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Standard & Poor's downgrades U.S. debt rating to AA+
San Jose Mercury News
By By Binyamin Appelbaum and Eric Dash WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's
removed the US government from its list of risk-free borrowers Friday
night, citing concern about the rising burden of the federal debt. The
nation's rating was reduced to AA-plus ...
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The Tea Party, Take Two
New York Times
By JOE NOCERA In the four months since I began writing an Op-Ed column, the
thing that has most surprised me is how darned liberal I sound sometimes. I
know that seems like a strange thing to say, so let me explain. Growing up
in heavily Democratic ...
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US urges citizens to leave Syria immediately
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS State Department warns that given the "ongoing uncertainty and
volatility" American citizens are urged to leave immediately while
transportation is still available. WASHINGTON - Americans in Syria are
encouraged to leave and travel to the ...
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Rick Perry Prays for Rain
Daily Beast
The GOP has had a remarkable stroke of luck re-branding itself as the party
of fiscal discipline, de-emphasizing its social conservative base. But the
Texas governor's prayer rally will showcase the party's deep connections to
the Christian right. ...
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5 guilty in post-Katrina shootings
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Three officers and one former officer were convicted of civil rights
violations in the shootings that killed two people and wounded four others
on the Danziger Bridge less than a week after the storm. All four and a
retired police sergeant were ...
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Louisiana: Three Teenagers Accused of Plot on School
New York Times
By AP The authorities in suburban New Orleans said Friday that they
uncovered a plot by three 15-year-old boys to attack their high school,
with plans for two specific targets, indiscriminate shooting and suicide.
The boys were being held at a juvenile ...
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Wisconsin recall races ramp up in final weekend
KARE
HUDSON, WI -- With Tuesday's special recall elections just days away,
Wisconsin political campaigns are in shifting into high gear this weekend.
Six Republicans and two Democrats must defend their seats in the state
senate, in a political battle that ...
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Army Deployments Will Be Shortened to Nine Months
New York Times
By THOM SHANKER Army deployments to overseas war zones will be reduced to
nine months by April, easing stress on a ground combat force that has
served for a year and even 15 months at a time in Iraq and Afghanistan. In
a statement released Friday, ...
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Witness: 7 dead in fight over food in Somalia
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- At least seven Somali
civilians were killed Friday morning when people trying to take food
clashed with government troops at the Badbaado refugee camp in Mogadishu, a
witness told CNN. ...
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Obama partied with celebs in Rose Garden
Chicago Sun-Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday night
with a celebrity-filled bash, as entertainer Chris Rock reported on his
Twitter feed: "Just left the Presidents birthday party at the White
House. Herbie Hancock played, Stevie ...
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