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College student loan interest rates set to double

Tuition Up, So Are College Administration SalariesFederal legislators aren’t so eager to hold down the costs in the budget struggle.

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Rove ‘could’ imagine a GOP candidate backing gay marriage in 2016

Karl Rove: 'I Could' Imagine A GOP Presidential Candidate Supporting Gay MarriageKarl Rove tells ABC News that he can imagine a GOP presidential candidate who backs gay marriage.

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Trafficking crackdown may be Obama’s best chance on gun control

A view shows confiscated guns on a table during a news conference on major firearms trafficking cases at a news conference in New YorkTwo senators say a bill to tackle trafficking looks like the measure with the most chance of success.

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Rand Paul endorses immigrant path to citizenship

FILE - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem, in this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo. Paul is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants in a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning March 19, 2013 to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a significant move for a favorite of tea party Republicans who are sometimes hostile to such an approach. (AP Photo/Aron Heller, FILE)The tea party favorite backs a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.

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Don’t fear ‘The Daily Show’ and other ways Republicans went wrong in 2012

GOPTen changes the GOP wants to make to mount a comeback.

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China blogger, activist confirmed to be in U.S.

The State Department says Lu Haitao and his wife are in the United States.

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Obama, Republicans cooperate on spending — for now

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, following a Democratic strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The two sides are quietly working in tandem to blunt the impact of short-term cuts.

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N. Korea vows to cancel cease-fire

North Korean flag flutters on top of a tower at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in the demilitarised zoneThe country is upset about sanctions and U.S. military drills.

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Year after Trayvon Martin’s death, ‘stand your ground’ survives

FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, demonstrators pray during the Million Hoodie March in Union Square, N.Y. The march was in memory of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida. After the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of a neighborhood watch leader, civil rights leaders warned that Sanford, Florida., risked its upscale reputation and could become a 21st century version of civil rights flashpoints like Selma, Alabama. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Laws which allowed deadly force in public spaces are still on the books.

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Journalists push for openess in case of spy poisoned with tea

LONDON (AP) — British media organizations are challenging a government secrecy bid for parts of an inquest into the death of a former Russian intelligence agent poisoned in London.

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