10:25 p.m. EDT October 8, 2014   WASHINGTON — A wave of coalition airstrikes on Wednesday helped blunt an Islamic State offensive on Kobani, the besieged city on the Syrian-Turkish border where Kurdish forces are holding out against the militants.

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WASHINGTON — President Obama said Wednesday he is prepared to order airstrikes on Syrian territory as part of an expanded counter-terrorism plan to confront the Islamic State jihadist group that is operating in both Syria and Iraq.

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HREVEPORT, La. — Employees in at least 112 state agencies wasted more than a half-million dollars purchasing non-refundable airline tickets that were allowed to expire and lose value, a recent Office of State Inspector General's report found.

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7:29 p.m. EDT September 7, 2014   WASHINGTON — President Obama will put forward his strategy for confronting Islamic State militants this week, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a televised address Wednesday.

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10:15 p.m. EDT September 25, 2014  WASHINGTON — President Obama will sit down Friday for another 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft.

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11:10 p.m. EDT September 4, 2014  WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court decided Thursday to reconsider a ruling that threatened to disrupt the nation's health insurance expansion for millions of consumers.

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11:32 p.m. EDT September 24, 2014  A convergence of events has pushed the trademark gridlock and traffic in New York City to new levels, so much so that even hardened commuters and taxi drivers are finding it hard to come up with routes to skirt through the mess.

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NAPA – Businesses in California’s wine capital on Monday mopped up thousands of dollars in high-end vintages, swept glass from ghostly downtown streets ordinarily bustling with tourists and rushed to reopen in advance of the summer’s last holiday weekend, following a severe earthquake that damaged wineries, historic buildings and hotels.

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