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Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his war council weighed final options for a new Afghanistan strategy on Wednesday, as a proposed 30,000-plus troop increase gained favor among top advisers, officials said.

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Obama and war council weighs Afghan troop boost

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Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – After years of blight, the future of New York’s Coney Island historic amusement park brightened on Wednesday when city officials said they had a deal to spend about $96 million to buy seven acres to expand the park.

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NYC to buy land to revive Coney Island amusements

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Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. government comes closer to reforming the country’s health-care system, states are staring at spending millions of dollars they do not have to provide insurance to more people, officials said on Tuesday.

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Healthcare reforms will cost U.S. states millions

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Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. government comes closer to reforming the country’s health-care system, states are staring at spending millions of dollars they do not have to provide insurance to more people, officials said on Tuesday.

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Healthcare reforms will cost U.S. states millions

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Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and they relayed the information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S.

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Fort Hood suspect contacted Islamist: sources

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Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and relayed that information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S. officials said on Monday.

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Fort Hood suspect communicated with Islamist: sources

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AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama faces a “pivotal moment” as he mulls whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and is unlikely to announce his decision until after a trip to Asia, officials said Monday.

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Obama facing ‘pivotal’ moment on Afghanistan

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