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News in Brief: Tensions Between Pakistan, US Heighten Following Air Raid, and More
Tensions Between Pakistan, US Heighten Following Air Raid According to NPR, Pakistan is furious with the United States following "what it called an airspace violation after NATO …
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Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners
The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation from a scan is equivalent to what's received in about two minutes of flying. The …
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Economic Statistics Explode Fantasies About Immigration
Several surveys about immigrants show that the French economy gets more out of immigrants than immigrants themselves receive. They might even have “absorbed” the social shock of the crisis.
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New York Investigates Banks’ Role in Financial Crisis
The New York attorney general has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating …
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US Government Hits Debt Ceiling, Lighting 11-Week Fuse
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner informed Congress on Monday that the United States has reached its legal debt limit, setting off a ticking time bomb that could explode in less …
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Following 2010 Election Defeats, Blue Dogs Turn to Lobbying
Almost a third of the Blue Dog Democrats who retired or were defeated in 2010 have gone to work for organizations that lobby their former colleagues in Congress, according …
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Trump Opts Out of Presidential Run
Donald Trump has fired himself. Mr. Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television host, is not going to run for president, he said Monday, ending months …
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News in Brief: US Hits Debt Ceiling, and More
US Hits Debt Ceiling The Hill reports that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is taking steps to prevent the US from defaulting after the government officially hit the …
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Police Seek Evidence From IMF Chief on Sex Attack
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, spent most of Sunday at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit in East Harlem as prosecutors sought additional evidence, including possible DNA evidence on …
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Nakba Anger Points to Third Intifadah
Israeli confidence that Nakba day, marked by The Great March on May 15 in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbouring Arab countries, would remain under control, has backfired …