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ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
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Obama win preserves health care reform's future
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Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.

By Erica Werner, Associated Press , May 20, 2013

Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.

By Associated Press , May 20, 2013

Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town.

By Associated Press , May 20, 2013

Feds argue coal can legally give to campaigns

FARGO — Federal lawyers concede that thousands of dollars of campaign donations from coal-mining interests to members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission “risk creating an appearance of impropriety.”

By Patrick Springer, Forum News Service , May 20, 2013

Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent , May 18, 2013

On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind

BALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said.

By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press , May 17, 2013

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , May 17, 2013

Cramer’s commencement speech draws attention

A commencement speech by U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer this month linking legalized abortion with school shootings has attracted the attention of an Internet media outlet.

By By T.J. Jerke, Forum News Service , May 17, 2013

House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press , May 15, 2013

2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, a development that could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , May 15, 2013

Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated.

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press , May 14, 2013

Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press , May 14, 2013

Lawmakers should remember who they work for

Controlled chaos is a calm among the storm. The final weeks of North Dakota’s 63rd Legislative Session were anything but controlled chaos.

By Williston Herald, Williston , May 14, 2013

Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

By Associated Press , May 14, 2013

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams

Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York.

By Associated Press , May 13, 2013

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