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Reports show gun homicides down since 1990s

UPDATED 7:15 AM EDT, May 8, 2013 | ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun homicides have dropped steeply in the United States since their 1993 peak, a pair of reports released Tuesday showed, adding fuel to Congress' battle over whether to tighten restrictions on firearms.

A study released Tuesday by the government's Bureau of Justice Statistics found that gun-related homicides dropped from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. That's a 39 percent reduction.

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UPDATED 20:46 PM EDT, October 27, 2012

Benghazi Narrative

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here is a timeline of comments by the administration and Libyan officials on what they believed happened in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, beginning the night of the assault and continuing through September.

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UPDATED 7:59 AM EDT, October 25, 2012

Insecure with the facts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the campaign. A few of their detours into domestic issues were problematic too.

A look at some of their statements and how they compare with the facts:

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UPDATED 10:25 AM EDT, September 1, 2012

Hydrogen Hypocrisy?

At the Republican national convention in Tampa later this month, the party’s stars are certain to trumpet their election-year mantra: the government needs to get out of the business of “picking winners and losers,” particularly in the energy sector.

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UPDATED 8:03 AM EDT, August 1, 2012

Checking Romney's facts in Poland

Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney hailed Poland's economy Tuesday as something akin to a Republican dream: a place of small government, individual empowerment and free enterprise.

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UPDATED 22:05 PM EDT, July 24, 2012

Romney's Pentagon Misfire

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he blames the president for the prospect of large cuts in defense spending next year, Republican Mitt Romney is ignoring the role that Congress and members of his own party played in setting up that possibility.

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Guardian Exclusives

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