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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

Smoking in youth-rated movies doubles

TUESDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking scenes in youth-rated movies doubled in number between 2010 and 2012, and have returned to the same level as a decade ago, according to a new report. The researchers said the increase -- which comes just a year after the U.S. Surgeon General warned that

Hagel seeks change on conviction reversals

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is recommending that military commanders be largely stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members, a move that comes in response to a congressional uproar over an Air Force officer