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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past inflammatory statements, has resigned his White House job after what he calls a "vicious smear campaign against me." Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES - Authorities say a burst water main in the Los Angeles suburb of Studio City has forced people out of their homes and flooded the famous Ventura Boulevard. Full Story »
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two spacewalking astronauts took on cable and antenna work at the international space station Saturday in their final trek outside, but encountered last-minute difficulty with a connector and had to leave one job undone. Full Story »
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ATLANTA - "Sweet Home Alabama" blared from the speakers at the Georgia Dome. The Crimson Tide felt right at home. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - Melanie Oudin's face was flushed from a mix of exertion and excitement and maybe even a bit of bewilderment — "Yes, I DID beat Maria Sharapova!" running through her mind — when she stepped out of the U.S. Open locker room and saw Mom. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmentalists hope the push in Congress for climate change legislation is not overwhelmed by the debate dominating Capitol Hill over changing the U.S. healthcare system. But it might be. Full Story »
MANILA (Reuters) - Nine hundred passengers were plucked from a sinking ferry off the Philippines on Sunday, officials said, but at least five people were killed and rescuers were scouring the waters for 63 more who were still missing. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House environmental policy adviser who specialized in "green jobs" resigned on Sunday after an uproar over his previous affiliation with a September 11 conspiracy group. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political survival will top the agenda for many lawmakers when the U.S. Congress returns to work on Tuesday, amid widespread voter discontent over its recent performance. Full Story »
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's pursuit of a second path to nuclear weapons by enriching uranium is a problem likely to persist and Pyongyang needs to come clean about its intentions, a U.S. envoy for the reclusive state said on Sunday. Full Story »
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. troops burst into a Swedish charity-run hospital in Afghanistan and tied up patients' relatives and staff, the charity said on Sunday, in what it called a breach of deals between the military and aid groups. Full Story »
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. debut of President Barack Obama and appearances by the Libyan leader and Iranian president promise drama this month at the General Assembly, the annual global summit more often marked by words than action. Full Story »
LONDON (Reuters) - G20 finance leaders on Saturday took aim at excessive bank pay and risk-taking at the root of the financial crisis and insisted trillions of dollars of emergency economic supports would be needed for some time. Full Story »
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MANILA (AFP) - Five people were killed and dozens were left missing after a ferry carrying nearly 1,000 passengers sank in darkness off the southern Philippines on Sunday, officials said. Full Story »
Crews working on a seismic retrofit of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Saturday found what authorities called a "significant crack" in the eastern span that could keep the California landmark closed beyond a planned holiday weekend shutdown. Full Story »
A U.S. special envoy said Sunday that Washington has just begun considering how to respond to North Korea's claim of moving closer to a second, easier way of making nuclear bombs. Full Story »
Annie Leibovitz's artsy, provocative portraits of celebrities regularly grace the covers of Vanity Fair and Vogue, images that have made her as famous as her subjects and earned her millions. Full Story »
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