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Over the past five election cycles, Democratic senators have given to their party campaign committee at a much higher clip than Senate Republicans have to their own conference’s political arm. See story

Obama’s vacations and golf outings, by the numbers. See story

Yahoo News found that local police departments like Palestine’s have been suspended from the Pentagon 1033 program for misplacing at least 14 M16 assault rifles, 11 M14 assault rifles, 21 pistols and 10 shotguns.

In 2010, a group of political veterans who said they were tired of the extreme partisanship paralyzing Washington created an organization to advance their new cause. See story

So if a driver is going 20 miles an hour upon impact, the pedestrian has an 85 percent of surviving. If that same car is going 40 miles per hour, the survival chance drops to 5 percent. The speed limit on most New York City streets, as on so many urban roadways across the country, is 30 mph (which gives the pedestrian a 50-50 chance. See story

How a team of doctors at one hospital boosted hand washing, cut infections and created a culture of safety. See story

Inside President Obama’s secret schedule. See story

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