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L.L. Bean heiress backs Paul

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Jan. 30 (Opinion) - Kevinliptak / CNN: L.L. Bean heiress backs Paul — Freeport, Maine (CNN) - Linda Bean, an heiress to famed Maine outfitter L.L. Bean, came out in support of Ron Paul on Saturday as the candidate made a campaign swing through the state. — Bean, who is a part owner of her family's company and sits on its board …

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Sanctions take toll on ordinary Iranians - CNN.com

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Shirzad Bozorgmehr, Moni Basu - Jan. 23 (News Report) - The lives of ordinary Iranians have been deeply touched in recent weeks by the Western sanctions.

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Australian panel to recommend changing constitution to recognize Aborigines - CNN.com

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Jethro Mullen, CNN - Jan. 18 (News Report) - "The lack of acknowledgment of a people's existence in a country's Constitution has a major impact on their sense of identity, value within the community and perpetuates discrimination and prejudice.."

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Obama-GOP battle turns ruthless

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By David Frum - Jan. 09 (Opinion) - Watch the Republican primaries, and you can feel: the American political system is working. The GOP is discarding the unqualified and irresponsible candidates and rapidly converging on the person in the race who could actually do the job of president. But the week's second biggest political story shows a very different reality: a political system careening toward crisis. This is the story of the battle over President Barack Obama's nomination of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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South Sudan's Jonglei state a 'humanitarian disaster area' - CNN.com

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By CNN Wire Staff - Jan. 06 (News Report) - The London-based Minority Rights Group International .. condemned the attacks between the Lou Nuer and the Murle and called on the government to protect citizens from all ethnic groups.

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santorum wants to impose "judeo-christian sharia

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Dean Obeidallah - Jan. 05 (Opinion) - There are two Rick Santorums: The first one I might not agree with, but the second one truly scares me.

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Fleeing Sudanese fill refugee camps

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Moni Basu - Dec. 29 (News Report) - Last July, the world celebrated the birth of its newest nation as South Sudan officially separated from the north. It was hoped then that after decades of bloodshed, the people of of both nations would finally know peace. But just a few months later, refugee camps are filling to the brim as fighting in the border states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile has intensified and displaced more than 400,000 people.

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Gingrich has it wrong about the poor

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By LZ Granderson - Dec. 13 (Opinion) - This country isn't great in spite of the poor. It is great because of the poor.

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Russian billionaire to run against Putin

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Alla Eshchenko - Dec. 12 (News Report) - Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov -- the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team and one of the world's richest men -- said Monday that he will run for president of Russia next year.

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Euro stocks rally as eurozone worries ease - CNN

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:20:00 -0800

CNN - Nov. 28 - Globe and MailEuro stocks rally as eurozone worries easeCNNGermany's Angela Merkel, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Italy's Mario Monti are reportedly working on a new fiscal plan for the eurozone. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- European markets soared Monday ...Euro gains on Europe optimism but dollar retreatsMarketWatchFOREX-Euro recovers vs dollar though rally seen tenuousReutersEuro Won't Survive If Italian Government Defaults: The TickerBloombergThe Associated Press -Boston.com -Reuters Blogs (blog)all 877 news articles »

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Watch the CNN Debate: Satellite, Online, Live Stream, TV, Smart Phone – #CNNdebate

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Politisite.com - Nov. 22 (News) - The American Enterprise Institute, in partnership with CNN and The Heritage Foundation, is pleased to announce that the Republican presidential debate on national security and foreign policy will take place on Tuesday, November 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

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Latino evangelicals challenge Alabama brethren on immigration

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:28:00 -0800

CNN - Nov. 13 - By Gustavo Valdes , CNN Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) - When the Alabama legislature approved what is considered the nation's toughest anti-illegal immigration law, much of the state's religious community was quick to condemn it. The Roman Catholic, Episcopa

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Five things to watch for in GOP debate

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Jim Acosta - Nov. 09 (News Analysis) - It might be best to call this "one thing to watch" at Wednesday night's debate in the suburbs of Detroit. Herman Cain's rivals have only begun to comment on the sexual harassment allegations facing the conservative businessman. Will they go there? Will he go there? In an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Mitt Romney called the accusations "disturbing," meriting a "serious" response. Cain's less-than-serious handling of the matter on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Monday night gave the other candidates an opening.

