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Although 16 died in militant attacks before polls opened Monday morning, for most Kenyans the biggest barriers to voting were long lines and overcrowded polling stations. By Mike Pflanz, Correspondent, Frederick Nzwili, Correspondent / March 4, 2013 Masaai line up to vote in a general election in Kumpa, Kenya, Monday, March 4. Five years after more than [...]

SEFFNER, Fla. The gaping sinkhole that swallowed a man from his Florida home last week could be revealed later Monday when demolition crews knock down the remaining walls and begin clearing away the debris. Crews on Sunday razed more than half the home, managing to salvage some keepsakes for family members who lived there. The [...]

Updated 1:30 a.m. EST March 4, 2013 KARACHI, Pakistan A Pakistani surgeon says the death toll from a massive car bombing in the southern port city of Karachi has jumped from 37 to 45, as more victims died overnight. Dr. Jalil Qadir says that 146 people were also wounded in the Sunday evening explosion. At [...]

BY PETER NICHOLAS AND DAMIAN PALETTA After warning that across-the-board spending cuts would have catastrophic effects, White House officials are trying to play down fears that people will suffer hardships right away, instead preparing them for a fight that won’t be quickly resolved. In an unsuccessful effort to get Republicans to negotiate over a more [...]

By John Whitesides WASHINGTON | Sun Mar 3, 2013 1:35pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four months after his bitter election defeat, a reflective Mitt Romney said it “kills” him not to be president and admitted mistakes were made in his losing White House campaign – particularly his failure to win over minority voters. In his [...]

SEFFNER, Fla. — Florida rescue workers have ended their efforts to recover the body of a man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his bedroom while he slept and will demolish the suburban Tampa home due to its dangerous conditions, a rescue spokeswoman said. Two nearby houses were evacuated Saturday because the sinkhole has [...]

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But lost in the talk of Washington’s dysfunction is this fact: on paper at least, President Obama and Congress have reduced projected deficits by nearly $4 trillion over a decade — the widely embraced goal for stabilizing the national debt. The spending cuts that began to take effect Friday, known as sequestration and totaling about [...]

President Obama on Saturday called for a “caucus of common sense” to step forward and stop the sequester, which began cutting $85 billion of federal spending out of the economy on Friday. Play Video Sequester to affect all federal agencies “I know there are Republicans in Congress who would rather see tax loopholes closed than [...]

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON | Sat Mar 2, 2013 6:18am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just hours after across-the-board spending cuts officially took effect, President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Saturday to work with him on a compromise to halt a fiscal crisis he said was starting to “inflict pain” on communities across the United States. [...]