Unraveling the complex back stories of the more than 200 pardons issued by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is revealing serious questions about how pardon review decisions were carried out.
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Ruben Navarrette Jr. says that Newt Gingrich needs to focus on the issue of immigration with voters in the Southwest.
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Three of the four Republican candidates for president will make a flurry of campaign appearances across Nevada on Friday as they seek to get out the vote just a day before the state's caucuses.
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The Susan G. Komen foundation has reversed a controversial decision not to renew funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the group said in a statement Friday.
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Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified government documents over cellular networks, according to people involved in the project.
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Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday.
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Doctors studying to become dermatologists have, for years, shared exam questions by memorizing and writing them down after the test to become board certified, CNN has confirmed.
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The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that a war would be detrimental to the United States.
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Thousands gathered around Tahrir Square in Cairo early Friday morning as protests against authorities continued following a deadly soccer riot that killed dozens.
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Children have been "killed, arrested, and tortured," according to a Human Rights Watch report. The group asked the U.N. to help stop the abuse.
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The suspect in the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in Southern California is also being charged in connection with a double homicide last year, police said Thursday.
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The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan.
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Light snow started falling in Denver on Thursday as it braces for a major winter storm that is expected to blast some areas with up to two feet in a few days.
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A Florida man accused of kidnapping, molesting and killing a 7-year-old girl will be in court Friday for a hearing that a sheriff's office said could include "significant court action" regarding his case.
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President Barack Obama is unveiling a new jobs initiative geared toward veterans Friday that the administration says will put thousands of former men and women in uniform back to work.
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A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan.
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A North Carolina teacher is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court after being accused in a plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist. A criminal complaint alleges the woman was part of a thwarted conspiracy to kill three people who testified against Hysen Sherifi, who was convicted last year in what prosecutors called a "violent jihad" plot.
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Drug gangs in the Mexican border city of Juarez are killing police officers daily in a bid to force the police chief to resign.
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A bill that clarifies the illegality of insider trading of stocks and other securities by members of Congress and their staff members won approval Thursday from the U.S. Senate.
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As Republican candidates attack one another on the campaign trail, Republican outside spending groups are taking aim at President Barack Obama over failed energy company Solyndra.
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Laura Stepp: Komen Foundation's decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood is a blow to poor women, who have no other option for reproductive health services.
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Laura Dolan says he can backpedal from his callous remark about not being concerned about the very poor, but a look at his proposals shows they would suffer in a Romney adminitration
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Joe Mathewson says the Supreme Court should start by televising the planned five hours of argument on the Obama health care law
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At least 60 people have been charged in connection with one of Canada's largest ever pornography busts, authorities said Thursday.
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More deaths were reported in Eastern Europe on Thursday as the region continued to shiver in the grip of unusually frigid weather.
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