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President signs order to help address complaints about programs looking for piece of GI Bill cash

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) -- President Barack Obama reached out to a generation of young soldiers Friday as he added new protections for veterans and military families misled or bilked by career colleges and technical programs that target their federal education benefits. "They don't care about you," he said, "they care about your cash."


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Crowd donates thousands to foundation in slain teen's name

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Civil rights leaders and relatives of Trayvon Martin and a slain California teenager joined together at a Los Angeles rally Thursday, urging justice and tolerance and called for action to stop the violence.


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Judge denies request from conservative group, citing national security concerns

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal judge has turned aside calls to publicly release video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden dead.


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Ray Robinson died in South Dakota in 1973, but his body was never found

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- When civil rights activist Ray Robinson arrived at Wounded Knee in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight against social injustice, he excitedly called his wife back home and told her, "This could be the spark that lights the prairie fire."


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Houses sold on the cheap limit the demand for new dwellings

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak.


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Since the Colombia incident, an alleged prostitution episode in El Salvador has also come to light

Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. government official familiar with the Secret Service acknowledged past missteps by Secret Service agents Thursday but was quick to defend the government's internal review process.


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Anthony L. DiNunzio arrested in Boston, latest in string of recent mafia crackdowns

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An investigation into the alleged shakedown of Providence strip clubs left the New England mafia without its reputed leader Wednesday as authorities arrested Anthony L. DiNunzio on charges he oversaw the mob's extortion of adult entertainment businesses and sought to broaden the crime operation's influence.


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Shooter's lawyer has hinted he will ask that client be declared indigent, which would let taxpayers cover legal bills

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The website that George Zimmerman set up to help raise money for his legal defense in Trayvon Martin's shooting has been disabled, a spokesman for his lawyer said Wednesday.


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American forces have been working with three other nations, but navigating Central African terrain is difficult

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Capturing and bringing to justice the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group terrorizing a large portion of central Africa, will be a challenge, officials from the Obama administration told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.


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Businesses and shopping centers have replaced entire corridors once reduced to ashes

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- On April 29th 1992, the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in south Los Angeles became a flashpoint for one of the worst riots in U.S. history.


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