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November 28, 2009 11:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the . . .
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November 28, 2009 04:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.
Biden spoke with Iraqi . . .
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November 28, 2009 03:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.
So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of . . .
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November 28, 2009 01:39 PM EST --
Prior to this week, Michaele and Tareq Salahi were just your average D.C. socialites. But now that this couple has become the first to crash a U.S. state dinner, they've literally become the talk of the . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:08 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.
So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:07 AM EST --
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House . . .
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November 28, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples.
There were an estimated 27,312 divorces among roughly . . .
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November 27, 2009 10:01 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret . . .
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November 27, 2009 08:36 PM EST --
Amidst concerns about Dubai's recent decision to delay repayment of its debt, Americans too are taking a greater interest in the U.S. debt, and are turning to online sites like the debt clock.
Found . . .
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November 27, 2009 08:06 PM EST --
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants . . .
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November 27, 2009 07:07 PM EST --
There are some valid points in this video, and much of what is said in the SNL Skits has been true, even though they have said it in a comic tone.
So what do you think . . .
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November 27, 2009 06:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Couple who attended dinner without an invitation met Obama in receiving line.
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November 27, 2009 06:06 PM EST --
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ralph Nader says he wants to gauge the level of grass-roots support before deciding whether to make a bid to represent Connecticut in the Senate.
The 75-year-old consumer . . .
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November 27, 2009 06:01 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line.
Michaele and Tareq Salahi . . .
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November 27, 2009 05:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Secret Service says his agency failed to verify whether a Virginia couple was on the guest list when they crashed a White House state dinner.
Director Mark Sullivan . . .
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November 27, 2009 05:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service chief: agents failed to verify whether White House crashers were on guest list.
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November 27, 2009 03:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is now open for Christmas.
First lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, received the official White House Christmas tree on Friday: an 18½-foot . . .
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November 27, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with the Australian prime minister at the White House on Monday.
The White House said in a statement Friday that Obama and Kevin Rudd will discuss . . .
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November 27, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the "growing international deficit of confidence" in Iran's . . .
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November 27, 2009 11:00 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says it's looking at possible criminal charges against a Virginia couple who crashed a White House dinner.
Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin says the agency . . .
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