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USA Today

Barack Obama's first appearance as president on CBS' Late Show was marked by some banter with host David Letterman and serious words about policy. Obama made his case for changing the nation's health care system. He also expanded on comments he made ...

Obama tries his hand at 'black' humor on 'Late Show With David ...

New York Daily News

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RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - A senior Russian disarmament expert played down on Monday concerns that the US leader's new missile defense initiative could prove more dangerous than the previous Central Europe missile shield plans. ...

Why Russia needs America

Reuters Blogs (blog)

Obama: Missile defense decision not about Russia

Live 5 News

Why Should Russia Bail Out America?

Monthly Review

Washington Post -Jerusalem Post -Global Security Newswire

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New York Times

The authorities were searching for a North Naples, Fla., man on Sunday, a day after his wife and their five young children were found dead in their home. Officials and the family of the husband, Mesac Damas, 33, said they believed he ...

Police: 'Person of Interest' in Multiple Florida Murders Fled to Haiti

FOXNews

North Naples homicides: Warning signs were there

The News-Press

5 children, woman found dead in Fla. apartment

The Associated Press

KEYC -The Detroit News -AFP

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Reuters

GAZA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A Palestinian fighter from the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) was killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and another was wounded in the same incident, relatives and associates of the men said. ...

Israeli artillery shelling kills 2 Palestinians in N Gaza:medics

Xinhua

Two Palestinians killed by Israel tank fire: medics

AFP

Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians on Gaza border

The Associated Press

Reuters India -Jerusalem Post -Ynetnews

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CNN International

(CNN) -- FBI agents late Saturday arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an  »</nobr>

Christian Post

WASHINGTON – Political-minded values voters from across the nation joined conservative lawmakers Friday to vent about the current state of the country and to coordinate efforts to ch »</nobr>

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says the current state of health care in the US is unacceptable and women have an important role to play in changing that. The first lady and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke to a group ...

First Lady Joins Health Care Fight

Talk Radio News Service

Obama: Legalize illegals to offer them health care

Examiner.com

Obama unleashes secret weapon on health care: Michelle

Kansas City Star

New York Times -DCist.com -Chicago Tribune

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Los Angeles Times

Moscow had been anticipating Obama's decision, which it sees as correcting an error. Its Iran policy is not expected to change. By Megan K. Stack Reporting from Moscow - When President Obama came to Moscow in July, he hinted that Russia's best chance ...

A Cautious Russia Praises Decision

Washington Post

Obama junks Bush's European missile defense plan

The Associated Press

Obama's Missile Offense

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The Associated Press

SOLO, Indonesia — Noordin Muhammed Top, a militant mastermind who eluded capture for seven years and terrorized Indonesia with a string of deadly al-Qaida-funded bombings, was killed during a raid Thursday, the Indonesian police chief said. ...

Q+A: Noordin Mohammad Top and Islamic militancy in Indonesia

Reuters

Indonesian police relieve upon Top's death

Xinhua

Indonesia's Most Wanted Man Killed In Police Raid

New York Times

CNN -BBC News -Aljazeera.net

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The Associated Press

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Bizjournals.com

The US Food and Drug Administration has OK'd the H1N1/swine flu vaccine, opening the door to its use as soon as manufacturers are ready to deliver supplies. The department's approval was announced Tuesday morning to Congress by Kathleen Sebelius, ...

FDA Approves H1N1 Flu Vaccines

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Bloomberg

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Sales at US retailers surged in August by the most in three years, led by a jump in auto purchases as consumers took advantage of the government's ''cash- for-clunkers'' program. The 2.7 percent increase ...

Retail sales jump 2.7% in August on widespread gains

MarketWatch

Auto incentives, gas to buoy US Aug retail sales

Reuters

Retail sales driven sharply higher

CNNMoney.com

The Associated Press -Forbes -Sacramento Bee

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Washington Post

Jody Powell, 65, a key public relations specialist for Jimmy Carter who helped orchestrate the obscure Georgia governor's rise to the White House in 1976 and then served as his press secretary, died Sept. ...

Jody Powell, President Carter's former press secretary, dies

Christian Science Monitor

Former Carter press secretary Jody Powell dies

The Associated Press

Jody Powell, Aide to Carter, Dies

New York Times

CBS News -NPR -NBC Los Angeles

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DesMoinesRegister.com

"I mourn, along with so many Iowans and Americans, for the passing of Dr. Norman Borlaug. It is a sad moment, yet I am also reminded of many, many wonderful memories. He was a truly great person who has had and will continue to have a profound impact ...

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Norm Borlaug, Passes Away

Wisconsin Ag Connection

Norman Borlaug

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BBC News

President Robert Mugabe, sprightly and smiling, welcomed the European Union delegation "with open arms and great expectations" to State House, near the centre of Harare. Two stuffed lions observed proceedings from either side of the ...

EU officials say Robert Mugabe is obstacle to Zimbabwe aid deal

Telegraph.co.uk

Aid will not come before reforms, EU tells Mugabe

Times Online

EU Says Normalization of Relations With Europe Up to Zimbabwe

Voice of America

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New York Times

Four days after a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be vanished after walking into a campus research building, officials said on Saturday they had not discovered her fate. Law enforcement and university officials ...

Items seized in Yale grad student's disappearance

The Associated Press

Hope And Dread: Search Continues For Missing Yale Graduate Student ...

Hartford Courant

'No reason' to believe missing bride-to-be ran away, official says

CNN International

FOXNews -Newsday -New York Post

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Christian Science Monitor

Most of the criticism for erroneous reports of gunshots is aimed at the Coast Guard exercise. But news organizations take hits too for going live with unconfirmed reports reminiscent of Chicken Little. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer/ September 12 ...

Coast Guard v. CNN: The public lost

Kansas City Star

Coast Guard Drill, Misunderstood, Sets Off 9/11 Scare

New York Times

CNN Jumps the Gun on Coast Guard Story

Washington Post

Los Angeles Times -Baltimore Sun -Chicago Tribune

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Eight years past the terror attacks that led to the war in Afghanistan, the connection between that country and al-Qaida has dimmed in memory, terror leader Osama bin Laden remains at large and the fighting grinds on. ...

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States and five partner countries have accepted Iran's new offer to hold talks, even though Iran insists it will not negotiate over its disputed nuclear program, the State Department said Friday. Department spokesman PJ Crowley ...

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