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Obama: Forces conspiring against middle class

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it won’t be easy to reverse forces that for decades have conspired against working Americans. But he says...

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Sixth U.S. ship now in eastern Mediterranean ‘as precaution’

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be...

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Weak spending, inflation data point to soft U.S. economy

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending barely rose and inflation was tame in July, offering a cautionary note on the economy as the Federal Reserve weighs...

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Pentagon insists it is open to foreign investment in the U.S.

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The Pentagon is taking a harder look at proposed foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies given the increasing financial complexity of such deals, but...

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UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The British government has asked the New York Times to destroy copies of documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden...

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Correction: Church Bombing Dad-Prison story

YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 20240

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — In a story Aug. 29 about the father of a church bombing victim who was released from prison, The Associated Press...

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Obama’s plan for higher education aims to rate universities, reduce student debt

YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 20240

President Barack Obama is proposing a challenge to American universities: Stop tuition hikes and raise graduation rates, or face major cuts to federal funding. Obama...

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Married gay couples win U.S. marriage tax benefits nationwide

YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – All legally wed gay couples, no matter which state they live in, are entitled to the same U.S. federal tax benefits as married...

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Once-brash Rice quietly builds Obama’s bridge to Congress on Syria

YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Susan Rice is facing her first key test as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser as she helps lead a White House effort to convince...

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Obama makes case for punishing Syria, but possible delays loom

YoopyaAugust 29, 2013May 1, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 29, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike againstSyria in response to last week’s chemical weapons attack even as he faced...