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Navy reverses decision to let chaplains perform same-sex unions
Los Angeles Times
More than 60 House members objected to the earlier ruling, which would have
taken effect after a lifting of the "don't ask, don't tell" rules by the
Pentagon. One of the portraits of gay members of the military from an
exhibition that opened last ...
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Flooded Mississippi River takes aim at poverty-stricken Delta after
cresting ...
Washington Post
By AP, VICKSBURG, Miss. — William Jefferson paddles slowly down his
street in a small boat, past his house and around his church, both flooded
from the bulging Mississippi River that has rolled into the Delta. "Half
my life is still in there," he said, ...
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Sen. Cornyn: Southern border is more secure, but not thanks to Obama
The Hill
By Mike Lillis - 05/11/11 06:41 AM ET Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) conceded
this week that security on the Mexican border has improved under the Obama
administration – but not, he said, because of the president's policies.
"We are better than we were, ...
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Obama folds bin Laden into campaign speech
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY Obama cited the successful mission against the
now-deceased al Qaeda leader during a fundraising speech last night in
Austin, Tex., his first political speech since bin Laden's death. "We're
taking the fight to al Qaeda," ...
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Top Oil Execs To Appear Before US Senate, Discuss Tax Breaks
Wall Street Journal
By Tennille Tracy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Top
executives from Shell (RDSA, RDSB), Chevron (CVX) and other major oil
companies will testify on Capitol Hill Thursday, making a rare appearance
before lawmakers as the Senate ...
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Five Democratic Senators to watch in Obama debt meeting
Washington Post (blog)
By Chris Cillizza and Rachel Weiner On Wednesday President Obama will begin
the first of two days of meeting with Senators, a first public step in what
is expected to be a contentious negotiation over increasing the debt
ceiling. ...
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Lawyer: Iran postpones spy trial for 3 Americans
USA Today
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian lawyer for three Americans charged with
espionage says judicial authorities have not resumed their trial as
planned. Masoud Shafiei says that two jailed Americans — Shane Bauer and
Josh Fattal — were not brought into ...
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Egypt's trial by fire
Aljazeera.net
Arab leaders will be watching Hosni Mubarak's trial closely to see the
possible repercussions of autocracy. Hosni Mubarak, the man who ruled Egypt
for three decades, has been declared healthy enough to be transferred from
his hospital in the luxury ...
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Police kill robbery suspect, surround Bridgeport store
Chicago Tribune
By Deanese Williams-Harris Tribune reporter Police early this morning shot
and killed one of two armed robbery suspects and were involved in a
possible barricade situation at a Bridgeport neighborhood convenience
store, officials said. ...
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Boehner Builds Economic Case on Assertions at Odds With Markets, Studies
Bloomberg
By James Rowley and Mike Dorning - Wed May 11 04:00:15 GMT 2011 House
Speaker John Boehner, giving Wall Street leaders his prescriptions for
growing the US economy and reducing the nation's debt, built his case on
several assertions that are ...
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