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Like Groundhog Day, There's A Routine To White House Budget Debut

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Tamara Keith

What's the point of a White House budget besides using up a lot of paper and ink? So the administration can lay out its political priorities and draw contrasts with the Republicans.

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Low Draft Picks, No-Names Stand Out At Super Bowl

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Tom Goldman

Many of the stand-out players in last night's Super Bowl were relative unknowns going in to the game. That's all changed now.

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White House May Close Loophole That Sends Billions To For-Profit Schools

11:39am February 04, 2015

It helps for-profit schools capture billions from the new GI bill — including the University of Phoenix, a school with no sports program that had bought naming rights to Sunday's Super Bowl stadium.

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As Tension Grows, Should U.S. Offer 'Lethal Aid' To Ukraine?

11:39am February 04, 2015

With violence and tension increasing in Ukraine, some international observers say that now is the time for the U.S. and European allies to step in and offer lethal military aid to Kiev.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spoke about taking on public employee unions, and the protests that followed, at a recent candidates forum in Iowa. He said what people may not know is that protesters — as many as 1,000 of them — showed up outside his home

Gov. Scott Walker Eyes 2016, But Can He Get Past Labor's Loathing?

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Don Gonyea

Unions don't like any of the 2016 GOP presidential prospects so far. But organized labor's loathing for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker runs especially deep.

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Even when the weather turns nasty, some students are expected to log on to their classes from home.

For Some Schools, Learning Doesn't Stop On Snow Days

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Stan Jastrzebski

Even when the weather turns nasty, students in Delphi, Ind., have been expected to log on to classes from home. Results are mixed so far; participation rates seem to drop the longer school is out.

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Jeffy Docteur is one of the students in the NStar electrician apprenticeship program outside Boston. He says he's interested in working on switching systems that keep power flowing through the electrical grid.

Economists Say Millennials Should Consider Careers In Trades

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Chris Arnold

Many economists say a big missing piece of the economic puzzle is apprenticeships that give high school graduates access to good-paying, higher-skilled jobs in the trades.

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Standard & Poor's To Pay Over $1 Billion In Legal Settlement

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle charges that it gave false ratings to mortgage-related securities in the years leading up the financial crisis.

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House Votes To Repeal ACA, Though Bill Unlikely To Pass Senate

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Juana Summers

The House has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the first such full repeal vote in two nearly two years. Some 19 million Americans would lose health coverage under the legislation. The bill, though, is not likely to pass the Senate, where a half dozen Democrats would have to go along with it. President Obama has also promised to veto legislation that undoes his signature achievement.

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Deuel County Sheriff Adam Hayward shows off a container of confiscated marijuana in Chappell, Neb., in July.

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Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Law enforcement in Nebraska towns near the Colorado border are reporting a jump in pot-related offenses. Legalization next door, they say, is creating burdensome consequences they never asked for.

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