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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is vowing to use his veto pen to strike down the Republican leadership's efforts to dismantle his signature accomplishments, including his health care and financial reform laws. In his State of the Union address, Obama said, "We can't put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street or refighting past battles on immigration when we've got a system to fix."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are calling for bipartisanship but also are flexing their GOP muscle, now that they control both the House and the Senate. In the Republican response to the State of the Union address, Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa listed a parade of looming clashes with the president, including GOP efforts to force construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, balance the budget without raising taxes and restrict abortions. Ernst says, "now we're getting to work to change the direction Washington has been taking our country."
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The leader of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') leader is claiming responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and is threatening more violence. The acknowledgment comes in a video posted on YouTube Tuesday, the same day an International Criminal Court prosecutor said she's examining allegations stemming from the massacre and will prosecute those most responsible for war crimes.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian man stabbed nine people on a bus in central Tel Aviv before he was chased down, shot and arrested. Several of those stabbed were seriously wounded. Police are calling it a "terror attack." It's the latest in a spate of attacks in which Palestinians have used knives, acid and vehicles as weapons in recent months, leaving dead and injured.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A notorious Pennsylvania inmate found with at least five sets of human remains buried in his yard nearly a dozen years ago will stand trial on charges he strangled two of the victims. Opening statements are set for Wednesday in the trial of Hugo Selenski, who's been a household name in northeastern Pennsylvania since an informant in 2003 led authorities to his property north of Wilkes-Barre (WILKS'-ba-ree).
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