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Democrats may prove to be dark horse party this fall - Daily O'Collegian
2010-09-08 04:08:00.0 - Google News
Recent political polls paint a gloomy picture for Democrats this election cycle. Because of this, Republicans have gained confidence that their tactics are beginning to win the hearts of the American public – this is exactly what will ensure a - -
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Quake: Treasury says cost has doubled - Stuff.co.nz
2010-09-08 04:04:04.0 - Google News
HELP AT HAND: Jean Sparks, 89, is lifted up the stairs at Addington Raceway by firefighters. The Catholic Basilica hasn't suffered to much damage while the building on the corner of St Asaph and Barbadoes Street is condemned. - -
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Florida pastor plans to press ahead with Quran burning - MiamiHerald.com
2010-09-08 03:59:55.0 - Google News
A Gainesville church pastor vowed to carry on with plans to burn Qurans on 9/11 even though several high-level US officials have warned him against doing so. BY JAWEED KALEEM Despite warnings by several high-level American officials that his actions - -
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Daley won't run for record seventh election to be mayor - Chicago Tribune
2010-09-08 03:51:16.0 - Google News
Richard M. Daley's 21-year run as mayor will end next spring with the city broadly reshaped by his vision and unprecedented grip on power, but with his image as Chicago's sure-handed leader increasingly challenged. - -
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Australian gov't plans to continue with mining tax - msnbc.com
2010-09-08 03:44:35.0 - Google News
Mark Graham / AP Australian independent lawmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, left, speak during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party gained the ability to form a government - -
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Oakeshott hints at big Abbott offer - The Australian
2010-09-08 03:19:05.0 - Google News
Independent Rob Oakeshott relaxes in a Port Macquarie playground with his wife Sara-Jane and their three children. Picture: Renee Nowytarger Source: The Australian ROB Oakeshott has indicated that Tony Abbott made a last-ditch attempt to woo the - -
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Imam: NYC Islamic center to include other faiths - Houston Chronicle
2010-09-08 03:12:55.0 - Google News
© 2010 AP Hasan Jamali AP FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, standing center, speaks briefly to worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers. -
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Suspect in officer shooting appears in court - San Jose Mercury News
2010-09-08 03:09:38.0 - Google News
AP OAKLAND, Calif.—The attorney for a man accused of shooting a Fremont police officer says it remains to be seen whether the attack was intentional or a "tragic misunderstanding." Defense attorney Anne Beles spoke briefly outside the Oakland courtroom
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Oren urges Jewish leaders to support Israel's peace moves - Jerusalem Post
2010-09-08 02:57:18.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON – Israeli officials are indicating that they anticipate a backlash from the American Jewish Right over the government's overtures to the Palestinians, and are appealing for support from US Jewry. - -
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Mass strikes rock Paris, London - National Post
2010-09-08 02:53:17.0 - Google News
PARIS — The capitals of France and Britain were in turmoil as striking workers flooded the streets on Tuesday to protest changes in pension law and job losses as governments across Europe tighten their belts. In Paris, more than one million workers - -
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On White House Stage, Space Is Constrained; Imagination Is Not - New York Times
2010-09-08 02:49:15.0 - Google News
Linda Celeste Sims, performing “Cry” by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was among the dancers in the East Room of the White House Tuesday in the first of a planned dance series. By ALASTAIR MACAULAY WASHINGTON — “Dance is the soul of this - -
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Gunmen in deadly attack on Honduras shoe factory - BBC News
2010-09-08 02:45:34.0 - Google News
Gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a shoe factory in Honduras, killing at least 15 people and wounding eight others, police said. At least four men burst into the factory in the northern coastal city of San Pedro Sula and opened fire on workers, - -
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In Attorney General Debate, Humor, Surprise and a Bit of Piling On - New York Times
2010-09-08 02:41:05.0 - Google News
State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman endured withering criticism from the rest of the Democratic field for New York attorney general on Tuesday night, as the five candidates met a week before the primary election for their - -
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G.O.P. Senate Chances Improve - New York Times
2010-09-08 02:34:49.0 - Google News
Republicans now have approximately a one-in-four chance of winning enough Senate seats in the Nov. 2 elections to claim an outright majority of the chamber, FiveThirtyEight's latest forecasting model shows. That the disposition of the - -
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Obama congratulates Australian PM on forming govt - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 02:29:04.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has congratulated Julia Gillard on becoming Australia's newest prime minister and on forming a government after a 17-day deadlock. The White House says Obama telephoned Gillard on Tuesday to relay his personal - -
