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Mosque near ground zero divides Sept. 11 relatives
AP – Fri Aug 20, 10:19 am ETTalat Hamdani traveled to Mecca to pray that her missing son, an EMT, was safe in the days after 9/11. She held out hope that his Muslim background had led to his detention as a suspect, considering it better than the alternative. Full Story »
How will health reform figure in the midterm elections?
Time.com – Fri Aug 20, 11:30 am ET- Ex-Bush official to GOP: Don’t touch 14th Amendment The Upshot – Fri Aug 20, 2:34 pm ET
- Biden lashes out at 'Republican tea party' AP – Fri Aug 20, 1:35 pm ET
- Obama seeks reimprisonment for Lockerbie bomber AP – Fri Aug 20, 5:35 pm ET
- A big break for US in case of reputed arms dealer AP – Fri Aug 20, 5:55 pm ET
- On vacation, Obama tends to summer reading list AP – Fri Aug 20, 3:35 pm ET
- Obama hits GOP on campaign finance at Politico – Sat Aug 21, 7:06 am ET
- Rove-tied group raises $2 million at Politico – Sat Aug 21, 12:53 am ET
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Army of diplomats takes the lead in fractious Iraq
AP – 44 mins ago
AP WASHINGTON - As the White House eagerly highlights the departure of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the small army of American diplomats left behind is embarking on a long and perilous path to keeping the volatile country from slipping back to the brink of civil war. Full Story »
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White House: politics no role in mosque remarks
AP – Mon Aug 16, 10:40 am ET
AFP/File ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - A White House spokesman says politics wasn't a factor in President Barack Obama's remarks about building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City. Full Story »
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France expels Gypsies to Romania for second day
AP – Fri Aug 20, 2:18 pm ET
AP PARIS - More than 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much-criticized government crackdown. Full Story »
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Obama challenges GOP on campaign finance ruling
AP – 2 hrs 37 mins ago
AP VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - President Barack Obama says Republicans should join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations and unions can spend on campaign ads. Full Story »
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LOOK WHO'S 'NATIVIST' NOW!
Ann Coulter – Fri Aug 20, 5:30 pm ET"Nativism in American politics has become so rampant that it is considered scandalous in Republican circles for a judge to acknowledge paying any attention to foreign courts and their legal rulings." -- New York Times editorial, Aug. 3, 2010 Full Story »
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Halvorson Defends Firing of Campaign Manager
CQPolitics.com – Fri Aug 20, 5:52 pm ETJOLIET, Ill. -- Illinois Rep. Debbie Halvorson, a top Republican target this cycle, said Friday she had no regrets about dismissing campaign manager Travis Worl less than three months before Election Day. Full Story »
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Fort Hood shooting revealed multiple military security lapses
McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Aug 20, 7:48 pm ETWASHINGTON — The November 2009 shootings of more than 40 people by an Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood, Texas, revealed a wide range of security lapses at U.S. military bases, including a failure to consider the possibility that a threat might come from an "insider," according to a Pentagon report released Friday. Full Story »
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Boehner's Multistate Tour Guns for GOP Majority
CQPolitics.com – Fri Aug 20, 5:30 pm ETHouse Minority Leader John A. Boehner spent the last few weeks on a bus tour across several states trying to shore up GOP challengers and vulnerable incumbents to help pave the way to a Republican majority -- and his speakership. Full Story »
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Muslims already pray on sacred 9/11 ground: the Pentagon
McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Aug 20, 6:38 pm ETWASHINGTON — Inside the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Chapel, a female Air Force sergeant unlaced her combat boots, set them under the pews and slipped her black veil around her hair and over her camouflaged uniform. Full Story »
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AP – 26 mins agoA Republican candidate for New York governor wants to turn prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients so they can get state-sponsored jobs, job training and lessons in "personal hygiene." Full Story »
Australia looks to be heading for hung parliament
Reuters – 30 mins agoAustralia faces it first hung parliament in decades with neither the ruling Labor party or the opposition likely to be able to form a majority government after Saturday's election, a worst case outcome for financial markets. Full Story »
Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president
AP – 1 hr 7 mins agoSinger Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy. Full Story »
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