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Missouri senator joins effort urging Hillary Clinton to seek presidency 18 Jun 2013

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not committed to a run for president in 2016 but on Tuesday she picked up an endorsement from Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who announced she is supporting a group encouraging Clinton to run for the White House again.

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Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products

WASHINGTON - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription and other illegal products.

Tech, U.S., Media 18 Jun 2013
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Senate immigration bill to aid economy, budget office says

WASHINGTON - A White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system got a boost on Tuesday when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that the measure would cut federal budget deficits and boost the U.S. economy.

18 Jun 2013

Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare sign-up

WASHINGTON - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming months.

Health 18 Jun 2013
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Massachusetts Senate candidates spar on U.S. surveillance programs

BOSTON - The Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans' use of phones and the Internet.

Elizabeth Warren 18 Jun 2013