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  • FACT CHECK: Did FAA have to furlough controllers?

    Updated: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With disgruntled passengers complaining about airline flight delays, Republican lawmakers and the airline industry pounced on the Obama administration. The glitch was invented by the White House for political reasons, they charged, and officials waited until the last minute...

  • US has a range of military options in Syria

    Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. commanders have laid out a range of possible options for military involvement in Syria, but they have made it clear that any action would likely be either with NATO backing or with a coalition of nations similar to the NATO-led overthrow of Libyan dictator Col. Moammar...

  • US, SKorea extend nuclear agreement

    Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea are extending for two years their current civilian nuclear agreement and postponing a contentious decision on whether Seoul will be allowed to reprocess spent fuel as it seeks to expand its atomic energy industry. Wednesday's announcement is a...

  • Biden to attend MIT officer's memorial service

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. That's according to a White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the trip...

  • White House: Obama backs Internet sales tax bill

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the Senate bill would level the playing field for small businesses and brick-and-mortar retailers...

  • Column: Bush started as uniter, ended up divider

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — On June 12, 1999, George W. Bush began his White House quest with this comment at to a barbecue-going crowd in Iowa: "This country is hungry for a new style of campaign ... a campaign that unites all Americans toward a better tomorrow." "I'm a uniter, not a divider," the...