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Internet shoppers are moving closer to paying sales taxes for their online purchases. But the fight is far from over.

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The dedication ceremony of George W. Bush's presidential center has ended after the nation's 43rd president gave a closing speech with tears welling in his eyes.

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U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) and fellow members of the House Natural Resources Committee voted to support the Keystone Pipeline with their passage of H.R. 3; the Northern Route Approval Act.  Repre

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Federal and state officials investigating last week's deadly blast at a Central Texas fertilizer company are trying to determine whether a fire at the plant could have ignited a supply of ammonium nitrate.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The casket of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer is in place at a campus memorial as thousands of students, faculty and staff, law enforcement officials from across the nation and Vice President Joe Biden gathered to pay respects to Sean Collier

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A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.

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Senate Republicans are criticizing federal regulators' efforts to track the credit card, mortgage and spending habits of millions of consumers by collecting anonymous data about them.

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Are you a solo singer? A girl group? duo? boy band? or a vocal group? Maybe you and your friends have always wanted to form a group or maybe you gave up on your dream of being a singer years ago? Well, now IS your time - it’s never too late to follow your dreams! The X Factor is headed to Denver in May and looking for the best talent in the Rocky Mountain region

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CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Makeshift levees mostly held back the water in communities along the Mississippi River and other Midwestern waterways, but meteorologists warn that looming storms could cause problems

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On Monday, the Justice Department announced that it was charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction that resulted in the deaths of three people at the Boston Marathon last week. If convicted he could face the death penalty or up to life in prison.

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