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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says four Marines are dead after a shooting attack at two military facilities today in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The official says the lone gunman involved in the attack was also killed.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — An Army recruiter in Chattanooga says he was at his office when someone opened fire today, and he heard 30 to 50 shots. Sgt. 1st Class Robert Dodge works at the recruiting center where there are also offices for the Air Force, Navy and Marines. He says there was a single shot -- and then, a few seconds later, additional rounds. Dodge says the personnel in the office put their "active shooter drill" into effect, and "waited until everything seemed to be clear."
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the criminal justice system needs to distinguish between young people who make mistakes and those who are truly dangerous. Obama was speaking at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for male offenders near Oklahoma City. It's the first visit by a sitting president to a federal prison. Obama says some of the young prisoners he met with made mistakes that were not that different from those he made in his youth. He says the difference is they did not have the resources and support "to survive those mistakes."
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing new incentives to encourage corporations to share profits with workers. Her plan is to give businesses that offer employees a share of profits a two-year tax credit equal to at least 15 percent of their profit-sharing payments. The plan would exclude high-income workers and firms where only a small percentage of employees benefit. Clinton's campaign says it would cost tens of billions of dollars over 10 years, paid for through other savings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Democrats are pushing back against an undercover government probe of President Barack Obama's health care law. Investigators signed up bogus beneficiaries, then got their coverage renewed — with bigger taxpayer subsidies. Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says the probe did not uncover any real-world fraud. But the audits chief for the Government Accountability Office says the investigation exposed real concerns.
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