Posts Tagged ‘shuts’
Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq (AP)
AP – After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.
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Occupy rally shuts down shipping port indefinitely (AP)
AP – Occupy Wall Street protesters declared victory after thousands of demonstrators shut down one of the nation’s busiest shipping ports late Wednesday, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September.
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Twitter shuts down then reactivates protest acct
Trouble keeps finding the Occupy Wall Street protesters and their supporters – even when city cops are not squirting them with pepper spray.
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Calif border crossing shuts after scaffold falls (AP)
AP – Scaffolding collapsed on more than a dozen cars at the nation’s busiest border crossing Wednesday, injuring 11 people and halting all traffic entering from Mexico, authorities said.
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‘Carmageddon’: Los Angeles freeway shuts down (AP)
AP – A 10-mile stretch of one of the nation’s busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road.
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Illinois’ death row officially shuts down (AP)
AP – After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois’ death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect.
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Closed! Minnesota govt shuts down over budget disagreement
Minnesota is closed for business. The state government shut down Friday at midnight after Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative majorities failed to reach a deal on their budget before the deadline.
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