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Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:15pm

WASHINGTON -- George Clooney and his father were arrested Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.

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(KEVIN WOLF/The Associated Press) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and President Bill Clinton talk with Kennedy Center Honorees Yo-Yo Ma, center right, Meryl Streep and Barbara Cook, right, at the State Department following a dinner and reception for the on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 in Washington.

Clinton flies home to fete Kennedy Center honorees

Brett Zongker The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 5:17pm

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined in celebrating the nation’s top artists receiving the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday while home for less than 36 hours between diplomatic travels.

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This image provided by the U.S. Park Police shows an undated image of Oscar Ortega. U.S. Park Police have an arrest warrant out for Ortega, who is believed to be connected to a bullet hitting an exterior window of the White House Friday and was stopped by ballistic glass. An additional round of ammunition was also found on the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Park Police)

Details unfold in shots fired at White House, Idaho suspect

Brett Zongker, Jessica Gresko The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 12:49pm

WASHINGTON -- A man clad in black who was obsessed with President Barack Obama pulled his car within view of the White House at night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracking a window of the first family's living quarters while the president was away, authorities said about their still-developing investigation.

The Secret Service found two bullets had hit the White House and agents caught up with Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez in Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a four-day search. Police arrested the 21-year-old Idaho man at a hotel after a desk clerk recognized his picture. Ortega was scheduled to make his first appearance at 2 p.m. Thursday in federal court in Pittsburgh. Many questions remained about his motive and background.

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U.S. library to save famous baseball, country tunes

Brett Zongker, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 6:38pm

WASHINGTON -- The 1908 tune, "Take Me Out to the Ball-game," that became the anthem for America's favorite pastime, will be preserved at the Library of Congress, along with 24 other recordings chosen for their cultural significance, the library announced Wednesday.

This year's selections for the National Recording Registry include Tammy Wynette's 1968 country song that divided American women with the message, "Stand By Your Man."

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(JACQUELYN MARTIN/The Associated Press) Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns looks at a book of Civil War draft records during a news conference at the National Archives in Washington on Wednesday in conjunction with Provo-based Ancestry.com’s making newly digitized Civil War records available online. Access to the online records is free for a week starting today. After that, paid subscriptions will be required.

National Archives, Provo-based Ancestry.com digitize Civil War documents

Brett Zongker, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 10:42pm

WASHINGTON -- The National Archives and Provo-based Ancestry.com published newly digitized Civil War records online for the first time Wednesday, allowing users to trace family links to the war between North and South.

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This undated photo released by SeniorNet shows NPR news analyst Juan Williams. NPR News says that it has terminated the contract of Williams after remarks he made about Muslims on The O'Reilly Factor.

NPR fires news analyst after remarks about Muslims

Brett Zongker, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 2:45pm

WASHINGTON -- NPR has fired longtime news analyst Juan Williams, also a commentator on the Fox News Channel, after he told Bill O'Reilly that he gets nervous when he sees people in Muslim garb on an airplane.

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