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  • Hope for shutdown deal: Reid, McConnell optimistic
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, news
  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over spending in their struggle to end a partial government shutdown.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • Veterans carry a gate to the White House from a WWII memorial
  • A group of veterans protested outside the White House, over the closure of the World War II Memorial during the shutdown.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, news
  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate leaders have taken the helm in the search for a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default.
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  • San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant reopened Saturday despite the federal government shutdown.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics video
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013
  • Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a solution to end the partial government shutdown.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • President Barack Obama applauds as he announces his nominee for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, currently vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
  • Pres. Obama and Republican leaders reached no specific determination on how to end the partial government shutdown.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics
  • Government shutdown protester at the Cliff House in San Francisco
  • The federal government shutdown continues to affect all sorts of services in the Bay Area, leaving a lot of people disappointed.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics, lyanne melendez
  • Veterans from Foster City are being honored with a new monument that will be unveiled in a city park on the Fourth of July.
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foster city, 4th of july, 4th of july event, veterans, soldiers, peninsula news
  • Soldier surprises daughter at Tampa Bay Rays game
  • A 9-year-old girl got the surprise of her life when she got to throw out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game Thursday night.
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soldiers, military, afghanistan, children, national/world
  • Soldier surprises daughter at Tampa Bay Rays game
  • A 9-year-old girl got the surprise of her life when she got to throw out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game Thursday night.
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soldiers, military, afghanistan, children, news
  • Sgt. 1st Class James F. Grissom, 31, of Hayward, Calif., died Mar. 21 at a hospital in Germany, of wounds suffered from small arms fire March 18 in  Afghanistan.
  • Family and friends are remembering a highly decorated Bay Area soldier who died from injuries in Afghanistan.
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shooting, afghanistan, hayward, military, soldiers, east bay news
  • Collection of old phones
  • Instead of letting your old cell phone go to waste, why not donate it to help provide free phone service for soldiers overseas.
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soldiers, army, navy, marines, coast guard, air force, NOAA, cellphone, smartphones, recycling, consumer news
  • Collection of old phones
  • Instead of letting your old cell phone go to waste, why not donate it to help provide free phone service for soldiers overseas.
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soldiers, army, navy, marines, coast guard, air force, NOAA, cellphone, smartphones, recycling, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • An Army sergeant was found guilty of unpremeditated murder in the killing of a fellow Fort Carson soldier on Thursday.
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soldiers, murder, crime, national/world
  • World War II veteran Harold Van Heuvelen
  • For the first time this week, a 93-year-old veteran heard a symphony he composed more than 60 years ago about World War II.
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veterans day, veterans, soldiers, war, music, news
  • Veteran Hosea Roundtree with friends
  • Although Veterans Day falls on Sunday, Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County will waive entrance fees all weekend.
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  • Veteran Hosea Roundtree with friends
  • The Center for Investigative Reporting found that many veterans are unfairly denied benefits because of errors made by the VA.
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veterans day, veterans, soldiers, army, air force, navy, marines, assignment 7, dan ashley
  • Veteran Hosea Roundtree with friends
  • The Center for Investigative Reporting found that many veterans are unfairly denied benefits because of errors made by the VA.
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  • Dolphin at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
  • A group of Bay Area combat veterans trying to recover from traumatic injuries and experiences had a unique opportunity Friday.
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veterans day, veterans, soldiers, army, air force, navy, marines, north bay news, laura anthony
  • Dolphin at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
  • A group of Bay Area combat veterans trying to recover from traumatic injuries and experiences had a unique opportunity Friday.
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veterans day, veterans, soldiers, army, air force, navy, marines, news
  • SF State just opened up a new spot on campus that gives veterans their own space to study, socialize, or seek out resources.
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SFSU, veterans day, military, soldiers, san francisco news
  • A new form of therapy is helping American soldiers soothe serious mental and physical wounds.
  • A new form of therapy is helping American soldiers soothe serious mental and physical wounds.
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war, veterans, soldiers, iraq, afghanistan, news
  • Volunteers from Home Depot and a non-profit called HandsOn Bay Area combined forces to put handrails on a wheelchair ramp for disabled Army veteran Brian Jergens.
  • Volunteers put handrails on a wheelchair ramp for Brian Jergens, who was injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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soldiers, veterans, afghanistan, mountain view, volunteerism, south bay news, wayne freedman
  • Volunteers from Home Depot and a non-profit called HandsOn Bay Area combined forces to put handrails on a wheelchair ramp for disabled Army veteran Brian Jergens.
  • Volunteers put handrails on a wheelchair ramp for Brian Jergens, who was injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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volunteerism, mountain view, afghanistan, veterans, soldiers, news
  • battlefield robot
  • New technology designed to save lives in a combat environment takes a science fiction approach.
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monterey, robots, soldiers, war, news
  • battlefield robot
  • New technology designed to save lives in a combat environment takes a science fiction approach.
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monterey, robots, war, soldiers, assignment 7, karina rusk