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Trump to spend millions on ads in GOP race

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Donald Trump says he will begin spending money on campaign advertising, despite what he views as comfortable leads in national and state preference polls. The Republican presidential front-runner says he doesn't "want to take any chances." He spoke to reporters Tuesday on his private jet before a rally in nearby…
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Clinton calls IS killings of Christians, Yazidis ‘genocide’

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the Islamic State's persecution of Christians, the Yazidi minority and other religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East should be defined as "genocide." Clinton, responding to a voter in New Hampshire, says she's been reluctant to use the term in recent…
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Fugitive teen, mother expected back in US

Texas (AP) - Authorities say a teen fugitive known for using an "affluenza" defense and his mother are scheduled to depart for the U.S. after a phone call for pizza led to their capture in Mexico. Eighteen-year-old Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, were being held at immigration offices in Guadalajara on Tuesday. An immigration…
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Trump takes aim at New Hampshire’s largest newspaper after editorial

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's attacks against the news media. Its offense? A front-page editorial Monday by publisher Joseph McQuaid declaring, "Trump campaign insults NH voters' intelligence." Trump says the paper is "failing" and is calling McQuaid a "loser,"…
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Health law reporting extension issued for employers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration says it's giving employers who need more time a limited extension for critical reporting requirements next year under the federal health care law. The Treasury Department said Monday it acted after many employers complained they might not be able to get information processed in time. Employers had previously faced…
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