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SPIN METER: Obama’s pose: Above the political fray (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP – To hear the White House tell it, President Barack Obama has scant interest in politics as Republicans battle each other for the right to challenge him. But in reality, Obama is increasingly involved in his re-election, staying in regular contact with his campaign staff, raising money and evaluating Republican debate performances.


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Oil nears $107 a barrel, gasoline above $3.50 (AP)

FILE - In this March 5, 2011 file photo, an anti-government rebel sits with an anti-aircraft weapon in front an oil refinery, after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya. Oil prices climbed to near $106 a barrel Monday as intense fighting between Libyan government forces and rebels appeared to be turning into a civil war and raised the prospect of a prolonged cut in crude exports from the OPEC nation. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)AP – Oil prices continued to set new post-recession highs Monday as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded rebels near a key oil port in Libya. It’s unclear how long the country’s oil exports will be cut off, and traders prepared for a worst-case scenario in which world supplies would be under pressure for months. .


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Oil above $99 as Libya’s oil industry in chaos (AP)

Evacuees from Libya stand with their luggage after disembarking from a Greek ferry in the port of Piraeus. Libya, one of Africa's biggest oil producers, had a huge multinational workforce before the current crisis including construction workers, oil industry workers and domestic helpers from Bangladesh, China, Egypt and the Philippines.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AP – Oil prices jumped above $99 a barrel Monday in Asia as Libya’s violent power struggle continued to disrupt crude output in the OPEC nation. Violent protests in Oman also raised fears political upheaval could impact other crude exporters.


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Death toll rises above 500 in Brazil mudslides (AP)

Men lower the casket of Mauro Viana, 9, who died in a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011.  At least 381 people died in Rio state towns after slides hit early Wednesday, and at least 50 people were still missing, officials said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP – A new and ominous rain began falling again Friday in mountain towns where mudslides and flooding killed at least 509 people, hindering rescuers’ efforts to reach survivors even as relatives hauled the dead down the hills to freshly dug graves.


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Dow closes above 11,000 for first time since May (AP)

Specialist Joseph Mastrolia, left, and trader Edward Schreier work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the first time in five months Friday as hopes built that the Federal Reserve will take more action to get the economy going again.


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Snooki thinks she’s above the law, hits cops with expletive-filled rant

“Jersey Shore” star Nicole Polizzi attempted to use her new found fame as a “get out of jail free” card when she busted by cops for being a drunken nuisance Friday.

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Average NYC temperature in July is 82 degrees, nearly 6 degrees above normal

Relief from the heat wave that clobbered the city this weekend is on the way.

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