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Nobel award in hand, Obama faces hard work at home
37 mins ago
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With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama is returning to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation's health care system.
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits
33 mins ago
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A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates.
House scales back proposed Wall Street rules
31 mins ago
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House Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Barack Obama's legislative priorities.
Report: Blackwater guards linked to CIA raids
3 hrs ago
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Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Shell-Petronas win Iraq's Majnoon oil deal
20 mins ago
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A consortium led by European oil giant Shell has won the rights to develop Iraq's giant Majnoon oil field, an almost 13 billion barrel behemoth that is the largest on offer in the country's second international oil auction.
US Marines train illiterate farmers to be police
1 hr 49 mins ago
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The U.S. Marines were tense looking for bombs buried near a mud compound in this remote farming town in southern Afghanistan. Their new Afghan police colleagues were little help, joking around and sucking on lollipops meant for local kids.
US-born Hispanics see gains in education, income
3 hrs ago
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Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than young Hispanic immigrants, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, an independent research group says.