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Outside Groups To Spend Even More Ahead Of Miss. GOP Senate Runoff

11:09am June 06, 2014

by Peter Overby

Well-heeled outside groups easily outspent Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel before the GOP Senate primary in Mississippi. They're going all in on the runoff election later this month.

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Arizona Officials Find Cartwheels Distracting

11:09am June 06, 2014

Arizona's Maricopa Association of Governments ordered Dianne Barker to stop performing cartwheels at public meetings. She's 65 and does cartwheels to promote the benefits of walking.

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Bergdahl Homecoming Party Canceled, As Joy Turns To Worry

7:58pm June 05, 2014

In Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown, a celebration had been planned for his homecoming. Now, facing new questions and controversy, the town of Hailey, Idaho, has cancelled that celebration. Jeff Gunter, chief of the Hailey Police Department, explains the decision.

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Politics & Government

Senate Expected To Approve Sebelius Replacement At HHS

4:01pm June 05, 2014

by Don Gonyea

The Senate votes Thursday on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Health and Human Services Secretary, replacing Kathleen Sebelius. Burwell was running the Office of Management and Budget.

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Vultures Land On K Street

12:40pm June 05, 2014

Washingtonians know K Street is the classic address for lobbyists. A Washington Post reporter got one punch line after another when asking passers-by what they thought of the vultures.

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2 Governors Face Off Over Hockey's Stanley Cup

12:40pm June 05, 2014

If LA wins, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown gets Italian sausage, cupcakes and Long Island oysters. The prize for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo if the Rangers win? Rice cakes and a history book on California.

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Sports

Miami Heat Aims To Win Legacy-Defining 3rd Straight NBA Title

12:40pm June 05, 2014

by Tom Goldman

The NBA finals begin Thursday night between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. It's a repeat of last year's series. And in hockey, the LA Kings won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in overtime.

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After State Lawmaker Comes Out, Campaign Becomes Battle Of Write-ins

7:18pm June 04, 2014

by Kate Lao Shaffner

Mike Fleck, who was re-elected three times before he came out as gay in 2012, lost the Republican state house primary to a write-in candidate. So he won as a write-in on the Democratic ballot instead.

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Close-up of a star coral rescued by Coral Morphologic from a reef in Miami's shipping channel.

An Underwater Race To Transplant Miami's Rare Corals

7:18pm June 04, 2014

by Greg Allen

A group of scientists is on an urgent mission: It's rushing to save as many corals as it can from Miami's shipping channel before the creatures are destroyed in an underwater excavation project.

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A member works in the electronics lab at NextFab Studios in Philadelphia. Members pay for access to computers and high-end machines like laser cutters and 3-D printers.

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High-Tech Maker Spaces: Helping Little Startups Make It Big

5:20pm June 04, 2014

by Jon Kalish

Inventing a new product is hard if you can't afford to build a prototype. Enter maker spaces, workshops boasting shared high-tech tools. Entrepreneurs love them, and big backers are taking notice.

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