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June 20, 2013

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  • Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance

    06/20/13 01:35 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In an interview this week with television talk show host Charlie Rose, Obama said he planned to meet with the oversight board and "set up and structure a national conversation" about the NSA's surveillance programs and also "about the general problem of these big data sets...

  • Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC

    06/20/13 01:35 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal commission charged with building a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower voted unanimously Wednesday to approve architect Frank Gehry's design for a park near the National Mall, allowing the project to move forward over the objections of...

  • Obama making plans to tackle global warming

    06/20/13 01:34 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday...

  • Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating

    06/20/13 01:34 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest rates from doubling and set a single rate each year for undergraduate students, rich or poor....

  • Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases

    06/20/13 01:25 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening. The Fed's purchases of...

  • Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance

    06/20/13 01:24 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. He said the law enforcement agency very seldom uses drones now, but is developing guidelines that...

  • Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes

    06/19/13 03:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to move carefully before making any changes that might restrict the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet. In an appearance before the Senate...

  • Fed foresees lower US unemployment rate

    06/19/13 03:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve expects the U.S. unemployment rate to fall faster this year and next than it did in March. The Fed now predicts unemployment will fall to 7.2 percent or 7.3 percent at the end of 2013 from 7.6 percent now. It thinks the rate will be between 6.5 percent...

  • House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind

    06/19/13 03:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Republican-led House education panel are sending their rewrite of No Child Left Behind to the full House for a vote. The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday finished work on a rewrite of the sweeping education law. In the revised version,...

  • Fed sticks with bond purchases but offers slightly brighter outlook for the economy...

    06/19/13 03:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed sticks with bond purchases but offers slightly brighter outlook for the economy...


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