| Obama, Putin clash over vision for resolving Syrian crisis Posted: 28 Sep 2015 11:19 AM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed Monday over their competing visions for Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian president but Putin warning it would be a mistake to abandon the current government.
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| Trump unveils tax plan that would lower taxes for millions Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:54 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday proposed eliminating income taxes for millions of Americans, and lower rates for the highest-income earners, as part of a plan he said would grow the U.S. economy at a pace not seen in years.
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| Evidence of brine 'flows' on Mars: water study Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:20 AM PDT  Curious lines running down slopes on the Martian surface may be streaks of super-salty brine, said the latest findings Monday in the scientific quest for extra-terrestrial liquid water, a prerequisite for life. A team from the United States and France said it found evidence in the lines of "hydrated" salt minerals, which require water for their creation. Astrophysicists have long hypothesised that the seasonal streaks, dubbed "recurring slope lineae" (RSL), may be formed by brine flows on the Red Planet.
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| Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses: pope Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:07 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday government officials have a "human right" to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience. Speaking to reporters as he returned home from a 10-day trip to the United States and Cuba, Francis also repeated his condemnation of priests who had sexually abused children, saying the victims had been "crushed by evil". Although the Argentine-born pontiff delved into some of the United States' thorniest political debates during his visit, he never specifically referred to a controversy over same-sex marriages, which the Church firmly opposes.
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| Trump promises to tax U.S. corporate profits held abroad Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:24 AM PDT  By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday unveiled sweeping proposals to simplify the tax code, slash the corporate tax rate and impose a one-time levy on the overseas earnings of U.S. companies. In a news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan, he also vowed to eliminate deductions and loopholes for special interest groups if he becomes president at the November 2016 election. "It's a tax reform that I think will make America strong and great again," Trump said, promising "major tax relief for middle income and most other Americans." Although himself a billionaire entrepreneur, Trump is more willing than other Republicans to use anti-corporate rhetoric.
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| Missouri AG finds no evidence Planned Parenthood mishandled fetal tissue Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:45 AM PDT  Koster's office had launched an investigation after an anti-abortion group released videos over the summer alleging that Planned Parenthood in other states illegally sold fetal tissue. "The evidence reviewed by my investigators supports Planned Parenthood's representation that fetal tissue is handled in accordance with Missouri law," Koster said in a news release.
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| Pope Francis visits prison: 'All of us need to be cleansed' Posted: |
| Hillary Clinton on server scandal: ‘It's like a drip, drip, drip’ Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:42 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton says she's been as "transparent as possible" about her use of a private email server as secretary of state — but that continuous questions about her decision to use one have left a mark on her campaign.
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