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Former CIA officer convicted in leak case A former CIA officer involved in a highly secretive operation to give faulty nuclear plans to Iran was convicted Monday of giving classified information about his work to a New York Times reporter and author.   Read full article »

Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion on 2016 elections

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — A network of conservative advocacy groups backed by Charles and David Koch aims to spend a staggering $889 million in advance of the next White House election, part of an expansive strategy to build on its 2014 victories that may involve jumping into the Republican primaries.  Read full article »

Drone operator says he accidently crashed device on White House grounds

A man believed to be a recreational drone operator accidently crashed a small device onto the White House grounds early Monday, investigators said, briefly triggering a lockdown and reinforcing concerns about security at the executive mansion.  Read full article »

McDonnell to remain free pending appeal

Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell will remain free while his corruption case is on appeal, a court ruled Monday.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that McDonnell is not a flight risk. The issues he has raised on appeal, the court said, raise a “substantial question of law or fact” that could lead to a reversal of the case if decided in his favor.  Read full article »

The Obama administration wants to dramatically change how doctors are paid

The Obama administration on Monday announced an ambitious goal to overhaul the way doctors are paid, tying their fees more closely to the quality of care rather than the quantity.Rather than pay more money to Medicare doctors simply for every procedure they perform, the government will also evaluate whether patients are healthier, among other measures. The goal is for half of all Medicare payments to be handled this way by 2018.  Read full article »

After forging her path from N.C. to Brooklyn, Lynch is poised to become attorney general

DURHAM, N.C. — The Rev. Lorenzo Lynch was in his living room here, surrounded by photographs of his daughter, Loretta, when he first heard the news that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was stepping down and she was on the short list of candidates to replace him.  Read full article »

You’re going to have to spare more than a square: Toilet paper is shrinking

If it feels as if you're running through toilet paper rolls faster than ever before, that's because you are. But it might not be your fault.Slowly but surely, toilet paper rolls have been shrinking.Toilet paper squares, the individual sheets that connect to make each roll, were once 4.5 inches wide and 4.5 inches long. That standard, however, has shifted, or at the very least loosened its grip on the industry, to a point where companies are selling sheets that are a half-inch shorter or thinner, or both.  Read full article »