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In Iowa, Obama to tout election-year energy plan

In Iowa, Obama to tout election-year energy plan

The president will cap the day with a grass-roots event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
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Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud

Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud

Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist.
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Report: More students taking math, science

Report: More students taking math, science

Yet while more are enrolling, the report also states that scores have largely stagnated.
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Private supply ship closes in on space station

Private supply ship closes in on space station

The SpaceX Dragon capsule's historic linkup with the international space station is scheduled for Friday.
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U.S. battles al-Qaida on the web

U.S. battles al-Qaida on the web

Rather than hacking the sites covertly, State Department specialists challenge the extremists in open forums.
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Iowan sentenced in meth case

The southwest Iowa man faces more than 14 years in prison after a conviction on drug conspiracy charges.
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Feds: Sex trafficking ring used Backpage.com ads

A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.
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US deports man sought for war crimes to Bosnia

War Crimes Bosnia Vegas

A former Bosnian Serb police commander accused of playing a leading role in the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica has been deported to his native country, U.S. officials said Thursday.
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Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a week

The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, is dropping its daily circulation after 175 years and plans to issue three printed editions a week starting in the fall. With the change, the newspaper would become the largest metro newspaper in the nation to drop daily circulation in this digital age.
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101-year-old man killed by 91-year-old driver

At 101 years old, Otto Jensen was still on the job, running a photography studio in Burbank.
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