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US, Japan reach deal to move forces, as 9,000 US Marines will be relocated from Okinawa

By doris | Published: April 27, 2012

Full Story at FoxNews.com WASHINGTON – About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday. The move is part of a broader arrangement designed to tamp down tensions in the [...]

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Senate passes bill that would keep post offices open

By doris | Published: April 26, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com CBS News) The U.S. Senate passed legislation Wednesday afternoon that would preserve post office services now set to be slashed due to the agency’s financial problems. The measure, which passed 62-37, eases the Postal Service’s money woes by reimbursing the agency to the tune of $11 billion for overpaying into federal [...]

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Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week

By doris | Published: April 25, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee. Gingrich had a friendly telephone conversation Wednesday with Romney and had started planning an event where [...]

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U.S. disputes Iran’s claims about crashed drone

By doris | Published: April 24, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS News) A senior administration official disputes Iran’s claims that they have extracted secret intelligence information from an American drone that crashed in December. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, was quoted Sunday by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying [...]

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Explosive Immigration Issue to Hit Supreme Court

By doris | Published: April 23, 2012

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com Jim Shee, a U.S. citizen of Spanish and Chinese ancestry, says he began to understand the impact of Arizona’s strict immigration law called S.B.1070 when he was stopped by Arizona police twice in one month. “I was stopped for the color of my skin. I look like a minority, whatever a [...]

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Edwards lawyers to follow trail of ‘Bunny money’

By doris | Published: April 22, 2012

Full Story at FoxNews.com GREENSBORO, N.C. – Defense lawyers for John Edwards will argue at his trial that much of the nearly $1 million in secret payments at issue in the criminal case against their client were actually siphoned off by a trusted aide to build an expansive dream home. The former aide, Andrew Young, [...]

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Secret Service sex scandal keeps growing

By doris | Published: April 21, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS NEWS) WASHINGTON – The sex scandal rocking the Secret Service is spreading. Three more agents have stepped down in the wake of alleged activities involving prostitutes in Cartagena, Columbia last weekend. One more agent is now under investigation, and another has been cleared of serious misconduct. In all, 12 have [...]

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Senate tries to put wrangling aside to rescue Postal Service from insolvency

By doris | Published: April 20, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnb,.msn.com Updated at 3:05pm ET The Senate struggled Thursday to push forward a bill to restructure the U.S. Postal Service, but still lacked accord on which amendments the senators would be allowed to offer. “We’re really very, very close to getting something done,” said Majority Leader Harry Reid Thursday afternoon. “Our main [...]

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CNN/ORC poll: Most Americans say tax system favors wealthy

By doris | Published: April 19, 2012

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – As procrastinators rush to file their 2011 tax returns by the Tuesday deadline, a new poll shows more than two-thirds of Americans believe the revenue system benefits the wealthy while being unfair to average workers. In the CNN/ORC survey, 68% of respondents said the current tax system benefits the [...]

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Senate rejects ‘Buffett rule’

By doris | Published: April 18, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 7:06 pm ET On the eve of the federal tax filing deadline, the Senate blocked consideration of a Democratic bill to ensure that taxpayers making over $1 million a year pay more in federal taxes. The vote, mostly on party lines, was 51 to 45, short of the 60 [...]

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Study: Obama’s health care law will add at least $340 billion to deficit

By doris | Published: April 17, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (AP) WASHINGTON – Reigniting a debate about the bottom line for President Barack Obama’s health care law, a leading conservative economist estimates in a study to be released Tuesday that the overhaul will add at least $340 billion to the deficit, not reduce it. Charles Blahous, who serves as public trustee [...]

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Mitt Romney rakes in cash during spring break

By doris | Published: April 16, 2012

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com NAPLES, Fla. – When former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign last Monday, Mitt Romney found himself with a bit of a spring break on his calendar. He’s spending the weekend portion of it in South Florida, raking in cash for the general election. Two top Romney donors are [...]

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