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Colorado fire forced residents to make mad dash - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 02:28:56.0 - Google News
BOULDER, Colo. — David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness. - -
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Hermine gives south Texas another tropical lashing - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 02:28:51.0 - Google News
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday but left only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the - -
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Reaction to proposed Koran burning doesn't faze Florida church - Los Angeles Times
2010-09-08 02:27:54.0 - Google News
A plea from Gen. David H. Petraeus, who fears that burning the Muslim holy book could provoke violence, is rebuffed. But Pastor Terry Jones hints that he may reconsider the Saturday event. The Rev. Terry Jones is pastor of the 50-member Dove World - -
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At the White House, dancers get room to move from first lady Michelle Obama - Washington Post
2010-09-08 02:25:40.0 - Google News
The first lady welcomes members of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and young dancers from around the nation. By Sarah Kaufman For the young students invited to the dance workshop at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, the experience was surely a thrill - -
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US religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy - Reuters
2010-09-08 02:24:30.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American - -
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NY imam: Mosque project won't be stopped - msnbc.com
2010-09-08 02:15:48.0 - Google News
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a leading figure for Islamic center project, is shown on a US government-sponsored trip in the Mideast. The imam at the center of the controversy over what's become known as the "Ground Zero Mosque" — a YMCA-like Islamic center - -
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Libertarians cool to Senate run by Murkowski - Anchorage Daily News
2010-09-08 02:12:35.0 - Google News
Sen. Lisa Murkowski met with Libertarian candidate for US Senate David Haase on Tuesday to talk about taking his place and running on the Libertarian ticket. But Alaska Libertarian Party Chairman Scott Kolhaas said after the meeting - -
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18 die in Honduras factory shooting - CNN
2010-09-08 02:04:55.0 - Google News
Police say they do not know a motive for the shootings and nobody has been arrested. Tegucigalpa, Honduras (CNN) -- Eighteen people died in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police said. -
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Gillard Keeps Power by Wooing Australia Independents - BusinessWeek
2010-09-08 01:57:25.0 - Google News
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Julia Gillard held on to power as Australia's first female prime minister after two independent lawmakers agreed to prop up a minority Labor Party government to resolve the country's closest election - -
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Gillard Keeps Power by Ceding Ground to Australia Independents - Bloomberg
2010-09-08 01:52:43.0 - Google News
Julia Gillard held on to power as Australia's first female prime minister after two independent lawmakers agreed to prop up a minority Labor Party government to resolve the country's closest - -
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Labor lost the war, but won the peace - ABC Online
2010-09-08 01:41:50.0 - Google News
So we have a new government. After the sort of patient, detailed and cogent considerations we would all hope for from representative politicians deciding the political make-up of the nation's government, the key independents decided to support Julia - -
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UN puts Congo sex attacks at more than 500 - CNN International
2010-09-08 01:35:35.0 - Google News
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- UN officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500, more than double the previous estimate. In remarks prepared for delivery to the Security Council - -
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Downed power wires blamed in some Detroit fires - Detroit Free Press
2010-09-08 01:35:03.0 - Google News
Fires raging across large sections of Detroit tonight are being blamed on downed electrical wires. “There's no fire bug here,” said Detroit Fire Department Capt. Steve Varnas surveying the damage from a blaze in the area of Van Dyke and 7 Mile that had - -
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Business laments end of close working relationship with Mayor Richard Daley - Chicago Tribune
2010-09-08 01:31:38.0 - Google News
Chicago's business community, which repeatedly stood and delivered for Mayor Richard Daley as he reshaped a once-sagging industrial city, was shaken to learn Tuesday that he is stepping aside as the - -
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Its power spent, remnants of Hermine heads north - Houston Chronicle
2010-09-08 01:30:15.0 - Google News
AP Texas News By PAUL J. WEBER AP Writer © 2010 The Associated Press RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Its power spent, the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine continues to drench north and central Texas with a tropical deluge. A flash flood watch was in effect for - -
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