| Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals
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| AP - President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic proposals Wednesday in an effort to show the public he's taking action to spur economic growth. |
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| Fla. minister: Quran burning still planned
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| AP - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off. |
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| AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case
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| AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business. |
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| Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan
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| AP - A suspected U.S. drone killed at least six militants in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday when it fired a missile at a house linked to a group that often carries out attacks on NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said. |
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| US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program
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| AP - U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence. |
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| All eyes on BP report on Gulf oil spill disaster
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| AP - Oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico
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| AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall. |
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| Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside
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| AP - Suddenly, the race for Chicago mayor is on. Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown the competition for the city's top job wide open by announcing he won't run for a seventh term, ending 21 years of token opposition and prompting speculation about who's next in line to lead the nation's third largest city. |
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| China's Hu calls for stable ties with US
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| AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries. |
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| Clijsters, Venus win to set up marquee semifinal
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| AP - Nobody can say Kim Clijsters took an easy path to her U.S. Open title last year. She played both Williams sisters. |
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| Obama pitches spending and tax incentives in Ohio
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| Reuters - President Barack Obama will push billions of dollars in new business tax incentives and spending on big construction projects on Wednesday, as he tries to convince a balky Congress to pass measures intended to spur the economy and create jobs. |
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| U.S. religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy
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| Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad. |
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| BP probe to spread blame for spill: report
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| Reuters - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign blame to BP as well as other companies involved in the well's operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. |
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| U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request
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| Reuters - The United States does not plan to contribute to a NATO request for 2,000 troops for the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, even as the head of the alliance held out the possibility of U.S. participation. |
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| China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team
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| Reuters - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions. |
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| U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
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| Reuters - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs. |
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| U.S. team to discuss North Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
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| Reuters - A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, the State Department said Tuesday. |
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| Thai plane searched in L.A. after bomb threat
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| Reuters - Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said. |
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| Philippine massacre 'carefully planned': witness
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| AFP - A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people -- including 30 journalists -- in the Philippines' worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began. |
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| US appears powerless to stop Koran-burning ceremony
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| AFP - The United States appeared powerless to stop a Florida church from burning hundreds of Korans on the anniversary of 9/11 despite fears of global repercussions. |
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