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Grading Obama's first 100 days into second term
President Obama passed the 100-day mark of his second term vowing to soldier on for his agenda while recognizing the limitations of working within a divided government.
Politics 2013: Report on the GOP a 'five-alarm blast,' but will people act?
The sweeping report on problems facing the Republican Party calls for a lot of soul-searching and rethinking if the GOP wants to emerge from the identity muck in which it is wallowing after having lost the last two U.S. presidential elections.
The University at Buffalo in New York says it received a gift of $10 million to establish a new heart-vascular disease research center.
Senior citizens have continued to be a big share of the vote in this year's U.S. presidential primaries in spite of the growing youth vote.
With a win in South Carolina under his belt, analysts wonder if Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama can win states without a large black voter bloc.
Exactly 12 months before the next federal election, 72 percent of U.S. citizens said they are unhappy with the country's course, a USA Today/Gallup poll showed.
Fox Broadcasting President Peter Ligouri has banned use of the word "retarded" in response to a complaint from a Down Syndrome advocacy group.
The Supreme Court ruled that an adult video and sexual paraphernalia shop called Victor's Secret -- later renamed Victor's Little Secret -- could keep doing bus
Two prosecutors from the D.A.'s office in Jefferson Parish -- New Orleans -- are in trouble with their boss for wearing neckties depicting a hangman's noose and the Grim Reaper at a recent hearing in a capital murder case.

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Prince Harry arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington
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Prince Harry arrives on Capitol Hill to tour a photography exhibit by HALO Trust, a British nonprofit focused on removing hazardous war debris, including un-exploded devices and landmines, on May 9, 2013 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch