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Published
May 17, 2014

Nation Dispatches

SAN DIEGO Investigators look for cause behind outbreak of wildfires Investigators worked to determine whether an unusually early and intense outbreak of wildfires in Southern California this week was ignited by something as ordinary as sparks from cars or something as sinister as an arsonist. State fire officials said the first of at least 10 […]
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May 17, 2014

India opposition leader elected premier

Narendra Modi wins in a landslide that sweeps the long-dominant Congress party from power.
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May 17, 2014

Incorrect subsidies for health plans defy easy fix

WASHINGTON — The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors, according to internal documents and three people familiar with the situation. The problem means that potentially hundreds of thousands of […]
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May 16, 2014

Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds populist economic theme

She addresses income inequality in a speech likely to appeal to the Democratic Party’s base.
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May 16, 2014

Conservatives worry about the Republican Party’s future

Alarmed by a resurgence of the GOP establishment, they call for a recommitment to bedrock principles.

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May 16, 2014

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford surfaces in small Ontario town

His lawyer had no comment on his client’s progress.
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May 16, 2014

Top health official resigns at troubled VA

Republicans say his resignation is meaningless because he had intended to retire this year.
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May 16, 2014

High court puts hold on gay marriages in Arkansas

A lower-court ruling last week striking down a prohibition resulted in 540 marriage license requests
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May 16, 2014

Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder dies at 79

The White House aide, who later became a minister, claimed he heard Nixon order the break-in.
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May 16, 2014

Construction spark caused one fire in California

Some evacuation orders are lifted, and officials find the body of the first apparent fatality from a series of wildfires.