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Source: CIA hired Blackwater to help hunt al Qaeda leaders

The Central Intelligence Agency hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, according to a ...
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Former Iowa Gov. Branstad suffers heart attack

Former Iowa Gov. Branstad suffers heart attack. DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad suffered a heart attack after exercising Monday and underwent an opera ...
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Afghan Independence Day threats 'credible'

In eastern Afghanistan, a suicide car bomb near a U.S. base Monday killed 10 Afghan civilians and wounded 13 others, the U.S. military said. The incident, which took place outside ...
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The funding fight that’s slowing critical aid for pediatric cancer research

CNN’s Jake Tapper speaks with Nancy Goodman, Executive Director for KidsvCancer.org about the Senate failing to pass the ...
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John King: Bush vacation agenda

John King is CNN's senior White House correspondent. He joined the CNN.com chat room from CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau. CNN: Thank you for joining us today, John King, and welcome. JOHN KING: Hello ...
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Palin accuses Obama of ties to second 'radical professor'

Sarah Palin on Wednesday said Sen. Barack Obama has ties to a Columbia University professor who she said is "a former spokesperson for the Palestinian Liberation Organization." The Obama campaign said ...
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California OKs Marijuana For Medicinal Use

California OKs Marijuana For Medicinal Use. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AllPolitics, Nov. 6) -- California voters have approved using marijuana for medicinal purposes, provided it is reco ...
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Carnegie Hall holds 'Concert of Remembrance'

Carnegie Hall opened its doors Sunday for a "Concert of Remembrance" to honor the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Yo-Yo Ma, the world famous cellist opened the show with the "Appalachia ...
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France and Britain debate Concorde's future

French and British officials are meeting to discuss the future of Concorde after it was grounded in the wake of the Air France Concorde crash outside Paris last month in which 113 people died.
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2-year-old among at least 5 killed in crash of Mexican Naval plane carrying burn patients to Texas, officials say

A 2-year-old child is among at least three peoplepassengers who were killed when a Mexican Naval plane carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, ...
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President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships

President Donald Trump announced a new “Trump class” of Navy battleships Monday, describing them as a superior war fighting vessel to replace an “old and tired and obsolete” US fleet.
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U.S. holding Iraqi lawmaker after raid on suspected insurgents

A Sunni member of Iraq's parliament is in custody after his arrest during a U.S.-Iraqi military raid on a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq gathering, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said Friday. The ...