Afghanistan Sun
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All Business
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BBC
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Cage Prisoners
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Energy
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Frontier Post
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Gawker
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Green Life
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MercoPress
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RAW Story
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DETROIT, Michigan — General Motors received more clean energy patents in the past year than any other company, a study released Friday said. GM's 135 patents represented nearly 14 percent of the... - German executives sentenced in death of Italian workers
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Red Tape Chronicles
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Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne welcomed closer international scrutiny of his deficit reduction program on Friday, and said it undermined opposition criticism of his cuts to public sp... - Misrata under bombardment, West seeks regime change
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San Jose Mercury
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The FBI is investigating a suspicious letter someone sent to the Google (GOOG) headquarters in Mountain View on Friday. - Belmont college student kidnapped, taken to Sunnyvale motel
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Two men briefly kidnapped a Peninsula college student and took her to a Sunnyvale motel on Friday before police rescued her and arrested her ex-boyfriend, authorities said. - Woman dies, husband survives in Caltrain car crash in Palo Alto
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As cars lined up in front of the Nissan Altima on the Palo Alto Caltrain tracks, the crossing gates came down, boxing in the vehicle and leaving the couple inside with nowhere to drive. - San Jose may ban medical marijuana shops
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Voltaire
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- President Obama's Speech on Debt and Deficit Reduction: 'The Country We Believe In'George Washington University Washington D.C. 13 April 2011 Good afternoon. It's great to be back at GW. I want you to know that one of the reasons I kept the government open was so I could be here...
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- Libya: African Union mediation hindered by NATO for 18 days
- UK News
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- Obama "satisfied" with Libya air mission
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- Dramatic rescue of bear stuck up a tree
- Royal Wedding timings released
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- Whistleblower Protection
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AP - In a prelude to a summer showdown with President Barack Obama, Republicans controlling the House pushed to passage on Friday a bold but politically dangerous budget blueprint to slash social safe... - Calculate exactly where your tax dollars go (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
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Reuters - Leading world economies agreed on Friday to put the policies of seven major nations under a microscope as part of a plan to prevent a repeat of the global financial crisis. - J&J in talks to buy Synthes for $20 billion: report (Reuters)
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