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Recall news

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT

The following recall has been announced: GLASS VOTIVE CANDLE HOLDERS

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Obama to summon lawmakers for more deficit talks

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT

A Republican congressional aide says President Barack Obama will summon top Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House this week for another round of talks on deficit reduction.

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Conn. becomes 1st state requiring paid sick time

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Connecticut has become the first state to require businesses to offer employees paid sick time.

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Gallup: Slight uptick in trust in newspapers, TV

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Public confidence in newspaper and television news has picked up slightly in recent years but still lags behind levels of trust from two decades ago, a Gallup poll shows.

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Obama to discuss status of deficit talks

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT

President Barack Obama will speak at the White House late Tuesday afternoon on the status of the negotiations to cut government spending and raise the nation's borrowing limit.

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT

William, Kate welcomed to Northwest Territories

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Prince William and Kate are being welcomed to the Northwest Territories with a traditional Native Canadian drumming performance by the Dene tribe during the royal couple's most northerly stop of their Canadian tour.

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Feds agree to deadline for sea turtle safety zone

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Conservation groups and federal fisheries managers have settled a lawsuit seeking to spur the government to finalize its plan for creating a large protection zone for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the Pacific coast of the U.S.

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Pro-Romney fundraising group raises $12 million

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:44 AM PDT

An independent fundraising group supporting former Republican Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential bid has raised $12 million so far this year.

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Police: Pa. gunman was charged in theft at home

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

The now-dead suspect in a deadly Pennsylvania house rampage had been imprisoned over the theft of $222 worth of art prints from the home where the shootings occurred.

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NYC maid in Strauss-Kahn case files libel suit

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT

The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a prostitute.

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APNewsBreak: Strauss-Kahn accuser files libel suit

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:50 AM PDT

The New York City hotel maid at the center of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex assault case has filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Post after it called her a prostitute.

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Court halts medication of suspect in Giffords case

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Federal prison officials must temporarily stop forcing anti-psychotic drugs on the man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage, an appeals court has ruled.

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Fla. Dems struggle to capitalize on Latino surge

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Florida Democrats have seen their registration numbers swell in recent years, due in large part to a surge in Hispanic voters.

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Myanmar diplomat defects, warns of oppression

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

A senior Myanmar diplomat in Washington has defected to the U.S., warning that oppression is rising in his homeland despite elections touted by the dominant military as a transition to democracy.

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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,542

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

As of Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at least 1,542 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

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Senate weighs Libya resolution

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT

The Senate is weighing whether to give President Barack Obama the authority to continue U.S. military action against Libya.

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Yale raises nearly $4 billion in largest campaign

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Yale University has raised $3.88 billion despite the worst economy in decades, finishing the largest fundraising campaign in its history.

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Analysis blames NKorea for cyberattack on SKorea

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT

North Korea or its sympathizers were responsible for the cyberattack against South Korean government and banking websites earlier this year, according to a new analysis that said it also appears to have been linked to the 2009 massive computer-based attack that brought down U.S. government Internet sites.

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