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Senate Grills Apple CEO Over Tax Practices

Senate Grills Apple CEO Over Tax Practices

Garcetti Defeats Greuel To Become The Next Mayor Of Los Angeles

Garcetti Defeats Greuel To Become The Next Mayor Of Los Angeles

Benghazi email review: Petraeus played pivotal role in controversy

The Washington Post says ex-CIA director David Petraeus played a role in the controversy over the early talking points for administration officials regarding the Benghazi, Libya, attacks. A review of e-mails shows Petraeus fought to keep information in the talking points that was favorable to his image and his agency. Charlie Rose reports.

Headlines: Number of U.S. drone strikes drops

"CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the day's headlines from around the globe.

Headlines at 8:30: Apple products praised by lawmakers

"CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the day's headlines from around the globe

RAW: House committee grills IRS official

Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official, asserts her Fifth Amendment right and refuses to answer questions during a congressional comttee Wednesday. (CNN)

Crowd Chants '¡Si, Se Puede!' After Passage of Immigration Bill

After the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the "Gang of 8" Immigration bill with minimal amendments, the crowd erupted in cheers first chanting "Yes, we can!" After the Chair of the committee, Senator Leahy announced that he was going to "pretend" to ask for order, the crowd began shouting "¡Si, Se Puede!" Leahy invited the excited audience to approach the Senate committee stands to give and receive congratulations and to celebrate with other Senate members.

Outgoing Chief Admits IRS Targeting 'Partisan'

In Tuesday's testimony before the Senate, outgoing IRS chief Steven Miller apparently reversed course under some tough questioning by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. During his testimony last week, Miller not only insisted that the singling out of conservative Tea Party groups for paralyzing harassment was not political but that it wasn't even targeting. During his testimony today, Miller not only stopped objecting to the use of the word "targeting," but seemed to agree with Burr that the targeting was in fact partisan.

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