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Really? President Obama: ‘There are better days ahead’

President Obama is mulling a new package of small business tax breaks in hopes of resurrecting the ever-sluggish economy.

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6 in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin would be ineffective as president: poll

Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with, but the majority of Americans don?t think she?d make an effective President.

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President Obama hails progress in New Orleans

Five years after the ravaging storm, President Barack Obama celebrated New Orleans’s revival from Hurricane Katrina on Sunday and pledged common purpose with residents in the continuing struggle to protect and rebuild the Gulf Coast.

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Afghan president questions US timeline for leaving (AP)

AP – President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.

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Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean’s run for president (AP)

Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wycleaf Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP – Singer Wyclef Jean’s high-profile bid for Haiti’s presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy.


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Haiti council: Wyclef Jean can’t run for president (AP)

Haiti's presidential candidate and  hip hop artist Wyclef Jean , center, walks surrounded by security at his mother's house in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Jean says he has received death threats, which is why he is in seclusion until the electoral list is released. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP – Haiti’s electoral commission said Friday that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of this Caribbean nation, ending his outsider’s bid to lead a country struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.


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Duty, not politics, pushed President Obama to speak on Ground Zero mosque plan: White House

Presidential duty, not politics pushed Barack Obama to comment on the controversial building of a mosque and Islamic community center near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks, a White House spokesman said.

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