Fallout Continues from California's Budget Woes - NewsHour border=

Fallout Continues from California's Budget Woes - NewsHour

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JIM LEHRER: Next tonight, bills are coming due in California and the state is having trouble paying them. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels has that report. SPENCER MICHELS: State-issued IOUs are starting to show up in California mailboxes, …
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Chu Brings Diverse Career to Congress - CQPolitics.com

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Ethnicity will be the one obvious difference when California tax board member Judy Chu arrives in Washington shortly to succeed fellow Democrat Hilda L. Solis. Chu, the easy winner of Tuesday's House special election in …
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First Senate panel completes healthcare bill - Reuters border=

First Senate panel completes healthcare bill - Reuters

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate health committee on Wednesday approved its version of legislation to overhaul the US health industry, which is to be combined with a bill yet to be written in the Senate Finance Committee. …
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Sheriff: Suspects trained before Fla. couple slain - The Associated Press border=

Sheriff: Suspects trained before Fla. couple slain - The Associated Press

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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A group of men charged in the slaying of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting special needs children trained for at least a month to break into the couple's home, authorities said Wednesday. Byrd and Melanie Billings were …
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Sotomayor says Obama didn't ask about abortion - The Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday neither President Barack Obama nor anyone else in the administration asked her views on abortion rights before she was nominated for the Supreme Court. "I was asked no question by anyone including …
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Sotomayor says Obama didn't ask about abortion - The Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday neither President Barack Obama nor anyone else in the administration asked her views on abortion rights before she was nominated for the Supreme Court. "I was asked no question by anyone including …
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In Egypt, Non-Aligned nations focus on meltdown - The Associated Press border=

In Egypt, Non-Aligned nations focus on meltdown - The Associated Press

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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) — Cuba's president on Wednesday called for an international financial system that better takes into account developing countries interests, as the global recession captured the spotlight at a summit of non-aligned nations. …
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UK's Brown says Karzai pledges more Afghan forces - Reuters border=

UK's Brown says Karzai pledges more Afghan forces - Reuters

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LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai has promised to provide extra Afghan security forces to reinforce British soldiers battling Taliban insurgents, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday. While Brown said he was keeping …
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Clinton Says US Still Must Engage Iran on Nuclear Dispute - Bloomberg border=

Clinton Says US Still Must Engage Iran on Nuclear Dispute - Bloomberg

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July 15 (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US will still pursue direct talks with Iran to persuade the country's leaders to abandon a possible nuclear- arms program even after the regime's crackdown on voters. …
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Clinton Says US Still Must Engage Iran on Nuclear Dispute - Bloomberg

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July 15 (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US will still pursue direct talks with Iran to persuade the country's leaders to abandon a possible nuclear- arms program even after the regime's crackdown on voters. …
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