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• U.S. working to confirm authenticity of Islamic State video - White House

  31-01-2015 21:58
  
  The United States is working to confirm the authenticity of an Islamic State video purporting to show the execution of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, the White House said on Saturday, adding Washington "strongly condemns" the militant group's actions. "We have seen the video purporting to show that Japanese citizen Kenji Goto has been murdered by the terrorist group ISIL," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement, using an acronym for the group.
  
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• Islamic State says beheads Japanese hostage Goto

  31-01-2015 21:53
  
  Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purported to show the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who the al Qaeda offshoot had been holding hostage. Reuters could not immediately verify the video, which showed a hooded man standing over Goto with a knife held to his throat, followed by footage of a body with a head placed on it. Japanese broadcaster NHK said Japan's government was trying to authenticate the video, which made no mention of a Jordanian pilot which
  
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• Chicago mayor wages lively campaign with no big challengers

  31-01-2015 16:44
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't face any big-name challengers in his push for a second term, but the former White House chief of staff isn't taking any chances.
  
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• Obama seeks $215 million for unique medical plan

  31-01-2015 11:46
  
  Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has sought $215 million for an effort that will match patients' genetic and physiological data to treat their health conditions more precisely. Details of the plan come as Obama prepares to release his fiscal year 2016 budget request to Congress Feb 2, the scientific journal Nature reported. The White House is seeking $130 million for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a national cohort of at least one million volunteers for
  
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• Michelle Obama Crowns School Counselor of the Year

  31-01-2015 02:19
  
  ET's Nischelle Turner was at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama as she honored the National School Counselor of the Year. This was the first time in history that the National School Counselor of the Year was honored with a ceremony at the White House -- the distinction going to Cory Notestine of Colorado's Alamosa High School. NEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama Spoofs "Turn Down for What" The moment was a big one for Obama, whose Reach Higher initiative inspires kids
  
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• More than 100 cases of measles now confirmed in U.S.

  31-01-2015 02:13
  
  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 100 people in the United States have been confirmed as infected with measles including 91 in California, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, public health officials said on Friday. The California Department of Public Health said at least 58 of the cases of the highly infectious disease in the state have been epidemiologically linked to the Disneyland cluster. No deaths have been reported in connection with the
  
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• US condemns new Israeli settlement plan

  31-01-2015 01:45
  
  The White House on Friday condemned Israeli plans to build 450 new settler homes in the West Bank as "illegitimate and counterproductive" to achieving peace. "We have deep concerns about these highly contentious settlement construction announcements," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. President Barack Obama's administration has been irked by Netanyahu's acceptance of an invitation to address Congress on Iran in early March. The White House has called the spee
  
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• Netanyahu US protocol flap Republicans' fault: envoy

  31-01-2015 01:32
  
  Israel's ambassador to Washington denied responsibility Friday for a protocol incident over an invitation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the US Congress, saying that Republican leaders made the decision. The White House had expressed frustration last week when House Speaker John Boehner, a main political adversary of President Barack Obama, announced Netanyahu had been invited to address a joint meeting of Congress just weeks before Israel's snap elections.
  
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• Factbox: Possible 2016 White House field shifts as Romney exits

  31-01-2015 00:28
  
  (Reuters) - The calculus for the 2016 race for the White House has shifted as conservatives reposition themselves after 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's decision not to run again. The following are a few of the possible contenders: THE REPUBLICANS JEB BUSH Is the country ready for a third Bush president? The former Florida governor, brother of one president and son of another, has been testing the waters of a White House bid. His Right to Rise political action committee hired a
  
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• Obama details initiative to cure cancer, diabetes

  31-01-2015 00:14
  
  Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Friday unveiled the details of a bold new research effort, which brought doctors "closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes". According to a Xinhua report, Obama said that the precision medicine initiative "brings America closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes, and gives all of us access, potentially, to the personalised information that we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier". "What if matching a cancer cure
  
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