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  • Bay Area group marching for immigration reform
  • A coalition of groups on the path to citizenship plan to hit the road Wednesday to campaign for immigration reform.
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  • Bay Area group marching for immigration reform
  • A coalition of groups on the path to citizenship plan to hit the road Wednesday to campaign for immigration reform.
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  • Stanford University students working on laptops
  • Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.
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  • a clown wearing a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair
  • The Missouri State Fair has permanently banned a rodeo clown whose imitation of Obama has been criticized as disrespectful.
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  • President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month.
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  • President Barack Obama is teeing off his Martha's Vineyard vacation with his favorite pastime - golfing.
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  • Accused NSA leaker Edward Snowden
  • National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father says he has secured a visa to visit his son in Russia.
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  • President Barack Obama has arrived on Martha's Vineyard for summer vacation with his wife and daughters.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama said Snowden is not a patriot and challenged him to return to the U.S. to face espionage charges.
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  • President Obama
  • Caught between domestic gridlock and foreign policy crises, the president held a news conference Friday before going on vacation.
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  • World leaders came together Monday at the G8 summit to discuss ending the bloodshed in Syria.
  • President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month.
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  • Eric Holder
  • The White House says the president will not get involved in whether to pursue criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.
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  • President Barack Obama welcomes San Francisco Giants to White House.
  • President Barack Obama says the San Francisco Giants are making a "habit" of dropping in at the White House.
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  • Willie Mays.
  • The San Francisco Giants visit President Obama at the White House
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  • Online retailing giant Amazon says it's trying to fill 7,000 jobs ahead of Tuesday's visit from President Obama.
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  • San Francisco Giants celebrate after the Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, in Game 4 of baseballs World Series
  • The San Francisco Giants will be honored by Pres. Obama at the White House Monday for last season's World Series Championship.
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  • People arrive to seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif.
  • New survey shows 4 out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, during remarks at a commemorative ceremony near the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday, July 27, 2013.
  • President Barack Obama has marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War and said Korean veterans "deserve better."
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  • Ty Michael Carter, 30, of Antioch, Calif., with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, poses for a portrait at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter, from Antioch, is receiving the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving in Afghanistan.
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  • Ty Michael Carter, 30, of Antioch, Calif., with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, poses for a portrait at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter is receiving the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving in Afghanistan.
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  • President Barack Obama is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan on Wednesday.
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  • Barack Obama
  • President Barack Obama is accusing Washington of taking "its eye off the ball" and getting distracted from the economy.
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  • Giants beat Cardinals in Game 7 to win NLCS
  • President Obama will recognize the SF Giants for their 2012 World Series Championship at a White House ceremony on Monday.
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  • A young President Obama and Trayvon Martin
  • President Obama's words on Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman verdict resonated with Oakland's African-American community.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2013, about the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case.
  • President Obama said the nation should examine laws to see if they encourage confrontations like the one in Florida.
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  • A young President Obama and Trayvon Martin
  • President Obama's words on Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman verdict resonated with Oakland's African-American community.
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  • DREAMers and parents take an oath in a mock citizenship ceremony.
  • President Obama is pressing the Republican-controlled House to embrace a path to citizenship.
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  • President Barack Obama stands with director George Lucas as he awards him the 2012 National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the East Room of White House.
  • The Bay Area filmmaker who gave us Yoda and Darth Vader was honored today at the White House.
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  • Georgia troops line up during a seeing off ceremony before leaving for Afghanistan in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, June 27, 2013.
  • The White House says there's a possibility the U.S. won't leave forces in Afghanistan after combat troops depart in 2014.
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  • Georgia troops line up during a seeing off ceremony before leaving for Afghanistan in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, June 27, 2013.
  • The White House says there's a possibility the U.S. won't leave forces in Afghanistan after combat troops depart in 2014.
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  • Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week.
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  • Edward Snowden
  • Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela are willing to grant asylum to dward Snowden.
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  • Islamists protest in Egypt demanding Morsi return
  • The crisis in Egypt showed no signs of slowing down Friday as clashes grew more violent amidst calls for more protests.
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  • Egypts military says it will not carry out measures against any political group, amid a swift crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood group.
  • Egypt's military says it will not carry out measures against any political group, amid a crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
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  • Egyptians celebrate in front of the constitutional court after Egypts chief justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as the nations interim president Thursday, July 4, 2013. Arabic reads,  bye bye Morsi. The chief justice of Egypts Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nations interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
  • Egyptian security officials say the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader has been arrested in a coastal city and flown to Cairo.
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  • The Egyptian president's office's Twitter account quoted Mohammed Morsi calling military measures "a full coup."
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  • Egypt's military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections.
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  • Bolivias President Evo Moraless plane
  • Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted and delayed overnight in Austria.
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  • Moscows Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia
  • The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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  • President Barack Obama.
  • The Obama administration says it's delaying a major part of the president's health care overhaul law.
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  • The Interfax news agency says a Russian consular official has confirmed that NSA leaker Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia.
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  • Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Egypts Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, during a rally in Tahrir Square
  • Massive crowds are in the streets of Cairo and cities around the Egypt, demanding the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
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  • A demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany.
  • The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence Sunday from key foreign allies.
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  • President Back Obama.
  • President Barack Obama is touring South Africa's Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years as a prisoner.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama says the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from should only be approved if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 9, 2013.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden is in a transit area of the Moscow airport.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 9, 2013.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden is in a transit area of the Moscow airport.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 9, 2013.
  • NSA leaker Edward Snowden failed to board his flight from Moscow to Cuba today.
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  • This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong, Sunday, June 9, 2013.
  • Admitted leaker Edward Snowden circled the globe in evasion of U.S. authorities on Sunday, seeking asylum in Ecuador.
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  • Border security amendment offered in Senate
  • An agreement to vastly increase fencing, patrols and monitoring along the U.S.-Mexico border was unveiled in the Senate Friday.
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