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BEIRUT (AP) - An American journalist working for Britain's Sunday Times is reported dead in Syria from shelling in the city of Homs (hohms). France says a French journalist was also killed. The American, identified as Marie Colvin, was a veteran war reporter. Syria's military has redoubled its attacks on ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian resistance stronghold of Homs (hohms) continues to take heavy shelling by government troops. Activists say at least seven people have been killed and the shelling has raised fears of a new round of bloody urban combat in a country careening toward all-out civil war. ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - A Syria-based activist says government troops and armor appear to be preparing to once again target the restive central city of Homs (hohms). The activist says three columns of army reinforcements including tanks are heading toward the city in an apparent effort to retake rebel-held neighborhoods. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - It may not be totally smooth sailing today when the payroll tax cut extension comes up for a vote in Congress. The bill would also extend jobless benefits for people out of work the longest. The House is expected to pass the measure but in the Senate, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the world's biggest banks as well as some securities firms may face a downgrade in their credit ratings. Moody's Investors Service says it may take the action because the long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking at the affected institutions. They include Citigroup, ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is destabilizing the world and its aggression must be stopped. At Israel's parliament today, Netanyahu reiterated Israel's claims that Iran was behind explosions this week that targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Meanwhile, police in Thailand say the third ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to tell members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today that it's time they show they are serious about reducing the deficit. He's expected to defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan when he appears before the lawmakers. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - General Electric says it's initiating a big hiring plan involving veterans and expanding its aviation business. GE says the "Hire Our Heroes" partnership will help match 5,000 veterans with jobs over the next five years, while its aviation unit will add more than 400 new ...
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LaPLACE, La. (AP) - Authorities in Louisiana say a wrong-way driver caused a crash on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans that left five people dead. State police say a driver was travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes early today and crashed head-on with another vehicle with four people inside. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment aid is nearing a four-year low. The government says weekly applications for jobless benefits fell 15,000 last week to a seasonally-adjusted 358,000. The four-week average is at its lowest level since late April of 2008. WASHINGTON (AP) - Many ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's political director says even Sen. John McCain lost 19 states on his way to the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Despite losses in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Romney remains the front-runner in delegates. Last night's triple winner Rick Santorum, meanwhile, says he's the conservative alternative to ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Look for many hours of opening statements when a trial begins near the end of the month over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill. A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Neither side likes a developing Senate planthat would bolster the government's ability to regulate thecomputer security of companies that run critical industries.Legislation set to come out in the days ahead is drawing strongopposition from businesses that say it goes too far and securityexperts who want it to ...
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AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian officials say a search is on for two kidnapped Americans. Two security officials say gunmen kidnapped the Americans and their Egyptian tour guide near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai. Egypt has faced deteriorating security and a surge in crime since the popular uprising that ...
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Six more weeks of winter. But if it stays as mild as it has been in some parts of the country, the groundhog is off the hook. Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow this morning, in the process predicting six more ...
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DETROIT (AP) - It's a good day for Chrysler, which is reporting its first annual net income since 1997. The company says it made $183 million last year as revenue rose 31 percent to $55 billion. The net income marks a huge turnaround. In 2010, Chrysler lost $652 million as ...
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MIAMI (AP) - The polls are open in Florida and Republican officials say they expect more than 2 million votes to be cast in today's presidential primary. Mitt Romney entered the balloting as the resurgent front-runner, while Newt Gingrich says Romney's jump in the polls is just the result of ...
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Mitt Romney says he's fought back from his South Carolina setback into the forefront of the Republican presidential field by more aggressively returning Newt Gingrich's campaign fire and by presenting himself as a Washington outsider. Romney tells NBC's "Today" show that in the days leading ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - This morning the Commerce Department releases economic figures for the last quarter of 2011. Economists surveyed by FactSet believe the economy grew at an annual rate of 3 percent from October through December. But even with a strong finish, they say the economy probably expanded just 1.7 ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama is using part of a five-state swing to highlight his plans for greater domestic energy production and investment in cleaner energy. In Nevada, he plans to announce the sale of oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 38 million acres in the Gulf ...
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