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November 24, 2009 06:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama held a "rigorous final meeting" with his Afghanistan war council and is expected to announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict just after . . .
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November 24, 2009 06:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister's state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate . . .
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November 24, 2009 06:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) at the White House on Tuesday, the first state visit of his presidency.
The president . . .
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November 24, 2009 01:05 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the history of U.S.-India relations, there's been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits.
American presidents have entertained India's leaders over fine . . .
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November 24, 2009 12:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad.
Nearly 1 in 7 parents with grown children . . .
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November 24, 2009 12:00 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House braced for a tough sell of President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan, . . .
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November 23, 2009 09:07 PM EST --
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has nominated a Republican state senator to fill California's recently vacated lieutenant governor seat.
Schwarzenegger says Sen. Abel Maldonado . . .
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November 23, 2009 09:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesn't have to.
Obama on Monday mistakenly left a White House ceremony honoring . . .
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November 23, 2009 08:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.
"How wonderful it . . .
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November 24, 2009 12:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the economy's return to growth last quarter? Well, it probably wasn't as energetic as first thought.
A government report due out Tuesday morning is expected to show . . .
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November 23, 2009 08:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the world must press Pakistan to turn away from supporting terrorists who continue to target India.
Singh said Monday at the Council . . .
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November 23, 2009 09:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that the world must press Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists who continue to target India.
Singh, speaking on the eve of . . .
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November 23, 2009 06:02 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes their biggest surge in a decade, raising hopes for a turnaround in the housing market and . . .
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November 23, 2009 07:01 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands . . .
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November 23, 2009 01:09 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation . . .
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November 23, 2009 03:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are due to unseal new charges against eight suspects in a long-running probe of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia.
Two law enforcement . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Pentagon official says that preventing roadside bombs from killing troops has proven to be tougher in Afghanistan than in Iraq because of the austere conditions there. . . .
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November 23, 2009 10:07 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI data show a sharp increase in hate crimes based on anti-gay or religious bias.
Overall, the number of reported hate crimes increased about 2 percent from last year. These . . .
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November 23, 2009 11:03 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore won't seek re-election next year.
Moore, a Democrat who represented Johnson, Wyandotte and a portion of Douglas counties for six terms, is expected . . .
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November 23, 2009 01:09 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he will have a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories . . .
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