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In this Dec. 19, 2012 photo, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad works in his office at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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NY Charity Finds Shelter For Homeless In Hamptons

In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Tracey Lutz, left, executive director of the Maureen’s Haven homeless outreach program, and Joann Piche, chairwoman of the board of directors, stand outside the Long Island charity’s headquarters in Riverhead, N.Y. In one of the richest communities on the tony end of Long Island, a group of churches work […]

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In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Tracey Lutz, left, executive director of the Maureen's Haven homeless outreach program, and Joann Piche, chairwoman of the board of directors, stand outside the Long Island charity's headquarters in Riverhead, N.Y. In one of the richest communities on the tony end of Long Island, a group of churches work together to provide shelter for 50-60 homeless people each night. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

It's not so easy to spot the homeless in the Hamptons in the summer, when celebrity A-listers fly in by helicopter and Wall Street whizzes drive out in their Jaguars and Lexuses. It's not that the homeless don't exist in the string of famously exclusive waterfront communities on the eastern end of Long Island — they just blend in more easily

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Russian Parliament Endorses Anti-US Adoption Bill

A demonstrator holds a poster outside the Federation Council on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament’s upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will […]

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A demonstrator holds a poster outside the Federation Council on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law. The bill is widely seen as the Kremlin's retaliation against an American law

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No Deal In Sight As Deadline For Fiscal Deal Nears

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Honolulu, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Lawmakers are engaged in a playground game of “who goes first,” daring each political party to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes […]

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President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Honolulu, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers are engaged in a playground game of "who goes first," daring each political party to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recovering, but-still-fragile economy. President Barack Obama returns from Hawaii Thursday to this increasingly familiar deadline showdown

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Delhi Gang Rape Victim Flown To Singapore In ‘Extremely Critical’ Condition

Protesters react as police officers use a water cannon to disperse them near the India Gate as they protest the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus last week, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das) A woman who was violently gang-raped aboard a Delhi bus […]

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Protesters react as police officers use a water cannon to disperse them near the India Gate as they protest the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus last week, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

A woman who was violently gang-raped aboard a Delhi bus has been flown to Singapore for medical treatment, the Press Trust of India reports. Her condition is "extremely critical," according to doctors examining her at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital. She is said to be battling infection and had to be resuscitated after suffering a

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New Laws Address Gays, Children, Immigration

In this March 1, 2012 file photo, Rep. Anne Kaiser, D-Montgomery, an openly gay member of the Maryland General Assembly, holds Natalie Vincent, 10 months, the daughter of a member of Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s staff, after O’Malley signed the Civil Marriage Protection Act in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) Measures on gay rights […]

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In this March 1, 2012 file photo, Rep. Anne Kaiser, D-Montgomery, an openly gay member of the Maryland General Assembly, holds Natalie Vincent, 10 months, the daughter of a member of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's staff, after O'Malley signed the Civil Marriage Protection Act in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Measures on gay rights and child safety are among the top state laws taking effect at the start of 2013, along with attempts to prevent identity theft and perennial efforts to restrict abortion and illegal immigration. In many states, new laws take effect on Jan. 1, while in others they do so 90 days after a governor's

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Employee Ownership: The Antidote To Corporate Greed, Union Busting, Outsourcing

Shoppers tour the cereal aisle at a grocery store on April 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) (MintPress) – Four hundred employees of Leuken’s grocery, a small family-run grocery chain in Minnesota, are poised to become the new collective owners of the successful grocery chain. Rather than accepting offers of $30 million from private supermarket chains, […]

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Shoppers tour the cereal aisle at a grocery store on April 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

(MintPress) – Four hundred employees of Leuken’s grocery, a small family-run grocery chain in Minnesota, are poised to become the new collective owners of the successful grocery chain. Rather than accepting offers of $30 million from private supermarket chains, longtime owner Joe Leuken has decided to retire and sell his grocery stores to his

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