FAA lifts ban on flights to Tel Aviv

The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban Wednesday on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets.

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Republicans seek more say in Iran nuclear deal

US Republican lawmakers called for greater say in any deal reached between the West and Iran over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear program.

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Big Victory for Sudanese Christian Woman Who Was Nearly Killed for Refusing to Recant Her Faith

Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman who was previously sentenced to death over her refusal to recant her faith, safely exited the North African country and arrived in Italy Thursday following international pleas for her freedom.

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Hamas Calls FAA's 48-Hour Flight Ban to Tel Aviv a 'Great Victory'

Hamas is calling the FAA's decision to temporarily ban air travel to Tel Aviv a "great victory" for the group's cause.

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What This 4-Year-Old Asked Another Customer That His Mom Says Got Him Banned From a Doughnut Shop

Inquisitive, young children might bravely ask questions that no adult would ever dream of, and they're usually forgiven because of their innocent intentions.

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Documents detail VA mistreatment of vets

In 2003, a veteran who had served in the Vietnam War entered a Veterans Affairs live-in treatment facility after trying several times to kill himself - including by stabbing himself in the stomach.

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Paul Ryan to spell out proposal to help the poor

Rep. Paul Ryan will lay out his plan Thursday to fight poverty, a pilot program that would combine 11 federal programs into one pool of money for participating states.

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Axed: Australia backpedals on climate change

No more booty calls for Harper. Axed: Australia backpedals on climate change Working out a way to deal with climate change by cutting carbon emissions has long tied Australia in political knots.

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Jeb Bush urges Republicans to push immigration reform

After several weeks in which the influx of tens of thousands of undocumented children illegally crossing the border into the United States has dominated the headlines, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wrote an op-ed about the issue, calling for a change in how the children are handled after they are arrested - and also urging his fellow Republicans not ... (more)

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Senate To Debate Bill Targeting Companies That Move Overseas

The Senate voted Wednesday to advance an election-year bill limiting tax breaks for U.S. companies that move operations overseas.

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Integrys to introduce new rate structure this fall

Integrys Energy Services is switching Chicagoans to a new rate structure meant to reward customers who use less energy than others.

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Fire season in West so far is below expectations

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Wednesday that the hot windy weather known as "red flag" days have not lined up with the lighting strikes that start most fires, particularly in drought-parched California.

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Report: Female Business Owners Face Gender Gap

Women who own small business are still far behind their male counterparts when it comes to getting loans and government contracts, a congressional report said Wednesday.

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FAA lifts ban on US flights to Tel Aviv airport

The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its ban on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets.

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Joe Biden: a Businesses are hiring at historic ratesa

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said in a task force report to President Obama that business growth in the United States has hit "historic rates" and that hiring is reaching new highs.

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Preisdent Obama Departs White House For Trip To California

President Barack Obama wraps up a three-day fundraising trip on the West Coast Thursday, devoting part of his day to promoting his economic agenda at a technical college.

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GOP hopefuls talk up compassion ahead of 2016

Rep. Paul Ryan visits with addicts at the Outcry in the Barrio heroin clinic in San Antonio, Texas, in January 2014.

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Red Light Ticket Refunds WILL Now be Offered in Chicago

The Emanuel administration says that about nine-thousand drivers will get a chance to receive a refund of 100-dollar fines.

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Backlash blows away FAAa s Israel flight ban

Chalk up a win for former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and for Sen. Ted Cruz .

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Darth Vader and Boba Fett have a higher approval rating than Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton

But thanks to some clever number crunching from Walt Hickey, a writer for political statistician Nate Silver's site FiveThirtyEight , we now have concrete proof that the likes of Darth Vader and Boba Fett are more popular than Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton.

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Some Laya s potato chip bags actually do come with fewer potato chips inside

PepsiCo purposely packs fewer chips into its flavored chip bags, Hugh Johnston, the company's CFO, told the Associated Press .

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Obama To Call For 'Economic Patriotism' In Effort To Limit US Company Mergers Abroad

President Barack Obama arrives at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on July 23, 2014, to board Air Force One en route to Los Angeles.

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Dem Senator: PTSD 'May Have Been A Factor' In Reported Plagiarism

Sen. John Walsh said his unattributed use of others' work in his master's thesis was not plagiarism but "a few citations that were unintentionally left out of a term paper" that he blamed in part on post-Iraq war trauma.

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GOP Rep: 'We're Now Jumping Right In The Middle Of...

WASHINGTON - At an impasse on immigration, House Republicans and Senate Democrats advanced competing proposals Wednesday for dealing with tens of thousands of young migrants showing up at the southern border.

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Obama says companies avoiding taxes are renouncing citizenship

President Barack Obama greets people as he stops at Franklin Barbecue during a visit to Austin, Texas July 10, 2014.

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Obama: 'Most Folks Don't Have The Time To Sort Out All...

President Barack Obama walks to board Marine One helicopter in Los Altos Hills, Calif., on July 23, 2014.

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Wonkbook's Chart of the Day: This chart shows that the federal Obamacare exchange remained surprisingly busy, even after open enrollment ended.

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Hillary Clinton 'blamed Bill Clinton's abusive mother' ...

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Lucinda Franks will reportedly publish new details of a 1999 interview with the Secretary of State Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature.

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Exxon Mobil Says It'll Follow New Anti-Bias Rules

Exxon Mobil Corp. has said it will comply with the new protections for gay and transgender employees required of federal contractors, while still sidestepping the question of whether it will formalize that by changing the language of its corporate policy.

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Seeking the Limelight, Biden Courts Key Dem Groups

Caught in Hillary Rodham Clinton's perpetual shadow, Joe Biden is working to boost his political profile among key Democratic voting blocs, a move that could help the vice president fashion himself as a more liberal alternative in the 2016 presidential race.

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