Implied Forward 15 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates To Hit 5.75% In 10 Years, Down 0.06%

The market-implied risk-adjusted value of each 0.05% in net mortgage servicing rights on a $100,000 30 year mortgage rose 0.63% from last week.

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San Pedro Chamber of Commerce names former Janice Hahn deputy as new CEO

Elise Swanson, district director for U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro, has been named the new president and chief executive officer for the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.

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Ralph Steadman: Gonzo journalist unmasks the passion behind new bio-docu a For No Good Reasona

Ralph Steadman, that great gonzo artist, is barking over the phone like a beast, a baritone woof that summons thoughts of those ferocious hellhounds he paints to grace the beer bottles that clank out of Maryland's Flying Dog brewery in Frederick.

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2 confirmed as judges in federal court in Maryland

The U.S. Senate has confirmed two men to serve as judges on U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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A five-course guide to the White House Correspondentsa Dinner

Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner is the hottest meal ticket in town - but no one goes for the food.

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Tommy Vietor: Van Driver, NSC Spokesman, Hipster At Large

His first job for Obama was as the driver of a press van, and he rose up the ranks through the 2008 campaign, and then the White House press office, to become the National Security Council spokesman.

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VIDEO: Are one in five women in college sexually assaulted?

"We know the numbers: one in five of every one of those young women who is dropped off for that first day of school, before they finish school, will be assaulted, will be assaulted in her college years."

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Speed-camera ban on interstates gets final passage by La. Legislature

Speed cameras and other automated speed enforcement devices will be prohibited on Louisiana's interstates, if Gov. Bobby Jindal agrees to the ban.

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Tricare for Life to push mail order over retail for some drugs

Starting this spring, more than 400,000 military retirees and senior dependents in the Tricare for Life program will owe the full amount for certain prescription refills if they use a retail pharmacy rather than a military pharmacy or a mail service.

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Price tag skyrockets for military's weapons

The costs of the Pentagon's major weapons systems have ballooned nearly half a trillion dollars over their initial price tags, and the 80 programs have average schedule delays of more than two years, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Navy pilot accused of extorting minors over nude pix

A Navy pilot arrested near Roanoke on charges of extorting a 14-year-old girl into sending nude pictures to his cellphone has been moved to Norfolk to face federal charges of committing the same acts with three more minors.

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McAuliffe looks to expand Medicaid without legislature

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is considering expanding health coverage for the poor without the approval of the state legislature, a move that would muscle his top priority past Republican opponents but also throw his young administration into a partisan firestorm and uncertain legal territory.

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McAuliffe: I have "authority" to keep government open

With a state budget crisis looming, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Thursday he would spend public funds after June 30, without a budget if necessary, to keep government running.

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More than 8 Million Sign Up for Health Care; How Many Have Actually Paid?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a health care enrollment total of more than 8 million people at the end of the program's first period through April 19. Twenty-eight percent, or 2.2 million of those who selected a Health Insurance Marketplace plan were young adults age 18 to 34, according to a Thursday report from the HHS.

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Poll: Handel in Virtual Tie With Purdue in Ga. GOP Sen. Primary Race

Former Georgia secretary of state Karen Handel has pulled into second place in the tight GOP Senate primary race, and is in a virtual tie with leader David Perdue, a poll released Thursday showed.

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3 at Phoenix VA hospital on leave over allegations

Three executives of the veterans hospital in Phoenix have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the facility, federal officials said Thursday.

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Cantor: Lois Lerner Contempt Vote Set for Next Thursday

The Republican-controlled House will hold a contempt vote next Thursday on embattled former IRS supervisor Lois Lerner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor says.

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40 percent of eligible Indiana residents didn't sign up on online health insurance market

More than 40 percent of Indiana residents who could have chosen an insurance plan in the first year of the health care overhaul didn't enroll before the deadline, according to government figures released Thursday.

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OK governor halts executions after botched lethal injection

Oklahoma City, OK, United States - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has postponed executions in the state pending an investigation of Tuesday's botched lethal injection of an inmate and review of execution protocol.

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Legislators Drop Keno Gambling From State Budget

In a surprise move, Gov. Dannel Malloy and state legislators are dropping keno gambling from the state budget at a time when the projected surplus is shrinking and the state is scrambling for money.

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U.S. senators push for Keystone XL approval with new bill

The White House has repeatedly rejected calls to fast-track the Keystone pipeline project and insists the State Department must complete its due diligence on the proposal, which has been under review for more than five years.

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Shuster a 'great' representative of Franklin County

While it's been a few weeks, I find it necessary to respond to Mr. Richard Winslow's March 4 letter about not getting enough time to talk with U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster at his annual pancake breakfast at the Franklin Fire Hall in Chambersburg.

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Time to let Pa. voter ID law go

You might have missed it amid the Benghazi thundering on Fox and the airplane searching on CNN.

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COMMITMENT 2014: 12th Congressional Leon Threatt

LEON THREATT GREW UP IN GREENSBORO AND SAYS WHEN IT CAME TIME TO REGISTER TO VOTE... HE STUDIED THE ISSUES AND REGISTERED AS A REPUBLICAN.

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COMMITMENT 2014: 12th Congressional GOP Overview

THE 12TH IS A MINORITY MAJORITY DISTRICT... AFRICAN AMERICAN DEMOCRATS ARE THE OVERWHELMING VOTER BLOCK.

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Modi card helped India fend off US trade sanctions

The UPA government leveraged the general elections to persuade the White House to block the US pharmaceutical industry's attempts to put India on the US trade blacklist, say a number of US and Indian sources.

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It's getting safer to be a child in the US

Despite all the national headlines about school shootings and other violence, life has actually gotten a lot safer for American children, according to a new study.

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Most Hawaii exchange enrollees didn't receive aid

Sixty-two percent of the 8,592 people who bought plans as of March 31 didn't get aid, data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed.

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J is for Jobs

During the last American presidential election, Mitt Romney bragged that he had created around 100,000 jobs.

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Tribe, Robert Redford group OK wild horses plan

The Navajo Nation and a group founded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and actor Robert Redford said Thursday they have agreed on a plan to manage thousands of wild horses on the reservation and keep the animals from being sent to slaughter houses.

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