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News in Brief: Vicente Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs, and More
Vicente Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs
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Lines Drawn for Next Big Budget Battle, the Debt Ceiling
Washington - House Republicans, fresh from their showdown with Democrats over cuts in the current federal budget, promised Sunday to take an even tougher stand on spending next month …
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Aetna CEO: I Would Be Turned Down for Health Insurance
Washington - To a greater degree than most insurance company chiefs, Mark Bertolini has encountered his own personal challenges with the health care system. Bertolini, the head …
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Bailout for Portugal Will Put Politicians in a Vise
Lisbon - To secure a bailout worth about €80 billion, Portugal may have to agree to international creditors’ demands that it impose tougher austerity measures than those its own …
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Former Leader of Ivory Coast Is Captured to End Standoff
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - The Ivory Coast strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, was captured on Monday after a week-long siege of his residence and placed under the control of his rival …
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Taxpayers Still Paying For “Bridge to Nowhere“
Juneau - Legislators have signed off on another $1.4 million in federal money to pay planners of the controversial Knik Arm bridge and are talking about ponying up state …
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New Doubts About Turning Plutonium Into a Fuel
On a tract of government land along the Savannah River in South Carolina, an army of workers is building one of the nation's most ambitious nuclear enterprises in decades: …
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Strong Aftershock as Japan Urges More Evacuations
Tokyo - A strong aftershock off Japan’s Pacific coast on Monday briefly set off a tsunami warning and knocked out cooling at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant …
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In US Prisons, Inmates Sold Into Sex Slavery
In prisons across the country, gangs are selling their fellow inmates into sex trafficking in order to increase their power and profits. Ex-convict Scott Howard, a survivor …
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Google May Face Antitrust Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are considering launching an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance over the Internet search industry. The DOJ …