National Politics
Congress lumbers while threatened default looms
Republicans and Democrats in Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default by the Treasury crept uncomfortably closer and a partial government shutdown neared the end of its second week.
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LOCAL/STATE
Mountain tourism hit by national park shutdown
The closure of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the federal shutdown cost the region $33 million in lost tourism, according to an analysis released Friday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
General in charge of nuclear missiles is fired
The Air Force fired the general in charge of its nuclear missiles on Friday, just two days after a Navy admiral with top nuclear weapons responsibilities was sacked. Both men are caught up in investigations of alleged personal misconduct, adding to a cascade of turmoil inside the nation's nuclear...
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama set to meet with Senate Democratic leaders
President Barack Obama is set to meet with Senate Democratic leaders at the White House as the impasse drags on over the government shutdown and the nation's credit limit.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Among social conservatives, a pocketbook message
Seeking a new generation of leaders, social conservatives are looking for a lot more than opposition to gay marriage and abortion.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Nancy Pelosi, Betty Ford join Women's Hall of Fame
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler are among the nine women set to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Shutdown puts businesses, foreign workers in limbo
The partial government shutdown has left high-skilled immigrant workers and the companies that employ them in limbo.
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BUSINESS
Pressure on US at global economy meetings
World finance officials are keeping pressure on the United States to resolve a troubling budget stalemate.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps
First it was bad attitudes among young officers in nuclear missile launch centers. Now it's alleged bad behavior by two of the nuclear arsenal's top commanders.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Senate GOP leader talks of bipartisan solution
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama meets with Pakistani teen shot by Taliban
President Barack Obama met Friday with 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and the target of a Taliban assassination attempt who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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