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NAMES + FACES Rapper in flap with Michigan native Mitt RomneyDetroit Free Press - - 1 hour ago News broke earlier in the week that former Republican presidential candidate and Michigan native Mitt Romney had gotten into an altercation with an unidentified passenger on a flight Monday. Analysis: Fudging facts can sour public mindset Washington Post His side Boston Globe African Union suspends Niger after military coupBBC News - 9 hours ago The African Union has suspended Niger following Thursday's military coup, in which President Mamadou Tandja was deposed and the government dissolved. Video: Calm after coup in Niger 
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Analysis: Niger coup another chance at democracy Washington Post After Texas crash, a debate on terror threat of small planesWashington Post - 2 hours ago By AP GEORGETOWN, TEX. -- After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure airliners could never again be used as weapons. Plane crash pilot: violence is 'only answer' San Francisco Chronicle |
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The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister says his country has every intention of delivering the advanced S-300 air defense missile systems to the Islamic Republic.
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Xinhua - - 59 minutes ago
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Pakistan kills 30 militants in air strike
Reuters - - 13 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani jet fighters killed 30 militants in remote, forested mountains on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said, as US forces spearhead one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Michigan to share in $1.5B for homeowners
Detroit Free Press - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -- Michigan is among five states getting money under a $1.5-billion program announced Friday to help struggling homeowners, but it's unclear how many people will be helped or how the program would work.
On Reid turf, Obama plugs his agenda Boston Globe
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Obama Summit Raises Stakes in Health-Care Roulette
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - - 1 hour ago
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Fed's Bernanke to Assure Congress Higher Rates Not Imminent
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Bloomberg - - 31 minutes ago
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Delinquency rate for mortgages declines
Detroit Free Press - - 1 hour ago
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Official: FBI probing Pa. school webcam spy case
Washington Post - - 27 minutes ago
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Chinese students may have engineered cyberattacks on Google
Times Online - - 14 hours ago
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Shuttle Endeavour undocks from space station
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Boston Globe - - 34 minutes ago
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Boston Globe - - 34 minutes ago
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Washington Post - - 26 minutes ago
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Arizona speed cameras incite a mini revolt
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Huffington Post (blog) - Feb 16, 2010
Fox News analyst Sarah Palin appeared "The O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday and again called for Rahm Emanuel to resign. Palin criticized the "Family Guy" for mocking her son Trig's down syndrome and reiterated her call for Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel ...
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Esquire - - Feb 16, 2010
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New York Times - - Feb 18, 2010
The judge and the juvenile had grown up on the same mean streets, 40 years apart. And in fall 1996, they faced each other in a New York court where children are prosecuted as adults, but sentenced like candidates for redemption.
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Wall Street Journal - - 13 hours ago
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