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U.S. House votes to cut food stamps

Posted: 11:49 PM - The House has voted to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year.

Posted: 11:43 PM - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday.

Posted: 4:02 PM - Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say they're pleased that retailer Urban Outfitters has stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles.

Updated: 3:00 PM - George Zimmer, the ousted founder and executive chairman of Men's Wearhouse, says Wednesday he was dismissed after he and the company's board disagreed about how it should look.

Posted: 11:25 AM - Country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90 in Florida.

Updated: 10:53 AM - Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case.

Posted: 8:11 AM - President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.

Posted: 8:03 AM - President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world leaders at a just-completed summit to seek a negotiated peace.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - The American Beverage Association says efforts by the mayors of 18 cities to stop food stamps from being used to buy sugary drinks won't make the nation healthier.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler now says it will recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - It's a sight that can trigger dread: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger around.

Updated: 06/18/2013 - The Education Department is offering states more time to enact promised reforms in exchange for permission to ignore unworkable parts of No Child Left Behind.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - A central Kentucky man says he's the target of a federal hacking investigation tied to an ongoing inquiry into the rape of a teenage girl in Ohio.

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