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John Boehner stuck in limbo as speaker after Kevin McCarthy withdraws bid
Ben Carson: Holocaust could have been avoided if Jews were armed
Hillary Clinton’s lack of Wall Street backers
Republicans in chaos as favorite quits House leadership race
Student slain in Oregon college shooting honored at memorial
Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge
Feds offer little guidance to Islamic State recruits too young to prosecute
Hero in French train attack reportedly stabbed
Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker
Guns, Congress and Murphy's Law
Rupert Murdoch apologizes for suggesting Ben Carson would be a 'real black president'
Clinton server hack attempts came from China, Korea, Germany
Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'
Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship
Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading
Rupert Murdoch: Ben Carson would be a "real black President"

John Boehner stuck in limbo as speaker after Kevin McCarthy withdraws bid

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Ben Carson: Holocaust could have been avoided if Jews were armed

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Republican candidate Ben Carson continued his controversial remarks about guns Thursday -- suggesting in a new interview that the Jews may have been able to diminish the likelihood of the Holocaust if they were armed.

Hillary Clinton’s lack of Wall Street backers

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Republicans in chaos as favorite quits House leadership race

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 04:50 PM PDT

Republicans in Washington struggled to fill a leadership void on Thursday as the front-runner to take control of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, quit the race in a surprise announcement that heightened concerns about the party's ability to govern effectively. Representative McCarthy, the No. 2 House Republican, had been expected to win Thursday's contest for the nomination to succeed retiring Speaker John Boehner despite opposition from more conservative lawmakers demanding a harder line against Democratic President Barack Obama's agenda. "For us to unite, we probably need a fresh face," McCarthy, who is from California, told reporters after the election meeting ended in chaos.

Student slain in Oregon college shooting honored at memorial

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT

Mourners on Thursday remembered a student who was among 10 people who died in a shooting rampage at an Oregon community college, in the first of a series of publicly announced memorial services for the victims. The service for Jason Johnson, 33, took place a week after gunman Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, opened fire at Umpqua Community College in the former timber town of Roseburg. Police exchanged gunfire with Harper-Mercer, and after he was wounded, he shot himself to death.

Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 02:40 PM PDT

By Rich McKay COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina's governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unprecedented rainfall. Governor Nikki Haley said the inundation expected in Georgetown, home to about 9,000 people, would last up to 12 days and she urged residents to heed evacuation notices.

Feds offer little guidance to Islamic State recruits too young to prosecute

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Hero in French train attack reportedly stabbed

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:56 AM PDT

CBS News is reporting that Spencer Stone, the U.S. airman who helped foil a terror attack on a French train this summer, was stabbed Wednesday night.

Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker

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Guns, Congress and Murphy's Law

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Rep. Tim Murphy's sensible bill on mental health and guns is unlikely to become law.

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for suggesting Ben Carson would be a 'real black president'

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Clinton server hack attempts came from China, Korea, Germany

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:36 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, containing an electronic inventory of some 55,000 pages of emails from her stint as secretary of state, was repeatedly hit by attempted cyberattacks originating in China, South Korea and Germany in 2014, according to a congressional document obtained by The Associated Press.

Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 06:22 AM PDT

The media mogul makes the comment while comparing GOP candidate Ben Carson to the president.

Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:47 PM PDT

By Susan Cooper Eastman JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday ended its search for missing crew of the cargo ship El Faro that sank off the Bahamas last week after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. An exhaustive air and sea search for possible survivors was called off at sunset, six days after communication was lost with the ship and the 33 people aboard, the Coast Guard said. The decision came a day after federal safety officials arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, El Faro's home port, to launch an investigation into what maritime experts have called the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than 30 years.

Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 04:52 PM PDT

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will propose a tax on high-frequency trading, her campaign said late Wednesday. The tax would target securities transactions with excessive levels of order cancellations, which destabilize the markets, a campaign aide said. "The growth of high-frequency trading has unnecessarily burdened our markets and enabled unfair and abusive trading strategies," the aide said.