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NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal, modest achievements reached amid deep skepticism about success at their first such session in two years.
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it had sued Joe Arpaio, the controversial sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, for failing to turn over documents in a probe of whether his aggressive operations against illegal immigrants had violated civil rights.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will hold a news conference at the White House on Sept. 10.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Democratic Governors Association has filed an elections complaint in Ohio alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during a television appearance.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mother Teresa is being recognized for her humanitarian work with the issuance of a new U.S. postage stamp.
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The most sweeping tax cuts in a generation are due to expire at the end of the year. Congress is set to take up the issue this month. If Congress does nothing, families at every income level face tax increases next year.
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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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