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Health reform plans, pricing released in California
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| SACRAMENTO — Californians are finally getting to see what “Obamacare” means for them.
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul made a big leap Thursday when California’s health insurance exchange announced the plans and the prices that will be offered to those buying individual cove... |
| By Judy Lin The Associated Press |
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Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
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| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida.
In a lengthy address... |
| By Julie Pace and Lara Jakes The Associated Press |
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President: Policy in leaks investigations under review
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| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists’ records in investigations of the leak of government secrets.
Obama acknowledged he is “troubled by the possibility that leaks investigations may chill the i... |
| By Mark Sherman The Associated Press |
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Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
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| GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA... |
| By David Crary and Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press |
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Bill would protect state reporters’ phone records
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| SACRAMENTO — Government agencies would be required to give journalists five days’ notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under a bill being introduced in the California Legislature.
Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu of Torrance announced Thursday that he ... |
| By Don Thompson The Associated Press |
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Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
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LONDON — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.
Police raided houses in connec... |
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Council members abstain from vote on abstaining
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| YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.
AnnArbor.com reports that Ypsilanti City Council member Pete Murdock proposed a resolution Tuesday that would have required council m... |
| The Associated Press |
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California bill would prohibit ticket-buying software
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| SACRAMENTO — Music and sports fans would have one less obstacle in buying tickets to popular events under a bill advancing through the California Legislature.
Legislation by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of Sacramento would prohibit the use of robotic ticket-buying software. Supporters of AB... |
| The Associated Press |
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
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| DENVER — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.
The retailer said Thursday it shouldn’t be required to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-... |
| The Associated Press |
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Two-day worker walkout ends at UC hospitals
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| LOS ANGELES — A two-day strike by hospital workers ended on Thursday, with both sides claiming victory even though there was no resolution to a contract dispute involving staffing and pensions.
The University of California said the vast majority of union workers had crossed picket lines to work a... |
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Former Peninsula hoops star Decensae White facing murder charges
