Top US commander: Iran still supporting Iraq attacks

The top US military commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran still supported and trained terrorists who carry out attacks – mostly with mortars and sophisticated roadside bombs – inside Iraq.

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States brace for shutdowns

Indiana is one of five states — along with Arizona, California, Mississippi and Pennsylvania — bracing for possible shutdowns this week as time runs out for lawmakers to close billion-dollar gaps in their fiscal 2010 budgets.

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Air Force tests missile in launch from Calif coast

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) – The Air Force has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away.

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Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead

Billy Mays “Pitchman” with his new tv show (Pitchmen : Discovery Channel) was found dead by his wife. The 50-year-old known for his OxiClean ads was pronounced dead at 7:45 am.

CNN reported Mays was on the US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Tampa on Saturday that had a hard landing at Tampa […]

US passes million swine flu cases

US health officials estimate that at least one million Americans have been infected with swine flu since the H1N1 virus emerged nearly three months ago.

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US-Israel talks in Paris aborted

A meeting between Israel’s prime minister and a senior US envoy has been cancelled amid growing differences over settlement building in the West Bank.

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Obama hails climate-change bill

President Obama this afternoon called a House-passed energy bill "an extraordinary first step" toward halting global warming and reducing the use of fossil fuels, but he expressed reservations about a controversial provision that would slap tariffs on imports from countries that do not similarly crack down on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Obama Raises Doubts About Dialogue With Iran

TEHRAN — Despite new criticism from President Obama, the Iranian authorities showed no sign Friday of bending to domestic or foreign pressure, saying that the disputed presidential vote on June 12 was the “healthiest” in three decades

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House Democrats win key test vote on climate bill

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats narrowly won a key test vote Friday on sweeping legislation to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy. Republicans said the bill included "the largest tax increase in American history."

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The King is dead? I thought Elvis was the “King”?

Michael Jackson dies at 50 from cardiac arrest.

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