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Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals in Ohio
09/08/2010 03:05 AM
Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy, an issue on which he's looking to draw a stark contrast with Republicans.
All eyes on BP report on Gulf oil spill disaster
09/08/2010 12:15 AM
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.
US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program
09/08/2010 12:08 AM
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.
AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case
09/08/2010 12:15 AM
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.
Boehner calls GOP takeover of Congress 'possible'
09/08/2010 04:23 AM
House Republican Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says "it's possible" his party could reclaim control of Congress in this fall's midterm elections.
Spain: US woman killed in Seville, body chopped up
09/08/2010 04:22 AM
A 49-year-old American woman who lived in the southern Spanish city of Seville was killed, cut up into pieces and thrown into a river, police said Wednesday.
Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,0000 annual salary
09/08/2010 04:22 AM
Oracle plans to pay newly appointed President Mark Hurd $950,000 a year. The company also says the former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO, who was ousted by that company last month, is eligible for a fiscal 2011 bonus of $5 million.
UN chief in Rwanda over threatened Sudan pullout
09/08/2010 04:18 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Rwanda's president Wednesday after he threatened to withdraw thousands of Rwandan peacekeepers if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda's army of possible genocide in the 1990s.
GOP proposes renewing tax cuts, freezing spending
09/08/2010 04:15 AM
House Republican Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is proposing a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before the recession hit.
Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge
09/08/2010 04:04 AM
The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.

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