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A free pregnancy test dispenser hangs next to a condom dispenser in the women's restroom at the Peanut Farm bar in Anchorage.

Will Pregnancy Tests In Alaska Bars Dissuade Moms-To-Be From Drinking?

1:34pm May 12, 2015

by Casey Kelly

A small number of bars are offering the free tests as part of a state-funded pilot program aiming to reduce the number of babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

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Saudi King, Several Gulf Rulers To Skip U.S. Summit

1:31pm May 12, 2015

by Scott Horsley

After the White House announced Saudi Arabia's king would meet this week with President Obama in Washington, D.C., Saudi Arabia announced the king would send other Saudi leaders instead.

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A cross stands above St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

Christians In U.S. On Decline As Number Of 'Nones' Grows, Survey Finds

1:14pm May 12, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The Pew Research Center survey found the number of Americans who describe themselves as Christian dropped almost 8 percentage points over a seven-year period.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been a leading voice on the left against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the president's signature trade initiative.

Sen. Warren On The 'Tilted Process' Of Asia Trade Bill

1:06pm May 12, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has become the president's signature trade initiative, but it is also very unpopular with Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to step onto the national stage with his progressive

NYC Mayor Seeks National Spotlight, New 'Contract With America'

11:17am May 12, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Just two years into his job as mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio is unveiling a progressive "Contract With America" in Washington. But critics back home say it's all too much, too soon.

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Nukain Mabuza paints his stone garden in the mid-1970s.

He Couldn't Stop Painting Rocks — And Now He Has Inspired A Play

10:05am May 12, 2015

by Diane Cole

Tonight, a new play by Athol Fugard opens off-Broadway. It's based on the story of Nukain Mabuza, a poor farm laborer in South Africa who was obsessed with creating a garden of painted rocks.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2015 season, for "conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL."

NFL Suspends Tom Brady For 4 Games Over 'Deflategate' Scandal

9:51am May 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Days after a lengthy report found it was "more probable than not" that quarterback Tom Brady knew of rule-breaking, the NFL suspends him for four games next season and fines the Patriots $1 million.

Obama's Presidential Library Will Be In Chicago, Foundation Announces

7:24am May 12, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Hawaii and New York also had strong bids, but Chicago is where President Obama grew up politically.

Demonstrators snarl traffic as they try to block an entrance to the Holland Tunnel during a solidarity protest Wednesday in New York City.

Photos: Baltimore Quiet For 2nd Night; New York, Denver Protests Noisier

4:28am May 12, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Police arrested about 100 demonstrators in Manhattan after crowds tried to block a major tunnel, and pepper spray was deployed in Colorado. In Baltimore, the curfew was honored.

Then-President George W. Bush jokes with his brother Jeb, the then-Florida governor, in 2006. Jeb Bush has been asked before, and is sure to be again, how he would distinguish himself from his brother.

Jeb Bush Would Have Authorized Iraq War — Even Knowing What We Know Now

10:46pm May 11, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The Bush last name is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to Jeb Bush's becoming president. He says he is his own man, but over the weekend he said he would also have authorized the Iraq War.