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AP IMPACT: Military sex abuse victims seek VA help

Posted: 8:14 AM A Department of Veterans Affairs accounting released in response to inquiries from The Associated Press shows a heavy financial and emotional cost involving vets from Iraq, Afghanistan and even back to Vietnam.

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Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

Posted: 7:45 AM The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

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'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

Posted: 6:25 AM "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

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Some lost everything to North Texas tornado

Posted: 6:04 AM Habitat for Humanity spent years in Granbury's Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision, helping to build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area.

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Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Posted: 6:03 AM The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes.

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Powerball jackpot tops $600 million

Updated: 1:13 PM Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.

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Arias victim's family makes dramatic statement`

Posted: 6:00 AM Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that have befallen him in the five years since his brother was murdered.

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NY authorities probe money trail in smuggling ring

Posted: 9:06 PM A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups.

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Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests

Posted: 4:30 PM Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations.

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NC nuclear plant shut down after crack discovered

Posted: 4:22 PM A nuclear plant near North Carolina's capital city was shut down after operators reviewing ultrasonic tests found tiny marks of corrosion and cracking that need repair, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.

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Famed 'hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide

Updated: 7:27 PM homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet celebrity earlier this year has been arrested in Philadelphia and charged with the murder of a New Jersey lawyer.

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GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release

Posted: 9:49 AM The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans

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At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornado

Posted: 6:13 AM Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said he hoped the death toll from the tornado would hold at six, with about 50 people injured and 250 people left homeless.

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