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BERLIN (AP) — The German government says U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Germany to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials next month.

Spokesman Georg Streiter said Friday that Obama will be in Berlin June 18-19

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says community health centers around the country will get a $150 million injection to help tens of millions of uninsured Americans sign up for health insurance coverage under the new health care law

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale businesses stepped up their restocking of supplies in March, but their sales fell sharply.

The Commerce Department says stockpiles held by wholesalers rose 0.4 percent in March compared with February, when they had fallen 0

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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee heard testimony from three public servants’ firsthand accounts of the September 11th, 2012 Benghazi attacks that claimed the lives of four U.S. citizens including U

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston's police commissioner says the marathon bombings should not be an excuse to move the country into a "police state mentality." But Commissioner Edward Davis says security should be tightened through various means while protecting basic civil liberties. The comments co

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A jury in Arizona has found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Delaware say they're looking forward to July 1, when Delaware officially becomes the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage.

Advocates on Tuesday cheered Democratic Gov

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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s labor office says youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery.

A report by the International Labour Organization said Tuesday the rate of unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 was 12

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An analysis of state and federal data suggests that cellphone use by drivers involved in fatal crashes is seriously underreported.

The National Safety Council, an advocacy group, said the underreporting makes the distracted-driving problem appear less significant than it actually is, and impedes efforts to win passage of tougher laws

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MOSCOW (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says he's hoping to find some "common ground" with Russia on how to deal with Syria's civil war.

He spoke as he entered a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

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