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10:51 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Lee Harvey Oswald's Apartment Building Is Coming Down, Dallas Declares

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Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 23, 1963, after his arrest for President Kennedy's assassination. The next day, Oswald was shot and killed as he was being moved from a Dallas police station to the local county jail.

Originally published on Mon January 7, 2013 5:25 pm

After more than a year of legal wrangling, the city of Dallas has apparently decided enough is enough.

It is sending contractors to an apartment building once lived in by presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to tear the dilapidated structure down.

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The Two-Way
8:50 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Top Stories: CIA Nomination; Aurora Shooting Hearing; Football

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III reinjured his right knee during Sunday's playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. Washington lost 24-14.

Good morning.

Our first two headlines of the day were on news that broke this morning:

-- Counterterrorism Adviser Brennan To Be Tapped For CIA.

-- Bank Of America To Pay Fannie Mae $3.6B, Buy Back $6.75B In Mortgages.

Other stories making headlines:

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The Two-Way
8:39 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Bank Of America To Pay Fannie Mae $3.6B, Buy Back $6.75B In Mortgages

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Bank of America's corporate center in Charlotte, N.C.

Originally published on Mon January 7, 2013 9:43 am

Bank of America announced this morning that it will pay the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) $3.6 billion in cash and will buy back $6.75 billion worth of mortgages to resolve claims related to mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae by the bank and Countrywide Financial Corp. (which BofA acquired in 2008.

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The Two-Way
7:42 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Counterterrorism Adviser Brennan To Be Tapped For CIA

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John Brennan, who President Obama wants to lead the CIA.

Originally published on Mon January 7, 2013 9:46 am

  • From 'Morning Edition': NPR's Tom Bowman on the Hagel nomination

President Obama will announce today that he plans to nominate John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, an administration official with knowledge of the decision tells NPR's Tom Bowman.

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Political Junkie
6:18 am
Mon January 7, 2013

John Boehner Has Been Up And Down And Up Again. Where Is He Now?

Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 2:41 pm

As John Boehner finally got the votes to put him over the top, and his re-election as Speaker of the House became official, one had to wonder what was going on in his mind.

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