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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

U.S. Top News: Clinton defends her handling of Benghazi attack in testimony

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01/23/2013
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Clinton defends her handling of Benghazi attack in testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday defended her handling of the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans, an event that threatens to stain her legacy at the State Department.
Man charged in shooting on Texas college campus
(Reuters) - A 22-year-old man has been charged in a shooting on a community college campus in Texas that left three people wounded, one critically, authorities said.
NJ Governor Christie heavy favorite to win re-election: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three-quarters of New Jersey voters approve of Governor Chris Christie's job performance and nearly seven in 10 say he deserves to be elected to a second term in November, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
Kaiser study finds Medicaid coverage gaps in U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. adults who qualify for Medicaid often must have incomes well below the federal poverty line, while adults who have no dependent children are allowed to receive benefits in only nine of the 50 states, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Lawmakers touched by gun violence take debate personally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They belong to an exclusive group in the U.S. Congress: survivors of gun violence.
House committee hearing to address sexual assault in military
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The House Armed Services Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday into sexual assault in the military, prompted by outrage over a sex-with-recruits scandal at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Hasidic therapist gets 103 years in prison for sex abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor was sentenced to 103 years in prison on Tuesday for sexually abusing a young female patient over three years in the insular Brooklyn community where they lived.
Te'o tells Katie Couric he lied to maintain hoax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o told ABC News' Katie Couric that he had lied to keep up a hoax involving a nonexistent dying girlfriend once he learned he had been duped two days before the Heisman Trophy winner was announced.
Protests mark anniversary of landmark abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, even as battles over the contentious issue have largely shifted from the federal courts to statehouses.
U.S. government joins lawsuit over New Jersey sports betting law
(Reuters) - The U.S. government has joined a lawsuit from college and professional sports leagues seeking to stop New Jersey from implementing a law that would allow gambling on sports in the state.
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