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PEORIA Ill -- Our country's servicemen and women were honored Saturday as part of Armed Forces Day.Full story

Big dreams as Powerball jackpot soars to $600 million

  Powerball fever is sweeping the nation. In 43 states, people are plunking down their hard-earned cash for a chance at winning $600 million, the largest drawing in Powerball history. NBC’s Brian Mooar reports.

Who will fix Obama’s mess of ‘scandals’?

  Democratic consultant and crisis communications expert Chris Lehane, who served as a White House lawyer during the Clinton administration, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about how to manage certain scandals at the executive level.

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D.C. Police Investigate 3 Overnight Shootings

First Inland Northwest Honor Flight Of The Season Returns To The Inland Northwest

Public Hearing on D.C. Ambulance Response Times

Democratic primary shaping up in 8th

Great Allegheny Passage unofficially open near Sandcastle

Candlelight vigil for Wisconsin officers, landing a crippled airplane

JP's to Reopen in Glover Park

Sen. Klobuchar Demands Action on Record-Breaking Gas Prices

Local veterans join nationwide Run for the Wall

Erdogan says will go ahead with Gaza visit

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  Could GOP politics on IRS scandal ultimately benefit Obama?

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank and Georgetown University’s Michael Eric Dyson dissect whether the Republicans are practicing “dumb politics” over the IRS scandal and if they could wind up doing President Obama a favor by turning the topic into “just another partisan issue.”

  Evolution through innovation – lessons from the free market

Kevin Williamson shares details on his new book, “The End is Near and it’s Going to be Awesome,” which explains why going broke will lead to a richer America.

  Voting to repeal health care … again?!

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks to a political panel about the top stories of the day including the latest debate over health care.

  Holder promises national IRS probe

A great deal of what IRS has said regarding the targeting scandal was proven to be incomplete or flat out wrong prompting genuine outrage among both Democrats and Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner is now asking who is going to go to jail over this as the IRS continues to blame targeting of con

  Washington must make sexual assaults in the military a priority

Karen Finney, former DNC communications director, joins Martin Bashir to explain why reversing the culture of sexual assault in the military means that Congress and President Obama – Republicans and Democrats – need to make it  priority.

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