Stocks turn lower...Minutes show Fed weighed slowing pace of bond purchases

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House preserves its own budget as others face cuts

House preserves its own budget as other domestic programs face slashing cuts

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Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town

Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town on Sunday

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Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.

US Air Force test-launches Minuteman 3 missile in California; delayed by North Korea tensions

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Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

Bradley Manning emerges as the sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

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FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

FEMA's administrator vows federal officials won't leave Oklahoma "when the cameras leave'

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Bahrain claims Iranian drone found

Bahrain, hosts of US Navy fleet, claims Iranian drone recovered

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Feds open special inspection into NC nuke plant

NRC launches special inspection of NC nuclear plant shut down after cracking discovered

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Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum

From Apple to storms to immigration, GOP divisions may dilute focus on White House scandals

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Labor board nominees advance

Panel advances 5 labor board nominees, but 2 face Republican opposition

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Stocks edge higher as investors watch the Fed

Stocks open slightly higher on Wall Street as investors watch the Federal Reserve

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Religion news in brief

Religion news in brief

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Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system

Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization

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Warner bill aimed at tracking bay restoration

Sen. Mark R. Warner says he's introduced legislation that would better track the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Settlement addresses contamination at Va. site

Land and groundwater use at a former circuit board manufacturing facility near Richmond will be restricted because of contamination.

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Agent shoots, kills man who was being questioned in connection with Marathon bombing

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Stocks rising...Bernanke not ready to end stimulus...IRS official takes the Fifth

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Obama seeks to make acting GSA head permanent

Obama nominates Dan Tangherlini, acting General Services Administration head, to run agency

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Bernanke testimony to be studied for policy clues

Bernanke's congressional testimony to be studied for any hints of shift on Fed bond purchases

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Futures rise; all eyes on the Fed

US stock futures rising before Bernanke remarks, Fed minutes and housing sales numbers

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