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  • Demonstrators picket against the possible arrivals of undocumented migrants who may be processed at the Murrieta Border Patrol Station in Murrieta, California July 1, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/SAM HODGSON

    Exclusive: Republicans prepare 2015 immigration legislation

    BY RICHARD COWAN WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans, outraged with President Barack Obama for easing depor...

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  • President Barack Obama listens to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after the president announced Hagel's resignation at the White House in Washington, November 24, 2014. Image/REUTERS.file

    Hagel dismisses reports he resigned over differences with Obama

    BY DAVID ALEXANDER WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday his resignation last week was no...

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  • North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121. Image/reuters video

    North Korea, hackers are a handpicked elites

    BY JU-MIN PARK AND JAMES PEARSON SEOUL (Reuters) - Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured re...

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  • The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 5, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/SCOTT AUDETTE

    NASA unmanned spaceship blasts off for trial run

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - A U.S. spaceship designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars blasted off Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force S...

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  • Speaker of the House John Boehner holds a news conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington December 4, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE

    Boehner vows to avoid government shutdown with help from Democrats

    BY DAVID LAWDER (Reuters) - Overriding objections from some conservative Republicans, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Thur...

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  • U.S. lawmaker wants Ferguson police force dissolved

    BY DAVID LAWDER (Reuters) - The U.S. congressman for Ferguson, Missouri, said on Thursday he hopes the Justice Department disbands ...

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  • Protesters gather in Foley Square in lower Manhattan in New York City demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner December 4, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON

    Top U.S. justice official promises probe after NYC police chokehold death

    BY SEBASTIEN MALO, BARBARA GOLDBERG AND JOSEPH AX (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday promised a full investi...

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  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly, including State Duma deputies, members of the Federation Council, the heads of the Constitutional and Supreme courts, regional More... CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN

    Putin says foes hope to dismember Russia

    (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin accused Russia's enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punis...

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  • Scores of fast food workers and their supporters calling for a $15 minimum wage fill a McDonalds restaurant in Chelsea, Massachusetts today. CREDIT: REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER

    Minimum wage fight hits the streets today

    (Reuters) - Workers in the fast-food, home care and airline industries are staging protests and strikes throughout the United States...

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  • A protester wears a sign during a demonstration against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict in the death of Eric Garner, in Oakland, California December 3, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/STEPHEN LAM

    Fresh protests set for NYC chokehold case

    (Reuters) - Protesters vowed a new round of demonstrations in New York on Thursday after a grand jury decided not to charge a white ...

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