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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

John Boehner steadies GOP team, reframes deficit debate

Associated Press · February 3, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, from left, Zachary Quinto, as Spock, Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison, and Chris Pine as Kirk, in a scene in the film, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. "Star Trek Into Darkness" was one of several upcoming films to receive spotlight treatment with an ad that aired during Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal, File)

For films, Super Bowl provides super stage

Associated Press · February 3, 2013 5:00 am

Texas man charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL sniper/author Chris Kyle

Texas man charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL sniper/author Chris Kyle

Associated Press · February 3, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, side salads, apple sauce and plums await the students of Eastside Elementary School in Clinton, Miss. The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

Maryland reports on county growth law compliance

Maryland reports on county growth law compliance

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 photo, a three-dimensional image of a CT scan from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Tjeby, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is shown at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va. Experts hope the scan will help piece together more information about the mummy itself, as well as a better understanding into the early history of the mummification process. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Richmond museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

Maryland woman charged in death of 9-month-old daughter

Maryland woman charged in death of 9-month-old daughter

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

‘Blind Side’ family relishes Big Easy Super Bowl

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

Israeli forces dismantle Palestinian encampment

Israeli forces dismantle Palestinian encampment

Associated Press, Eyad Mughrabi · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

Video: Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring

Video: Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

The 2004 photograph provided by German federal criminal investigation office BKA shows terror suspect Beate Zschaepe. A senior German judge has rejected calls to give the public greater access at the trial of the woman suspected of involvement in a seven-year far-right murder spree. Authorities say Beate Zschaepe is the sole surviving member of a neo-Nazi trio that allegedly killed nine men and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007. Karl Huber told Munich's Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published Saturday Feb. 2, 2013 that German law doesn't allow proceedings to be shown in overflow rooms used in trials such as that of Norwegian confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik last year. (AP Photo/hopd/BKA)

Judge: No show trial for German far-right suspects

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama has put himself on a collision course with Congress with his demand that would grant amnesty and a road to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama scheduled to visit Annapolis next week

Associated Press · February 2, 2013 5:00 am