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02/08/2006 03:10 AM
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Bush Plan Would Cut Survivor Benefits (AP)
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AP - If President Bush gets his way, the venerable $255 Social Security death benefit will fade into history. And 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts will lose their monthly survivor payments.
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02/07/2006 09:57 PM
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Bush Praises King for Changing the Country (AP)
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AP - President Bush, leading the nation in celebrating the life of Coretta Scott King, praised the civil rights leader for enduring extraordinary pain and loss to give generations of people "a better, more welcoming country."
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02/07/2006 09:53 PM
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Lawmakers Fear Lack of Progress on Iraq (AP)
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AP - The Bush administration is falling short in its efforts to rebuild Iraq, increase oil production and spawn a new government that is representative of all factions there, lawmakers of both parties said Tuesday.
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02/07/2006 08:23 PM
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Cheney Dismisses Criticism of Spy Program (AP)
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AP - Vice President Dick Cheney shrugged off congressional criticism of the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program Tuesday, suggesting some in the know who previously raised no objections were changing their tune.
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02/07/2006 09:54 PM
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Election-Year Politics Imperil Bush Budget (AP)
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AP - President Bush's budget is barely a day old, but it already faces dire prospects in Congress. It's a blueprint better suited for an odd-numbered year.
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02/08/2006 12:57 AM
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U.S. Says It Will Forgive Afghan Debt (AP)
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AP - The Bush administration said Tuesday it will forgive the entire $108 million that Afghanistan owes to the United States, and larger creditors also plan to erase Afghan debt.
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02/07/2006 05:53 PM
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Bill Scranton Exits Pa. Governor Race (AP)
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AP - Bill Scranton dropped out of the governor's race Tuesday after it became clear that Republican Party leaders planned to endorse former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann for the nomination.
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02/08/2006 03:18 AM
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Boehner Aide Tied to Trip Set by Abramoff (AP)
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AP - A White House aide who was once chief of staff to House Majority Leader John Boehner helped plan a 1996 trip to the Northern Mariana Islands that was organized by fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff, billing records from Abramoff's firm show.
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02/07/2006 09:39 PM
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Lawyers: Many Gitmo Detainees Not Accused (AP)
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AP - More than half of the terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay have not been accused of committing hostile acts against the United States or its allies, two of the detainees' lawyers said in a report released Tuesday.
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02/07/2006 03:54 PM
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Mohammed sculpture at top US court draws mild rebuke from US Muslim leaders (AFP)
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AFP - Amid an international outcry over cartoons of Mohammed, some American Muslim leaders have expressed concern about depictions of the prophet at US public buildings, including the Supreme Court.
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02/06/2006 10:37 AM
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War Crimes Prosecutor Pushes for Arrests (AP)
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AP - Chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte on Monday pushed anew for the arrest of top war crimes fugitives, including Ratko Mladic, and received assurances from Serbia's prime minister that the job will be done soon.
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