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US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
2010-09-08T17:34:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seldom visible in the Yemeni mountains, the elite U.S. commandos training the Yemen's military represent the Obama administration's quest to fight terrorism without inflaming anti-American sentiment....
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Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning
By MATTHEW LEE
2010-09-08T17:04:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk....
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Clinton: Planned Quran burning not American way
By MATTHEW LEE
2010-09-08T16:34:47Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book are "outrageous" and "aberrational" and do not represent America....
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Beltway abuzz with talk of who could replace Emanuel as chief of staff
If Rahm Emanuel leaves for Chicago, several Washington veterans could be picked to replace him.
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Gates: Any Russian arms cheating would backfire
By ROBERT BURNS
2010-09-08T15:17:37Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates assured lawmakers Wednesday he expects Russia to abide by a new nuclear arms treaty, but that even if Moscow cheats it won't gain any military advantage....
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Opinion: Obama wrong for '10 campaign
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may have gotten his get-out-of-jail card in just the nick of time.
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Few black Coast Guard cadets
By DENNIS CONRAD
2010-09-08T14:43:25Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- At his inaugural parade a half-century ago, President John F. Kennedy watched the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's marching unit pass him on Pennsylvania Avenue and declared it unacceptable. Not one cadet was black, he told an aide, and something ought be done about it....
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Rubio: 'I represent the things I stand for'
Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio is competing in a battle royal against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Democratic nominee, Rep. Kendrick Meek. FULL STORY | RUBIO'S CHANGING MESSAGE?
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Car booster seats make gains in insurance testing
By KEN THOMAS
2010-09-08T14:18:16Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Car booster seats have made strides in ensuring a proper fit for children in the back seat, according to a review by the insurance industry, though just over 10 percent of those evaluated weren't recommended....
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Michael J. Fox: Keep funding stem cell research
Biomedical research is complicated. For patients, the pace of progress can be frustratingly slow. Two announcements last month -- one about biomarkers, the other about stem cell research -- left many of us feeling that for every promising discovery, there are even greater setbacks.
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BP Investigator: 8 failures led to disaster
By DINA CAPPIELLO
2010-09-08T13:40:41Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The lead BP PLC investigator is saying that eight separate failures had to occur for the company's deepwater well to unleash the largest offshore oil spill in history....
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Imam: We're proceeding with NYC Islamic center
The imam at the center of an ugly controversy over an Islamic center near New York's ground zero broke his silence Tuesday, just hours after a broad coalition of Christian, Jewish and Islamic leaders denounced what they described as a rising tide of anti-Muslim bigotry across the United States.
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Clinton: It's time to seize an `American Moment'
By ROBERT BURNS
2010-09-08T12:22:58Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asserted Wednesday that the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy is beginning to pay important dividends....
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Obama missing from Dems' campaign ads
President Obama is in hundreds of campaign ads this election season, but the ads are mostly from Republicans and not his own party.
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GOP proposes renewing tax cuts, freezing spending
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2010-09-08T11:32:49Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican Leader John Boehner onWednesday proposed a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before a deep recession took hold of the economy....
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Boehner calls GOP takeover of Congress 'possible'
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2010-09-08T11:23:28Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says "it's possible" his party could reclaim control of Congress in this fall's midterm elections....
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Former NM gov is little known but has big ideas
By MIKE GLOVER
2010-09-08T10:26:19Z
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Despite two terms as governor of New Mexico and recent visits to 26 states, most Americans have never heard of Gary Johnson....
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Dem base told: Fear Tea Party
Democrats desperate to rally their base this November have begun talking more about the possibility of a “Tea Party Congress.”
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House GOP leaders dodge questions on the future of ethics office
House Republican leaders won’t say whether they will scrap an ethics office if they regain the majority this fall.
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POLITICAL INSIDER: GOP voters outnumber Dems
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
2010-09-08T07:10:17Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Looking for yet another sign Democrats are in trouble? Take note of who is showing up to vote in the primaries....
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