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Bank dumping days begin

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Nov. 04 (News) - Customers are dumping their banks in droves ahead of the nationwide "Move Your Money" and "Bank Transfer Day" movements this Saturday.

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Millionaire tax would cover cost of Obama jobs bill

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:14:16 -0700

CNN - Oct. 07 - The Democrats' proposed tax on millionaires would raise an estimated $453 billion, more than enough to pay for President Obama's jobs bill. That's the latest from the Congressional Budget Office, which on Friday released its cost and revenue estimates for the American Jobs Act.

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Challenger report: September job cuts spike

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Oct. 05 (News) - The number of layoffs announced in rose 126% in September to 115,730 from August's 51,114, according to outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

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Buffett's words twisted on taxes

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Charles Riley - Sep. 29 (News Report) - Warren Buffett's words were used Friday by lawmakers to score petty political points -- exactly the kind of rhetoric he is asking Congress to put aside. At issue: Whether or not Buffett likes a White House tax proposal that the billionaire investor himself came up with and lent his name to.

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20 doctors sentenced in Bahrain over recent unrest - CNN

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:57:27 -0700

CNN - Sep. 29 - USA Today20 doctors sentenced in Bahrain over recent unrestCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff Doctors and nurses gathered outside the Salmaniya medical complex before marching towards Pearl Square in February. (CNN) -- A group of 20 doctors who were detained during this year's protests in Bahrain have been convicted of ...Bahrain hands death sentence to protesterFinancial TimesBahrain protester sentenced to death for killing police officerThe GuardianBahrain jails 20 doctors after democracy protestsmsnbc.comVoice of America -Washington Postall 525 news articles »

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Florida will likely hold Jan. primary, threatening presidential calendar

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Sep. 28 (News Report) - Florida is now expected to hold its presidential primary on the last day in January 2012, a move likely to throw the carefully arranged Republican nominating calendar into disarray and jumpstart the nominating process a month earlier than party leaders had hoped.

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Twitter finds a place in the classroom

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Sep. 26 (News) - Students tap away at their cell phones, laptops and iPads during Enrique Legaspi's high-tech history lesson.

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Quake in India, Nepal kills 9

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Sep. 18 (Opinion) - A magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck near Sikkim, India, Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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Fact Check: Did the stimulus create “zero” jobs?

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Chris Mould - Sep. 13 (News) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry said at Monday's CNN/Tea Party Debate that President Obama "had $800 billion worth of stimulus in the first round of stimulus. It created zero jobs. Four-hundred-plus billion in this package, and I can do the math on that one. Half of zero jobs is going to be zero jobs."

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Handling of jobs speech timing blurs White House message

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Tom Cohen - Sep. 01 (News Report) - A day after the usually non-controversial act of scheduling a presidential speech to Congress became a high-profile political dispute, President Barack Obama and the White House struggled Thursday to refocus the nation on the jobs package he will present rather than a backroom showdown labeled as childish and nonsense. On Wednesday night, the White House agreed to move Obama's special address to a joint session of Congress back one day -- from September 7 to September 8 -- after Republican complaints and follow-up consultations with House Speaker John Boehner.

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Live blog: Rebels fighting pockets of resistance; journalists escape hotel

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Aug. 24 (Breaking News) - With reported pockets of fighting remaining in Tripoli on Wednesday, the whereabouts of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi were still not known. Rebels seized Gadhafi’s vast compound on Tuesday. Celebratory gunfire was virtually nonstop as rebels streamed in and out of the compound, many leaving with weapons and ammunition seized from the complex. A senior NATO official warned that the war "is not over yet, although it's close."

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Hate crimes are a national problem

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By J. Richard Cohen - Aug. 18 (Opinion) - The security camera footage broadcast by CNN shows a grisly scene: a black man in Jackson, Mississippi, being fatally run over by a pickup truck after he was viciously beaten in a motel parking lot on a Sunday morning in June. Prosecutors say a group of white teens chose the man at random. They say the alleged ringleader, an 18-year-old now charged with murder, laughed about it afterward and boasted in a phone conversation about how he "ran that n----- over."

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