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Preliminary results from a survey of the Army's nearly 170,000 women show that only a small fraction of them would like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs.

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Wild Horse and Burro Division Chief Joan Guilfoyle recommended suspending all roundups until thousands of mustangs currently in federal corrals are sold or adopted.

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Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show test scores were among the lowest of the year last summer, when dozens of nuclear missile officers allegedly cheated on exams.

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Federal officials plan to announce Friday how much water they can release this year through a vast system of rivers, canals and reservoirs, but Central Valley farmers on the front lines of California's historic drought expect little, if anything.

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American agriculture has experienced a boom, with market values of crops, livestock and total agricultural products reaching record highs even as the amount of U.S. farmland declined.

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Just as pressure was building on President Barack Obama to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the project ran into another obstacle.

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The federal government says its periodic roadside survey on motorists' drinking and drug-taking habits is anonymous and entirely voluntary.

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A report by Congress' nonpartisan budget analysts seems to have thrown Democrats onto the defensive.

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The White House says it will continue to press Congress for "fast track" authority to speed approval of trade deals even as election-year politics makes the task harder.

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An Oklahoma pharmacy has agreed not to provide Missouri with a drug for a scheduled execution next week, but it's unclear whether the decision will delay the lethal injection.

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