WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida....
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout ...
IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning ...
Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership ...
Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia ...

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Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the ...
Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings

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Tornado took town's youngest as it swept through

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Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

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