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The Federal Reserve said it would end its long-running bond-purchase program, concluding a historic experiment that stirred disagreement among policy makers, economists and investors about its impact even though the central bank said it helped accomplish its goal of reducing unemployment.
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Despite rising consumer confidence, Republican and Democratic governors are struggling in Florida, Colorado, Michigan and Connecticut.
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Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who traveled to West Africa to care for Ebola patients, said that she won’t self-quarantine for 21 days, setting up a possible legal battle with the state.
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The White House is considering two central requirements in deciding which of the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants would gain protections through an expected executive action: a minimum length of time in the U.S., and a person’s family ties to others in the country.
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A Tennessee antiabortion referendum is turning into the state’s most contentious campaign this fall, as groups for and against the measure work to get out the vote in an otherwise ho-hum election season.
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The Obama administration issued new rules that threaten to strip funding from thousands of for-profit college programs, part of a White House attempt to address college costs and rein in student debt, which has doubled since 2007.
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Colleges, such as those in Northeast Ohio, are offering small grants to their students, helping them bridge small financial shortfalls that might otherwise force them out of school.
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Hoping to quell national outrage from religious groups, Houston Mayor Annise Parker said the city would no longer subpoena pastors who had opposed a city ordinance barring businesses from discriminating against transgender people.
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The nation’s auto-safety regulator wrote auto makers urging them to accelerate efforts to repair the about 7.8 million vehicles on the nation’s roadways with air bags that can explode with too much force.
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The U.S. is lifting sanctions on the pacific island nation of Fiji after democratic elections were held last month, according to a U.S. State Department spokesperson.
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White House computers were targeted by hackers in recent weeks, a White House official said, resulting in outages and loss of service for people using the system.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to open an inquiry into American Realty Capital Properties Inc.’s accounting, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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The White House on Wednesday suggested it could nominate a successor to Attorney General Eric Holder soon after next week’s election, a move that would allow a lame-duck Congress to consider the candidate.
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An ethics watchdog said there is “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Paul Broun (R., Ga.) violated federal law by using his congressional allowance to pay a campaign consultant.
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Orbital said it is considering several options—including accelerating design changes to its Antares rocket—to resume transporting NASA cargo to the international space station next year.
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Bruce Wilson Jr. faces Ted Kennedy Jr. in a race for state Senate in Connecticut.
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Officials say campaign against Islamic extremists is exacerbating its shortage of plane-maintenance experts—a gap that is rekindling tensions with Congress about how to manage the nation’s combat aircraft.
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Republicans are stepping up efforts to appeal to Asian-American voters, a group that once leaned Republican and has swung en masse behind Democrats in recent years.
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Women’s-rights advocates hope a ballot measure to amend the state’s constitution will spur a further step toward gender equality nationwide.
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The U.S. and Israel clashed over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s housing policies in Jerusalem, further inflaming years of tense relations between the two powers.
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Strong support from Hispanics is helping to bolster New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who is running for re-election amid her state’s sluggish economic recovery.
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With just days until Election Day, we checked back in with our midterm tracker to test reader predictions for Senate control. The median prediction of our 111 entrants is that the midterm elections will end with 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats in the Senate. Interesting to note, this matches the predictions of Washington Posts’ Election Lab and Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.
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Astronomers are warily watching the largest active sunspot in 24 years, which has launched six major flares toward Earth so far, intermittently disrupting navigation systems and radio communications.
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The ghosts, ghouls, witches and vampires of Halloween’s haunted houses are possessing un-spooky zombie buildings like vacant stores and deserted honky-tonks.
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The Kansas City Royals thumped the San Francisco Giants early and won easily, 10-0, to send the series to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night.
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World-class pianist Ruth Slenczynska rides the New York subway and wheels her luggage through airports. And this spring, at 90, she will perform Chopin in Paris.
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Ralph Gardner Jr. talks with society photographer Patrick McMullan, whose work goes on view at an exhibition at the Hearst Building on Wednesday.
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