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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two days before President Barack Obama’s first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried Saturday to settle a brewing mystery by releasing a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Faced with substantial industry opposition, federal regulators are struggling to implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted after the last fatal U. S. airline crash nearly four years ago, according to a report by a government watchdog.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, two days before he heads to Minnesota to discuss gun control.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out of the way.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel’s hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him as defense secretary.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is retiring this month after 30 years with the agency.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration on Friday announced a new accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday. He was 88.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support for a group that advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons. But with most Democrats in his corner, an unflustered Hagel seems headed for approval as defense secretary.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Congress sent President Barack Obama drama-free legislation on Thursday raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default and putting off the next tax-and-spending clash between the White House and Republicans until later in the year.

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