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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American.
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DUBLIN (AP) — Much of the world is turning green Wednesday for St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all hues of Irishness.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech is urging calm as e-mails and Internet postings originating in Italy threaten another attack on campus.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is leading the charge in a states-rights push to defeat a proposal in Congress that would require people to buy health insurance, a key piece of reforms being pushed by President Barack Obama.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day — except the elderly lady is very much alive.
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BARRY IS HUMAN AND HE IS TO MAKE MISTAKES LIKE ANY ONE ELSE. BUT GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DO HE STILL HAS DONE GOOD IN DC. SO LET THE MAN BE. IN HIS OWN WAY HE HAS PAID HIS DEBT.
jyh32@verizon.n-et @ 1:35 PM EDT, Aug 26, 2009
Marion Berry will always be a favorite son of dc residents because before his entrapment by jealous republicans he was the only person who had cared about the folks east of the river
kim @ 10:45 AM EDT, Aug 16, 2009
It is ironic that so many people who did not live in the city or the region have such strong opinions about him. They can not know the impact he has had on this city. Mayor Barry made opportinities possible for African Americans that we would not otherwise have had.
Kevin @ 7:11 AM EDT, Aug 16, 2009
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