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State will likely be first in Rust Belt to institute policy that reduces union power

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- In the end, they just didn't have the votes. Democrats in Indiana acceded to the mathematical reality of the Republican's 60-40 majority in the chamber. Democrats showed up, and the Indiana House voted 54-44 to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state.


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Spying programs turned police force into one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned.


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Pair of politicians have heated discussion at the base of Air Force One

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.


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Smithsonian museum offers look at lives of six slave families at Monticello

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation.


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Profits from commercial planes rise 56 percent as revenue grows 31 percent

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Quicker deliveries of Boeing's commercial airplanes helped it report a 20-percent jump in fourth-quarter profits, and offset sluggish growth in its defense business.


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Navy SEAL mission in Somalia had saved American and Dane by time president entered chamber

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The secret was still intact when President Barack Obama, entering the House chamber Tuesday evening to deliver his State of the Union speech, pointed at his Pentagon chief and said, "Good job tonight."


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Approval would represent important milestone in nation's relationship with marijuana

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

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Bruce A. Harris would become state's first openly gay justice

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie moved to diversify the state's all-white Supreme Court on Monday with two firsts: the nominations of an openly gay black man and a Korean-born prosecutor to fill two vacancies.


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Outgoing congresswoman hugs and talks with other survivors of rampage

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Outgoing Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spent her last hours as Tucson's U.S. representative finishing the meeting she started on the morning she was shot and bidding farewell to constituents who have supported her through her recovery.


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As Penn State comes under fire, experts point to Boy Scouts and others as commendable examples

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boy Scouts have labored for decades to curtail sexual abuse of scouts by adult volunteers. But when their name was evoked in a lawsuit linked to the Penn State abuse scandal, the reference was not to problems - it was acknowledgment that the Scouts' current prevention policies are considered state of the art.


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