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Bernanke: Regulators must be ready to close even largest firms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to brin...
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Obama: Declares end to U.S. fighting in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq after more than seven years of war,
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Earl slams Caribbean; threatens East coast
SAN JUAN , Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday,
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Hurricane Danielle has hit Category 4 strength
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Danielle became a Category 4 storm early Friday far out over the Atlantic as it headed in Bermuda’s direction and threatened to bring dangerous rip currents to the U.S. Ea...
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Bernanke’s challenge: Restore economic confidence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it.
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Millions of seniors may have to switch drug plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3 million seniors may have to switch their Medicare prescription plan next year,
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Dems hope to benefit from GOP’s civil war
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party’s soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.
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Remaining U.S. troops still face dangers in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Lt. Ryan Alexander stands thigh-deep in a dark grove of reeds and palm trees, hunting for rockets.
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White House responds to poll: Obama is Christian
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily, a White House official said Thursday, trying to tamp down growing doubts about the president’s religion.
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Buffalo shooter kills four
BUFFALO , N.Y. — Eight people leaving a party at a downtown Buffalo restaurant were shot early Saturday, four of them fatally, including a Texas man who had returned to his hometown to celebrate ...
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Judge declares Wells Fargo’s practices unfair
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in California ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to change what he called “unfair and deceptive business practices”
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White House: US on track to end Iraq combat role
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is satisfied that the United States can safely end its combat role in Iraq at the end of this month
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House OKs bill to help teachers, public workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday pushed through a $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from election-year layoffs.
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Former Alaska senator killed in plane crash
JUNEAU , Alaska (AP) — A single-engine plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed into a remote Alaska mountainside, killing the state’s most beloved political figure
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Jobs bill brings hope to threatened teachers
ATLANTA (AP) — Dave Ebersbach lost his job as a math teacher this summer,
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