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The president said he will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan into 2017, ending his ambitions to bring home most American forces from that war-torn country before he leaves office.
Tens of millions of seniors will see no annual cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security checks in 2016. 
Wayne Simmons, who claimed to be a terrorism expert, was arrested and charged with fraud.
The younger Jim Webb weighs in on his father's remarks in the Democratic debate.
POWER PLAY CHEAP ELECTRICITY, A CHANGING CLIMATE
The Black Thunder mine in Gillette, Wyo. (Bruce Gordon/Ecoflight)
America exports millions of tons of taxpayer-owned coal to be burned abroad, highlighting what critics describe as a hypocrisy of U.S. policy that undercuts progress in fighting climate change.
Why should anyone care about a car that, fully loaded, costs $142,000? Because no other machine better represents how much the American driving experience is poised to change.
The 2016 GOP presidential candidate spent heavily this summer as he faded in fundraising and the polls.
The combat and the comedy are turning presidential politics into a popular form of reality television.
A fellow passenger captured on video the indignant responses of other customers as a flight attendant asked the woman to leave. 
Dennis Hastert's deal could keep details of his past out of public view, including allegations of sexual misconduct dating to his days as a teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois.
Another Republican lawmaker said the committee is purely political.
The cold blast will bring the first lake effect snow of the season to the Great Lakes region.
Lawrence's recent essay on Hollywood sexism drove home a significant fact about working in America: "Woman in a Meeting" is a language of its own. 
The teeth indicate a human presence in Asia thousands of years earlier than we'd thought.
Gary Allen, a retired EMS dispatcher, traveled around the world for hundreds of Apple store openings. Apple's history -- and his free spirit -- is in his passport.
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