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THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days
20 mins ago
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts.
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Report: Mideast uprisings inspire the world
59 mins ago
Last year's uprisings in the Middle East have motivated people around the world to demand more rights and could inspire closed societies like Iran and North Korea to do the same, the State Department said Thursday.
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Senate panel cuts Pakistan aid over conviction
1 hour 40 mins ago
A Senate panel expressed its outrage over the conviction of a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. get Osama bin Laden by slashing aid by $33 million _ $1 million for every year of the doctor's 33-year sentence.
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Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
1 hour 55 mins ago
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.
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Panel examining flaws in food-for-troops contract
2 hours 3 mins ago
The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops in Afghanistan with food and water are locked in a billion-dollar billing dispute that illustrates the flawed management of contracts for battlefield support, according to documents released Thursday by a House oversight subcommittee investigating the arrangement.
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Romney faces tough questions from black leaders
2 hours 42 mins ago
Mitt Romney is facing tough questions about how his education proposals would affect black communities.
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Gloves stay on in quiet NM Senate primary
3 hours 18 mins ago
Four years ago, Heather Wilson gave up her House seat from New Mexico to make a run for a rare opening in the Senate. She lost in a bare-knuckled Republican primary. This year she has the luxury of sitting back as the Democratic successor to her House seat takes a similar gamble.
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Romney: Obama doesn't get free enterprise system
4 hours 32 mins ago
Mitt Romney is trying to counter President Barack Obama's argument that he would bring back Republican Party economic policies that have proved unworkable.
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Iowa man with zebra, parrot in truck gets DUI
An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.
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Panel examining flaws in food-for-troops contract
The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops in Afghanistan with food and water are locked in a billion-dollar billing dispute that illustrates the flawed management of contracts for battlefield support, ...
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Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, ...
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