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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first avoid default for at least four months, defusing a crisis looming next month and setting the stage for a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is alerting its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been authorized by the discounter.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in New Mexico say the teenager accused of gunning down his family over the weekend had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people.

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All 398 national parks across the country will offer FREE admission on Monday, January 21 in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Who will be commemorating MLK Day at Yellowstone this year?  

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On Wednesday President Obama announced a series of proposals to address gun violence. The day before, the National Rifle Association, which opposes the president's ideas, released a Web ad that stoked controversy, particularly because the ad focuses on Obama's daughters.

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The controversial full-body scanners that the Transportation Security Administration has been using in airports to detect illegal objects being hidden by passengers will be removed from all airports.

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President Obama gave a speech today that focusing on his plan to reduce gun violence.

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Read all of the President's proposed gun regulations along with the President's gun violence plan and a full list of planned executive orders.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second inauguration is going to be smaller than his historic first swearing-in, but still full of glamour and pomp.

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