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Israeli Attack Kills 10 Aboard Aid Ships Bound for Gaza

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The Israeli navy said the violence was a response to a military provocation, but the relief organization said no one on the ships was armed.

 

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U.S. Backs South Korea in Severing Trade With North Korea

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South Korea, in response to North Korea's sinking of a warship, cuts off use of its shipping lanes, heightening tensions to their highest level since 1953.

 

Offshore Drilling Projects Move Forward Despite Moratorium

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The government is defining President Obama's moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects so narrowly that it has proved almost meaningless.

 

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Rand Paul Under Fire For Views on Civil Rights Act

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The new GOP nominee for Senate in Kentucky is defending himself against criticism for his statements about the landmark Civil Rights Act.

 

Chris Dudley, Former NBA Star, Wins GOP Nod for Oregon Governor

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Democrat John Kitzhaber, a former two-term governor, and Republican Chris Dudley will face off in November.

 

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Plane Crash: Polish Flight Crew Had Inadequate Training, Review Finds

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Investigators also reported that passengers were in the cockpit before the plane went down, killing most of Poland's top government officials.

 

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Palin Says Fox Deal Wouldn’t Keep Her From Running in 2012

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During Sarah Palin's debut week on the Fox News Channel, where she now works as a contributor, she dismissed speculation that accepting the television job means she will not run for president in 2012.

"You know, I'm not going to close any doors for...

FBI Illegally Obtained Phone Records for Years

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The FBI systematically violated the law by citing non-existent terror threats in order to seize phone records from 2002 to 2006, the Washington Post reports. According to interviews and bureau memos, the FBI often pressured phone companies into handing over customers' records to which they had no legal right,...

Virginia Democrats Nix Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Nominee for Commerce Post

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Virginia Democrats handed incoming Republican governor Bob McDonnell his first defeat hours after he was sworn in, he Washington Post reports. McDonnell dropped his nomination of Robert Shedd as secretary of commerce and trade after Democrats raised...

Norm Coleman Says He Won’t Run for Minnesota Governor

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Former senator and 1998 Republican gubernatorial candidate Norm Coleman said Sunday that he will not make another run for governor of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports.

"This is not the right time for me and my family to conduct a campaign for...

Haitian Nationals in the U.S. Get Temporary Protected Status

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The Department of Homeland Security announced Sunday that it will granted special temporary protected status to Haitian nationals who were in the United States on or before Jan. 12, 2010.

"This is a disaster of historic...

Obama, Bush and Clinton Pen Essays Calling for Help in Haiti

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In the cover story of this week's issue of Newsweek, President Obama outlines the aid he is calling for in Haiti, writing that "in times of tragedy, the United States...

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