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Republicans continue attacks on President Obama's signature health care reforms

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An outside company now heads the effort to correct problems with HealthCare.gov, rather than the federal agency getting most of the blame for the botched rollout of the website to enroll in President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms.

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Officer fired eight rounds

A sheriff's deputy mistakenly thought he saw a teen carrying an assault rifle on a California street this week and shot him dead, authorities said.

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Painkillers are most prescribed drugs in the nation

RoxycodoneThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing new restrictions that would change regulations for some of the most commonly prescribed narcotic painkillers on the market today.

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A problem with the entry portal clogged up the system when it opened

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Contractors on the problem-plagued website for President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms blamed the government and each other, but not themselves, at the first Congressional hearing on the troubled online enrollment system.

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Don't expect Congress to pass an immigration bill this year, House GOP leadership aide says

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It's time to fix the United States' "broken immigration system," President Barack Obama said Thursday, citing bipartisan support to revamp immigration laws.

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He was handcuffed, taken to a police station and held for two hours, attorney says

Barneys New York storefront(CNN) -- An African-American college student is suing Barneys New York and the city's police department, saying he was racially profiled and later detained by police, according to court documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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The White House mounts a campaign to boost enrollment in 10 cities

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen SebeliusHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius  heads to the White House for an afternoon meeting with insurance industry executives over problems with Obamacare rollout.

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Adults wrapped a three-year-old so tightly he died

To discipline a 3-year-old boy, three caretakers would wrap him tightly in a blanket and tie the ends to constrain him.  The child was wrapped up in that manner when he suffered a "horrible death," police said.

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Tamerlan TsarnaevFor the first time, prosecutors in the Boston Marathon bombing case confirmed that deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was accused of participating in a gruesome 2011 triple homicide outside Boston.

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Trains are expected to be up and running sometime Tuesday

BART strike(CNN) -- The Bay Area Rapid Transit strike ended Monday night after union negotiators and management reached a late-night deal.

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