHINGTON (AP) - The spending cuts are here to stay if you believe the public posturing Sunday.
Splashy ads tackle watery beer lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - The maker of Budweiser is using splashy newspaper ads to poke fun at a lawsuit that alleges its beer is watered down.
Taxidermist preserves man’s best friend
SLATER, Mo. (AP) - Growing up on the family farm, Anthony Eddy learned early on not to get too attached to animals, including household pets.
Economy hamstrung by Washington brinksmanship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Three budget crises ago, in early 2011, Republicans and President Barack Obama faced off over raising the debt ceiling - and Alison Brown saw the writing on the wall.
Tanks, aircraft interact for virtual Army training
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - More than a dozen troops carefully maneuver through overgrown shrubs, firing laser-tag rifles at the enemy as they advance on a compound in the New Mexico desert. Fifty miles away in West Texas, other soldiers in helicopter and tank simulators provide air and ground support for the virtual training exercise.
Rodman: NKorea leader wants Obama to call
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call me? Maybe?
Supply ship meets space station after shaky start to flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A private Earth-to-orbit delivery service made good on its latest shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, overcoming mechanical difficulty and delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse.
Most of house over sinkhole that swallowed & killed man demolished
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - Crews on Sunday razed more than half of the Tampa-area home perched over a huge sinkhole that swallowed a man three days ago, managing to salvage some keepsakes for family members who lived there.
Expectant parents die in New York car crash; premature infant survives
NEW YORK (AP) - A pregnant young woman who was feeling ill was headed to the hospital with her husband early Sunday when the car they were riding in was hit, killing them both, but their baby boy was born prematurely and survived, authorities and a relative said.
Some souring on nuclear power costs
ATLANTA (AP) - As the cost of building a new nuclear plant soars, there are signs of buyer's remorse.
Ceremony for Monitor sailors stirs familial ties
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A century and a half after USS Monitor sank, the interment of two unknown crewmen found in the Civil War ironclad's turret is bringing together people from across the country with distant but powerful ties to those who died aboard.
Ex-con accused of sneaking back into NYC jails
NEW YORK (AP) - Most people who've done time in jail can't wait to get away. But this week, New York City authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in.
Nation news briefs
• BIDEN LEADS RE-ENACTMENT OF VOTING RIGHTS MARCH: SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls.
DHS released over 2,000 immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned.
Articles by Section - Nation
Law leaves volunteer firefighting in limbo
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in President Barack Obama's health care law.
Cruz hopes to ‘soon’ renounce Canadian citizenship
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has yet to renounce his birth country's citizenship as promised - but a spokeswoman said Saturday the tea party darling plans to have that finished soon.
Program keeps invasive species out
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) - A mandatory boat inspection program continues to pay dividends for Lake Tahoe, a conservation agency said, as 36 boats harboring invasive plants, mussels and snails were prevented from entering the lake in 2013.
2 survive small-plane crash off California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pilot of a small airplane that experienced engine failure and went down Saturday off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island said it never occurred to him that he wouldn't survive the crash.
Steven Seagal says he may run for Ariz. governor
PHOENIX (AP) - Action-movie star Steven Seagal says he is considering a run for Arizona governor.
Sex offender seeks admission to Kentucky bar
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith graduated in the top third of his law school class at the University of Kentucky, but the state Supreme Court blocked him from taking the bar exam because he is a registered sex offender.
Here comes wearable tech wave
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off?
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