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AP 2010-12-22

1. President Barack Obama signs a tax bill, heading off a tax hike that would have hit all Americans after the first of the year. But Labor leaders and some Democrats do not like it, saying the legislation came at a price. 2. WikiLeaks founder Julian

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1. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area just before noon local time. The quake was centered in San Bernardino County, about 29 miles east-southeast of downtown LA. It was felt to the south in San Diego and it was also slightly fel

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1. Texas officials say the teen affluenza case has been caught in Mexico. He's been caught and pledge guilty for killing four people in a drunken-driving accident in 2013. His lawyer planed affluenza meaning he was responsible becuse his whealthy /.

Musharraf Charged in Bhutto Killing

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been formally indicted on murder charges in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhotto was killed in a suicide attack in December 2007 following an election rally

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NPR 2009-03-07

The news that employer slashed another 651,000 jobs last month coupled with an unemployment rate that is now above 8% shows an economy firmly in the grip of recession. The unemployment rate which rose at 8. 1% in February is the highest it's been in

NPR 2009-02-10

President Obama continues to press Congress aggressively to pass his economic stimulus plan. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. With an increasingly aggressive tone toward his Republican opponents in Congress, President Obama is using every tool in his kit

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 13 June 2007 Shimon Peres has been elected Israel's ninth president in a second round of parliamentary voting for the largely ceremonial post. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Mr. Peres has held virtually all of Israel

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HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP

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The morning after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the country awoke Tuesday to learn that about two dozen buildings had burned in Ferguson, Mo., during a chaotic

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And now for more on the special counsel's investigation into the president for possible obstruction of justice, we are joined by Carrie Johnson. She's the justice correspondent for NPR. Carrie, welcome back to the program. Happy to be here. First of

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Lawyers for John Nickels spoke to the press today. 约翰尼克的律师今天发表声明 They say they're pleased the D.A. declined from the recent fire in to indict their client on charges stemming one of Nickel's buildings. 他们很高兴看到地

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