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NATO Says It Is Broadening Attacks on Libya Targets
Washington - NATO planners say the allies are stepping up attacks on palaces, headquarters, communications centers and other prominent institutions supporting the Libyan government, a shift of targets that …
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WikiLeaks: Just Eight at Guantanamo Gave Evidence Against 255 Others
Washington - U.S. military intelligence assessing the threat of nearly 800 men held at Guantanamo in many cases used information from a small group of captives whose accounts now …
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News in Brief: Rep. Ron Paul Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee, and More
Ron Paul to Form Presidential Exploratory Committee Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is forming a presidential exploratory committee, according to …
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Banking Groups Stir Consumer Fears on Debit Card Regulations via Twitter
It’s April 21, and another Dodd-Frank deadline has come and gone. Today was the day the Fed's regulations on debit card transaction fees, also known as interchange fees, were …
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Fracking’s Environmental Footprint to Transform Pennsylvania Landscape
Executives in the energy exploration and drilling industry practically salivate when talk turns to possibilities in Pennsylvania. Perhaps fittingly, their nickname for the Keystone State is "the …
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Four Alleged Masterminds of 2008 Mumbai Attacks Are Indicted in Chicago
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have indicted four alleged masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks including two men who, as ProPublica has reported in recent months, have been linked by …
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Syria Ramps Up Crackdown as US Considers “Targeted” Sanctions
Cairo - Tanks and troops appeared Monday to unleash indiscriminate fire into residential areas of Daraa, the southern Syrian city where the uprising against President Bashar Assad began, in …
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Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts
When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of …
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As Syrian Regime Sends Tanks Against Citizens, Obama Ponders Sanctions
Washington - The United States is considering seeking targeted sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime amid reports that it unleashed tanks and troops in an escalating crackdown on …
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Supreme Court Refuses to Skip Lower Courts on Health Care Reform Law
Washington - The Supreme Court refused Monday to bypass the lower courts and take up an immediate challenge to the constitutionality of the national healthcare reform law and its …