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  Obama’s ‘fleet’ing embrace

  WASHINGTON — President Obama gave a hearty hug to a graduating Naval Academy midshipman Alexis Marisa Werner — and then warned graduates of the severe consequences of sexual assault after a series of galling incidents in the military. “Those who...   3:51 AM

• Labor unions turning on ObamaCare

  WASHINGTON — President Obama’s labor-union allies once cheered for ObamaCare — but now they’re screaming mad. “It makes an untruth out of what the...   3:57 AM

• Jodi jury dilemma

  PHOENIX — The jury foreman in Jodi Arias’ trial yesterday said the panel just couldn’t decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit...   4:45 AM
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  Paula Broadwell says she regrets relationship with Gen. Petraeus

   RALEIGH, NC — The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family. Paula Broadwell told WSOC-TV in Charlotte on...  
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  Claws come out as PETA goes after anonymous online commenters for shelter kill claims

   The animal rights group PETA is hunting down personal information for anonymous commenters who allegedly defamed the organization by lambasting its pet euthanasia policy on the Huffington Post, according to a new Manhattan civil lawsuit.  People...  
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  Homeless teen graduates as valedictorian of high school class

   She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors. A 17-year-old student who spent much of high school living bouncing around homeless shelters — and sometimes sleeping in her car — today graduated as valedictorian of her class at...  
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  15-year-old boy stabs 4 and 10 year old adopted brothers to death while babysitting: Sheriff

   WEST POINT, Utah — A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said. He was arrested Thursday in the deaths of the...  
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  Three injured after bridge collapses in Wash., sending people and vehicles into the water

   MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure...   4:45 AM
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  Obama drones on and on . . .

  WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday said the war on terror “must end” eventually as he called for more restrictive use of drones as part of a “comprehensive” rethinking of US anti-terror policy.  In a major speech on national security, Obama...  

• Boy scouts welcome gay members, not leaders

  The Boy Scouts of America said yesterday it will allow openly gay youths to join the organization, but will maintain a ban on gay adult leaders, after...  

• Bill would bar tax deadbeats

  WASHINGTON — Two US senators introduced a bill yesterday to stop the federal government from hiring people who are tax deadbeats. “It’s wrong to force...  
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  AG gave the OK on Fox snoop

  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder himself authorized the government’s snooping on Fox News reporter James Rosen, according to an explosive new report. The feds got a court to approve a warrant to go after Rosen’s personal e-mails, along with...  

• Trayvon’s thug pix

  Trayvon Martin’s cellphone contained a trove of images of guns and drugs — and text messages in which he boasted about smoking pot, getting into fights...  

• Mum IRS big put on leave after refusing to quit

  WASHINGTON — Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who on Wednesday invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before Congress, has...  
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  Kate Upton said no, but check out who DID accept teen's invitation to the prom

   The Los Angeles teen who asked Kate Upton to be his prom date may have been turned down by the busty cover girl, but he found another Sports Illustrated swimsuit model willing to accompany him to the big dance. Jake Davidson made a YouTube video...  
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  Jodi Arias jury can't decide on death penalty or life in prison; sentencing retrial scheduled for July

   PHOENIX — Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies...  
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  IRS official who refused to answer questions at inquiry placed on administrative leave

  WASHINGTON — A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new...  
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  Real-life 'Walter White' arrested in Mass. : teacher battling cancer was 'trafficking meth'

   BOSTON -– A Massachusetts teacher has been arrested for trafficking methamphetamine after he allegedly received a package of the illegal substance at his school.  Stephen Doran, 57, a tutor at the Match Charter Middle School in the suburb of...  
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  Hurricane season is going to be wild: NOAA

   COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become...  
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  Obama goes on defensive over drone strikes, announces renewed push to close Guantanamo Bay

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and...  
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  Tornado ‘looters’ busted

  MOORE, Okla. — Two men were busted and charged with looting leveled homes as new tales of grief emerged from the wreckage of Moore, Okla. The pair claimed they were searching for survivors Tuesday night, but a homeowner said they had his stuff in...  

• Man who pretended to be member of Walt Disney family arrested

  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid...  
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  Friends and family at funeral remember 9-year-old girl killed in Okla. tornado

  OKLAHOMA CITY — Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the...  

• 84-year-old New Mexico woman with oxygen tank indicted for drug trafficking

  ALBUQUERQUE — An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman who uses an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking. KRQE-TV reports that Lillie Smith was...