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Fact-Check: Bernie Sanders Promises Free College. Will It Work?

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall at the University of South Carolina. Sanders promotes the idea of free college education for all. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Fact-Check: Bernie Sanders Promises Free College. Will It Work?

A top education analyst says the U.S. probably could get some more people through college by footing the bill, and it would probably pay for itself. But it isn't an open-and-shut case.

Law

More Than 130 Maryland Lifers Adjust To Freedom After Court Ruling

by Robert Siegel

More Than 130 Maryland Lifers Adjust To Freedom After Court Ruling

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Smallest Piece

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Survivors

Politics

Republicans Back Away From Initial Calls To Block Obama Supreme Court Nominee

by Nina Totenberg

Republicans Back Away From Initial Calls To Block Obama Supreme Court Nominee

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Democratic Candidates Look To Capture Diverse Base In Nevada

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Body Scanners And Explosives: TSA Starts Academy For Screeners

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Body Scanners And Explosives: TSA Starts Academy For Screeners

by Brian Naylor

Body Scanners And Explosives: TSA Starts Academy For Screeners

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Space Archaeologist Wants Your Help To Find Ancient Sites

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Space Archaeologist Wants Your Help To Find Ancient Sites

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Space Archaeologist Wants Your Help To Find Ancient Sites

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World

Afghanistan Remains Profoundly Corrupt After U.S. Invasion, Report Finds

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Debate Exposes Doubt Death Cab for Cutie

Asia

China Deploys Surface-To-Air Missiles On Disputed Island In South China Sea

by Frank Langfitt

China Deploys Surface-To-Air Missiles On Disputed Island In South China Sea

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Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

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Code Switch

Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

by Adrian Florido

Photos: 3 Very Different Views Of Japanese Internment

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To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerni Sufjan Stevens

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Law

Apple To Fight Court Order To Break Into San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone

by Laura Sydell

Apple To Fight Court Order To Break Into San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone

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Technology

Apple Raises The Stakes In Silicon Valley's Fight Over Encryption

by Martin Kaste

Apple Raises The Stakes In Silicon Valley's Fight Over Encryption

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First Mention: iPhone

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Pop-Eye Stroll The Mar-Keys

For Fertility Treatment, Wounded Veterans Have To Pay The Bill

The Keils play with their twins, Matthew and Faith, at their home near Parker, Colo., in 2012. Ed Andrieski/AP hide caption

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Shots - Health News

For Fertility Treatment, Wounded Veterans Have To Pay The Bill

by Quil Lawrence

For Fertility Treatment, Wounded Veterans Have To Pay The Bill

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John Boy Brad Mehldau

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Io Dawn of Midi

Elections

Reince Priebus: GOP 'In Much Better Shape' Than 4 Years Ago

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