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House Likely to Let Terror Surveillance Law Expire

WASHINGTON – In a day of political brinkmanship, President Bush pressured the House on Thursday to finish a bill giving the government more leeway to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists. House Democrats didn’t budge and angry Republicans staged a walkout down the Capitol steps. From the …

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Dispute Over Guns in National Parks Threatens Senate Vote on Lands Bill

WASHINGTON – An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast. Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to score political points by injecting a “wedge” issue like gun rights into a noncontroversial …

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Principal: Man Who Stabbed Estranged Wife at Ohio Elementary School Entered Through Unlocked Door

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – A man who police say stabbed his estranged wife in front of her fifth-grade class entered the building after a student inside walked by a motion sensor that unlocked a door, the school’s principal said. The building’s security system worked as designed, and it was only a …

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