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Obama: U.S. can’t afford to extend tax cuts for rich (Reuters)

Reuters – President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible. Continue reading

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MTV’s ‘Snooki’ fined $500 for annoying beachgoers (AP)

AP – Calling her “a Lindsay Lohan wannabe,” a judge fined “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July. Continue reading

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Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? (AP)

AP – The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising. Continue reading

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Google search accelerates with ‘instant’ results (AP)

AP – Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests. Continue reading

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Gibbs: Emanuel will take time weighing mayoral run (AP)

AP – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday he has “no doubt” that chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will be weighing his future options now that the race for Chicago mayor is wide open. Continue reading

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Official: 2nd killed in flooding swamping Texas (AP)

AP – Authorities say flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has killed a second person who was swept away from his pickup truck. Continue reading

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BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)

AP – BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig. Continue reading

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Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)

AP – The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Continue reading

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Obama firm: Don’t extend tax breaks for wealthiest (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating “the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place.” Continue reading

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Taliban leader, associates arrested in southwest Afghanistan …

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) – A Taliban leader and several associates were detained by a combined Afghan National Security and NATO forces in southwest Afghanistan , the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said on Monday. … Continue reading

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