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Monday, September 6th, 2010
A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that will exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans’ hard economic times. GOP leaders instantly assailed Obama’s proposal, which is also likely to be met with reluctance by many Democrats to approve additional spending and higher federal deficits just weeks before elections that will determine control of Congress. That means the plan has low odds of becoming law this year. Administration officials said that even quick congressional approval would not produce jobs until sometime next year, raising questions about what, if any, pre-election impact it would have beyond showing job-hungry voters that the White House is trying to ease unemployment. Read More… More on Barack Obama
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Obama’s Labor Day Speech 2010 (VIDEO, TEXT): President Assails GOP, Promotes Job Creation Program
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The Hindu A new blowout preventer has been placed on the capped well CNN (CNN) — A blowout preventer that may hold important forensic evidence as to why it failed, triggering the world's largest accidental oil spill, has been brought to the surface of the Gulf and placed on a vessel, officials said Saturday night. … BP hikes asset sale target after oil spill: report AFP Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface The Associated Press Officials Recover Key Piece of Broken Gulf Oil Well Voice of America USA Today
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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
CBC.ca New blowout preventer placed on Gulf well CNN (CNN) — A blowout preventer that may hold important forensic evidence as to why it failed, triggering the world's largest accidental oil spill, has been brought to the surface of the Gulf and placed on a vessel, officials said Saturday night. … Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface The Associated Press BP oil well declared to be no longer a threat to gulf Los Angeles Times BP Installs New Blowout Valves on Cemented Macondo Well in Gulf Bloomberg AFP
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
By SARAH BRUMFIELD 2010-09-01T20:46:53Z SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man upset with the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company’s headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said….
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Police: Man holds hostages in Discovery building
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
By 2010-09-01T19:34:52Z AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday….
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Jordan unearths 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
A Brazilian ID found on the body of a 17-year-old ambassador’s daughter should never have gotten her into a nightclub, officials said Sunday. The only IDs that are acceptable as proof of age at New York City hot spots are U.S. state-issued or Canadian government IDs or a passport, said Michael Jones of the State Liquor Authority. Read More…
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Nicole John’s Fake Brazilian ID Causes Trouble For Club Tenjune
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
By JIM HEINTZ 2010-08-30T06:53:05Z MOSCOW (AP) — A blaze at a Russian nursing home killed nine people early Monday, and emergency officials said it may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire….
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Russian nursing home fire kills 9 people
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
CBC.ca Indonesian volcano erupts for second time The Hindu Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Monday erupted for a second time, forcing more than 20000 people to remain in evacuation centres, officials said. The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre said Sinabung's second … Indonesian volcano erupts again The Press Association Indonesia's volcano re-erupts, threatens international aviation Xinhua Mt. Sinabung erupts after 410 years Jakarta Post Telegraph.co.uk
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
BOSTON — An American who was imprisoned in North Korea for illegally crossing the border has a gentle spirit but is also a person of conviction willing to be bold about what he believes, friends and acquaintances said. Aijalon Gomes had been teaching English in South Korea when he was imprisoned in January for entering North Korea from China, U.S. officials said. This week, former president Jimmy Carter traveled to the isolated nation to try to win Gomes’ release, and end the Boston’s man harrowing and unlikely trip from the inner city to a North Korean jail. Read More… More on North Korea
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Jimmy Carter To Return From North Korea With Aijalon Gomes
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
BOSTON — An American who was imprisoned in North Korea for illegally crossing the border has a gentle spirit but is also a person of conviction willing to be bold about what he believes, friends and acquaintances said. Aijalon Gomes had been teaching English in South Korea when he was imprisoned in January for entering North Korea from China, U.S. officials said. This week, former president Jimmy Carter traveled to the isolated nation to try to win Gomes’ release, and end the Boston’s man harrowing and unlikely trip from the inner city to a North Korean jail. Read More… More on North Korea
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Jimmy Carter To Return From North Korea With Aijalon Gomes
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