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Week In Politics: Republican Presidential Debate And Iran Nuclear Deal

3:13pm August 08, 2015

Political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times discuss the first GOP presidential debate and the Iran nuclear deal.

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For Friend Of Michael Brown, A Year Of Controversy And Scrutiny

3:13pm August 08, 2015

Dorian Johnson — the friend who was with Brown when he was killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer — recently offered an interview to the Riverfront Times.

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Ferguson Protesters Take It Off The Streets To Take On The System

3:13pm August 08, 2015

by Emanuele Berry

Nearly a year since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the protesters for whom Brown's death became a rallying cry have moved their activism off the streets and behind the scenes.

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Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes Sentenced To Life In Prison

3:13pm August 08, 2015

by Megan Verlee

A jury in Colorado had been weighing whether he'd get the death penalty after finding him guilty of first-degree murder last month. Twelve people were killed and 70 injured in the 2012 attack.

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Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump (right) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speak together during a commercial break at the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland on Thursday. Trump's remarks about Fox News debate moderator Megyn Ke

Trump Booted From Conservative Forum After Latest Remarks

1:47pm August 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In an appearance on CNN, the maverick candidate called Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly a "lightweight" and "highly overrated." And those were just the nice things.

This photo provided by the U.S. Government, presented during a trial, shows a photo of Irek Hamidullin surrendering after being wounded by U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Nov. 29, 2009.

Ex-Soviet Officer Who Became Taliban Commander Found Guilty In U.S.

1:46pm August 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Irek Hamidullin, 55, a one-time Soviet tank commander in Afghanistan, stayed behind after Moscow's forces were withdrawn in 1988. He went on to mastermind a 2009 attack on an Afghan base.

Dr. Frances O. Kelsey of the U.S. FDA, who is credited with keeping the birth-deforming drug, Thalidomide, off the U.S. market, is shown in an Aug. 1962 photo. Kelsey died on Friday at age 101.

Frances Kelsey, FDA Officer Who Blocked Thalidomide, Dies At 101

1:45pm August 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.

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Housing Bounces Back In Most, But Not All, Of Atlanta

12:52pm August 08, 2015

by Molly Samuel

At the height of the housing bubble, Atlanta was adding tens of thousands of homes a year, but then the bottom fell out. Now, there's building once again, but some residents are feeling left out.

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James Holmes Sentenced To Life For Colorado Theater Shooting

12:52pm August 08, 2015

by Ben Markus

Jurors spared the death penalty for James Holmes, the man convicted of killing 12 and injuring 70 in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting. Holmes will serve life without the possibility of parole.

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Maybe she goes to school in Wyoming, where no schools start after 8:30 a.m.

States Haven't Embraced Later School Start Times For Teens

12:51pm August 08, 2015

by Richard Harris

Last year the nation's pediatricians said middle and high schoolers shouldn't start school before 8:30 a.m., so they can get much-needed sleep. But almost all schools start before that, the CDC finds.