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APNewsBreak: US aid a step toward Korea nuke talks (AP)

AP – The United States is poised to announce a significant donation of food aid to North Korea this week, the first concrete accomplishment after months of behind-the-scenes diplomatic contacts between the two wartime enemies. An agreement by North Korea to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment program will likely follow within days.

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In unprecedented step, Arab League sanctions Syria (AP)

A Syrian immigrant shows a V-sign decorated as the revolutionary Syrian flag during a rally against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Syrian embassy in Sofia, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. More than 3,500 people have died in months of anti-government protests in Syria, according to the UN. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)AP – In an unprecedented move against a fellow Arab nation, the Arab League on Sunday approved economic sanctions on Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an 8-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad.


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Feds step into Syracuse mess

There’s a reason people laugh when they hear the famous Shakespeare line, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” This is understandable, especially when we hear “lawyer stories” like the one my friend told me.

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Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down (AP)

In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 photo, an Egyptian riot police officer aims his rifle at a man near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Police and protesters demanding that Egypt's ruling military council step down are observing a truce after five days of deadly street battles in which dozens have died. (AP Photo/Tahsin Bakr)AP – Egypt’s military rulers rejected protester demands for them to step down immediately and said Thursday they would start the first round of parliamentary elections on time next week, despite serious unrest in Cairo and other cities.


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Jordan’s king urges Syria’s Assad to step down (AP)

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP – Jordan’s King Abdullah said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down, making him the first Arab ruler to issue such a call over the regime’s deadly crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising.


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2 top officials step down amid Penn St sex scandal (AP)

In this photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky, center, is placed in a police car iin Bellefonte, Pa. to be taken to the office of a Centre County Magisterial District judge on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight young men. Also, Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and Penn State vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, 62, are expected to turn themselves in on Monday on charges of perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania’s child protective services law in connection with the investigation into the abuse allegations against Sandusky. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth Media Services)AP – Two top Penn State officials charged with covering up allegations of an explosive child-sex abuse scandal related to former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky stepped down late Sunday after an emergency meeting of the university’s Board of Trustees.


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New effort to reduce drug shortages a small step (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, before signing an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take steps to reduce drug shortages.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration’s plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem.


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