| Catholic lawmakers thrilled by upcoming visit of Francis Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner has been trying for 20 years to get a pope to come talk to Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says it's "thrilling beyond words."
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| Mother of Baby Doe held on $1M bond; no bail for boyfriend Posted: 21 Sep 2015 10:38 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The mother of a toddler dubbed Baby Doe and identified almost three months after her remains washed up inside a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach was ordered held on $1 million cash bond Monday, and the mother's boyfriend was denied bail on murder charges.
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| APNewsBreak: US weighs abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:21 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration may allow the U.N. to condemn America's economic embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has learned, an unprecedented step that could increase pressure on Congress to end the 54-year-old restrictions.
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| White House cites August jump in children entering U.S. illegally Posted: 21 Sep 2015 10:47 AM PDT  The White House said on Monday there was a surprising increase in August in the number of children entering the country illegally after those figures fell steadily since the child migrant crisis a year ago. "We have seen over the last year a precipitous decline in the number of unaccompanied children attempting to enter this country without proper documentation and we have seen just in the last month, in the month of August, a surprising uptick," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
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| Pentagon promotes 'Lean In' groups to boost women in leadership Posted: 21 Sep 2015 05:29 AM PDT  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, keen to expand the number of women and minorities in military leadership, on Monday will endorse "Lean In" discussion groups sparked by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's bestselling book, a senior defense official said. Carter and Sandberg will meet at the Pentagon with 15 women from all ranks and military services who already lead Lean In groups, followed by a news conference, where Carter will promote creation of more such groups, at government facilities and even during working hours. In recent years, the Pentagon has stepped up its recruitment of women and minorities, and is moving to open more - if not all - combat jobs to women, a continuing source of debate among military and civilian leaders.
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| Killer of Massachusetts child thought she was demonic: prosecutors Posted: 21 Sep 2015 10:06 AM PDT  A 2-1/2 year-old girl whose body was found in a bag on a Boston Harbor beach in June was killed by her mother's boyfriend because he thought she was possessed by demons, prosecutors said on Monday during a raucous arraignment. The mother, Rachelle Bond, 40, was ordered held on $1 million bail and the boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, 35, was ordered held without bail during the hearing in Dorchester Municipal Court, at which onlookers shouted at the pair. McCarthy is charged with the murder of the child, Bella Bond, and both McCarthy and Bond are charged with improper disposal of a body.
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| Pope meets Fidel Castro after warning against ideology Posted:  The pope delivers a subtle jab at the communist system during a Mass in Havana.
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| Best and worst dressed at the Emmys Posted:  Despite the extreme L.A. heat, most stars still brought it in the style department.
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| Emmys 2015: All the red carpet arrivals Posted: |
