| Hillary Clinton on server scandal: ‘It's like a drip, drip, drip’ Posted: 27 Sep 2015 12:02 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton says she's been as "transparent as possible" about her use of a private email server as secretary of state — but that continuous questions about her decision to use one have left a mark on her campaign.
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| Clinton on email controversy: a 'drip, drip, drip' of revelations Posted: 27 Sep 2015 09:05 AM PDT  By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the politically damaging "drip, drip, drip" of revelations about her use of a private email server is out of her control and she is unsure when the controversy might end. Clinton, who has seen her lead shrivel in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said she has tried to be as open as possible and take responsibility for the email flap. "It is like a drip, drip, drip.
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| House will pass funding bill, avoid government shutdown: Boehner Posted: 27 Sep 2015 08:33 AM PDT  U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday the House of Representatives will pass the Senate's government funding bill this week, avoiding a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts on Thursday. Boehner, speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation" program, said the funding legislation would be accompanied by the creation of a separate, special committee to investigate an abortion controversy involving Planned Parenthood. The Senate's government funding bill will not include provisions to deny funding to the non-profit healthcare group.
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| Katie Couric: When the pope goes to prison Posted: 27 Sep 2015 05:42 AM PDT  For inmates inside Philadelphia's largest super-max prison, Commissioner Lou Giorla concedes, "Life is not easy."
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| France fires first airstrikes on extremists in Syria Posted: 27 Sep 2015 04:08 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — France has fired its first airstrikes in Syria as it expands military operations against Islamic State extremists, President Francois Hollande's office announced Sunday.
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| Feted in China, Xi's U.S. profile dims in shadow of pope Posted: 26 Sep 2015 10:44 PM PDT  BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States - a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House. For most Americans, it was a sideshow: the main news networks were deep into their fourth straight day of blanket coverage of Pope Francis' historic U.S. visit. Xi's U.S. trip has - at least in terms of U.S. media coverage - been firmly overshadowed by the wildly popular pontiff, raising questions over its timing and contrasting sharply with the wall-to-wall coverage of Xi by Chinese media.
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| Mexicans march on anniversary of 43 students' disappearance Posted: 26 Sep 2015 09:04 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students by marching down Mexico City's premier avenue in an atmosphere of defiant hope Saturday.
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| Baltimore officer warned Freddie Gray needed medical help, newspaper reports Posted: 26 Sep 2015 08:47 PM PDT  A Baltimore police officer charged with manslaughter over the death of black man Freddie Gray told another officer the man in their custody appeared to need medical assistance but none was provided at the time, the Baltimore Sun reported on Saturday. Six Baltimore police officers were charged in connection with the death of Gray in April from a spinal injury, which sparked protests and rioting in the city and fueled a debate on police treatment of minorities in the United States. Gray, 25, was arrested for carrying a knife and was bundled into a transport van while in handcuffs and shackles and not secured with a seatbelt, officials said.
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| In America's birthplace, pope gives pep talk to immigrants Posted: 26 Sep 2015 07:24 PM PDT  Pope Francis, speaking on Saturday in America's birthplace, offered stout words of support to Hispanic and other immigrants in the United States, telling them not to be discouraged at a time when some prominent politicians are directing hostility toward them. A day before wrapping up his first U.S. visit, the 78-year-old Argentine pontiff also used his trip to Philadelphia to promote religious freedom as a fundamental right but condemned the use of religion as a pretext for hatred and brutality. Francis toured Philadelphia's Independence Hall before addressing a crowd estimated at more than 40,000 outside the 18th century red brick building where basic American liberties were proclaimed and independence from Britain was declared.
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| Religious liberty: Ted Cruz’s conservative ‘rocket fuel’ Posted: 26 Sep 2015 06:18 PM PDT |
| Boehner's departure raises question: Can House GOP be led? Posted: 26 Sep 2015 02:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide that it just swallowed up the speaker of the House and may threaten the entire Republican Party and Congress itself.
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| Mexico marks one year since 43 students vanished Posted: 26 Sep 2015 02:27 PM PDT  Hundreds marched through Mexico City Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in a murky case involving corrupt police that has haunted President Enrique Pena Nieto. Behind the 43 are thousands of disappeared," Sofia Rojas, a student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told AFP. Signs that read "Crime of the State" and "Out with Pena" peppered the crowd as they streamed down the Paseo de la Reforma, the grand boulevard that runs through the center of the Mexican capital.
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