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Gov’t: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban (AP)

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:13:43 +0000

AP – The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico costs at least 23,000 jobs, according to a federal document that weighed the economic impact and alternatives to the drilling ban.

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Gov’t starts talks about new mortgage system (AP)

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:27:03 +0000

AP – Talk of shrinking the government’s involvement in the mortgage market is growing. Just don’t expect action any time soon.

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Afghan gov’t: 4 months to disband security firms (AP)

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:50:54 +0000

AP – Afghanistan’s president is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a spokesman said Monday.

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Fidel Castro makes 1st official govt appearance (AP)

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:07:24 +0000

AP – A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an emphatic address to parliament Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago.

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Afghan govt wants donors to support its priorities (AP)

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:46:23 +0000

AP – At an international conference on Tuesday, the Afghan government will ask donors to put 80 percent of aid money behind programs that the Afghans — not foreign capitals — deem important to development.

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Setback: BP cap in limbo over gov’t questions (AP)

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:47:47 +0000

AP – BP’s work to cap its Gulf of Mexico gusher was in limbo Wednesday after the federal government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the busted well and make the leak worse.

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Enviro groups stunned that govt ignoring 27K wells (AP)

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:06:42 +0000

AP – Leading environmental groups and a U.S. senator on Wednesday called on the government to pay closer attention to more than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico and take action to keep them from leaking even more crude into water already tainted by the massive BP spill.

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Gov’t sues to throw out Arizona immigration law (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:28:53 +0000

AP – The Obama administration sued Arizona on Tuesday to throw out the state’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law and keep other states from copying it.

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Gov’t files suit to throw out AZ immigration law (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:14:36 +0000

AP – The federal government took a momentous step into the immigration debate Tuesday when it filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying the law blatantly violates the Constitution.

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Blasts mar Biden’s call for new gov’t, unity (AP)

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:23:58 +0000

AP – Vice President Joe Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide bombers struck government centers in two major cities.

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