Barack Obama shocked by abortion doctor shooting

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Barack Obama the US president has expressed his shock and outrage over the fatal shooting of a doctor who provided lateterm abortions in Kansas.
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Barack Obama criticised for cost of Broadway date

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President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his wife Michelle by taking her on a Saturday night date in New York only to attract criticism for wasting tax payers’ money in a recession.
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Cuba agrees to resume US talks

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the United States on migration and direct mail, a US official said here Sunday, as a US-Cuban thaw gathers pace under President Barack Obama’s administration.

Obama Delivers On Election Pledge - To Wife

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During his election bid, he promised Michelle Obama he would take her to a New York show.

US urges rejection of Guantanamo Uighurs case

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US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, (AFP) - President Barack Obama’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a request by Chinese Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay prison and cleared of all charges to be released on US soil.

Senators spar over remarks by top court nominee

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four key U.S. Senate Republicans on Sunday questioned past statements and legal decisions by Judge Sonia Sotomayor but stopped short of threatening to derail her nomination to the Supreme Court.

U.S., Cuba agree to resume migration talks

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume direct talks on migration, last held in 2003, and open discussions on establishing direct mail service between the two countries, a U.S. official said on Sunday.

Kennedy plan to outline U.S. healthcare overhaul

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic plans for revamping U.S. healthcare are taking shape, with Senator Edward Kennedy soon to announce a proposal which could form the core of the nation’s new health system.

Geithner says U.S. committed to pull deficits down

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BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters ) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, aiming to persuade China that its U.S. investments were safe, pledged that the Obama administration was firmly committed to ratcheting down huge deficits as quickly as it can once economic recovery is assured.

Berlusconi to talk regulation with Obama before G8

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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who currently chairs the G8 group of industrial nations, said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Barack Obama on June 15 to discuss new rules to regulate the world economy.

Move over Oprah? Obama sells books

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When President Barack Obama recently told The New York Times Magazine that he was reading “Netherland,” the novel caught fire. Sales quickly rose by 40 percent and as of last week, the book had sold more than 95,000 copies. “It…


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CNN fades in prime-time picture

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On day one, CNN ruled cable news. But while viewers may flock to the network for election day or the Inauguration, day 130 is a different story. CNN, which just took home a Peabody Award for its 2008 election coverage,…


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Six Are Killed in West Bank as Fatah Moves Against Hamas

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Palestinian Authority forces clashed with Hamas militants in the West Bank, leaving six dead in the bloodiest such encounter in two years.
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The jury’s still out on if Sonia Sotomayor is the right judge for the job

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Profile: From the tough Puerto Rican projects of the Bronx to the threshold of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor has certainly come a long way - but no one is quite sure where she stands says William Langley.
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[Blah Blah Blog] Reno CANCELS Fireworks 4th of July

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Folks…some TRUE news is SO BIZARRE…you just can’t make this kind of craziness up! And yet you find yourself head in hands pulling your hair out as to how grown adults in charge of a city of several hundred thousand people actually meet and DECIDE that THIS is what’s best for ALL OF US!!!

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“The Reno City Council agreed Friday to cancel fireworks for the Fourth of July, bowing out to the much bigger Star-Spangled Sparks show in downtown Sparks. It will use that money and other funds to support special events.”

Oh Goody!…just what “special events” are we going to use that money on?

“The council agreed that the $7,500 planned for fireworks would be better spent supporting the national hand cycling championship that will be part of the Tour de Nez bicycle classic on June 17-20.

[Blah Blah Blog] Reno CANCELS Fireworks 4th of July

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Folks…some TRUE news is SO BIZARRE…you just can’t make this kind of craziness up! And yet you find yourself head in hands pulling your hair out as to how grown adults in charge of a city of several hundred thousand people actually meet and DECIDE that THIS is what’s best for ALL OF US!!!

RGJ News Article

“The Reno City Council agreed Friday to cancel fireworks for the Fourth of July, bowing out to the much bigger Star-Spangled Sparks show in downtown Sparks. It will use that money and other funds to support special events.”

Oh Goody!…just what “special events” are we going to use that money on?

“The council agreed that the $7,500 planned for fireworks would be better spent supporting the national hand cycling championship that will be part of the Tour de Nez bicycle classic on June 17-20.

Newspaper Ad ‘Called For Obama Assassination’

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The Secret Service is investigating the classified ad placed in Pennsylvania local paper the Warren Times Observer.

Obama piles pressure on Israel

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Barack Obama is putting the pressure on Israel to freeze settlements as he works to reassure US support for Palestinian statehood.

Obama calls for swift confirmation of Sotomayor

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama called Saturday for a swift confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, calling her “fair, unbiased, and dedicated to the rule of law.”

Retired US general denies seeing torture pictures

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A retired US Army general has denied reports that he has seen the pictures of prisoner abuse in Iraq that President Barack Obama is fighting to keep secret.