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Euro's Future Doesn't Hinge on Draghi Alone
The difference policy stance between the Fed and the ECB will exert a bigger and bigger influence on the forex market pushing the euro/dollar down.
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Court Bars Notice to Workers on Right to Unionize
A rule passed by the National Labor Relations Board calling for a workplace poster on the right to form a union was struck down by a federal circuit court.
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Ending the physician shortage
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Rubio Says Heritage Foundation Analysis on Immigration Is Flawed
Senator Marco Rubio disputed a Heritage Foundation analysis released Monday that found the legislation offering a pathway to citizenship would produce a “lifetime fiscal deficit” of at least $6.3 trillion.
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How to talk about immigration reform
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Bill invests in next generation
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Fannie Mae and KPMG to Pay Investors $153 Million
Investors bought the mortgage company’s stock during a period when regulators found the firm had overstated its income.
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National Briefing | Washington: Judge Rebukes F.D.A. Over Contraception Restriction
A federal judge on Tuesday criticized the Food and Drug Administration over its refusal to make emergency contraception available to girls of all ages without a prescription.
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McDonald's tells Cleveland hero: 'We'll be in touch'
McDonald's says it will reach out to a man widely quoted in accounts of the three women who were found in Cleveland after they went missing about a decade ago.
Charles Ramsey, who lives in the neighborhood where the women were found, noted in an interview with a local TV station that he was eating McDonald's when the scene unfolded Monday. He also made note of his meal in a 911 call. Both the interview and the 911 call went viral online.
On Tuesday, the world's biggest hamburger company said on Twitter: "We salute the courage of Ohio kidnap victims & respect their privacy. Way to go Charles Ramsey -- we'll be in touch."
Representatives for McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Ill., did not immediately return calls for comment.
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Suspect in Cleveland Kidnapping Had Some Contact With Police
The authorities had been called two times to a house in Cleveland, Ohio, where three young women who disappeared about a decade ago were found.
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New Head of C.I.A.’s Clandestine Service Is Chosen
The choice of a candidate without direct ties to a controversial detention and interrogation program may signal the new C.I.A. director’s aim to distance himself from it.
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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Ex-Judge Ordered to Apologize
Former Justice Joan Orie Melvin of State Supreme Court avoided prison time on Tuesday for her campaign corruption conviction but was ordered to send a letter of apology to every judge in the state.
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Pentagon Study Sees Sharp Rise in Sexual Assaults
An angry President Obama and Congress demanded action after a Pentagon survey estimated 26,000 people in the armed forces were assaulted last year, up from 19,000 in 2010.
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Biden: 'Immoral' to restrict voting
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National Briefing | Rockies: Colorado: Massacre Suspect Pursues Insanity Defense
Defense lawyers for James E. Holmes, charged with opening fire on a packed Aurora movie theater last summer, said Tuesday that he intended to plead not guilty by reason of insanity in the attack.
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The Lede: In 2005, Kidnap Suspect’s Daughter Spoke of Seeing Her Friend for the Last Time
A year after Gina DeJesus vanished, her classmate Arlene Castro, the daughter of the man accused of kidnapping Ms. DeJesus and two other women, was interviewed on America’s Most Wanted.
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Michigan school district can't make payroll, lays off staff
A Michigan school district decided to lay off most of its staff, including teachers, and cut benefits this week due to budget woes.
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Northwest Washington Gardeners Battle Flower Thief
Lovingly planted lilies, peonies and other colorful flowers have been disappearing from gardens in capital neighborhoods for about a decade.
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Lew Blames Washington for Slow Growth
Dysfunction in Washington is one of the biggest drags on the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says.
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