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Nevada Appeal - 8 minutes ago
OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace." "I face the world as it is, and cannot ...
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UPI - 35 minutes ago
HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is booked to speak at a hospital fundraiser in Hamilton, Ontario, for $200,000, organizers said.
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Time.com via Yahoo! News - 36 minutes ago
The FBI is launching an independent investigation into the way Major Nidal Malik Hasan was tracked -- and why no one was able to stop him
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New York Times - 52 minutes ago
President Obama departed Norway for Washington after a night of black-tie celebrations for the award.
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The Fort Collins Coloradoan - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
A massive appropriations bill approved Thursday by the U.S. House includes $49 million for the proposed bus rapid transit system in Fort Collins' Mason Corridor.
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The e-book for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's "True Compass" is coming out on Christmas Day, more than three months after the hardcover release. But the paperback, thanks in part to an Oprah-inspired surge in sales, will not appear until 2011.
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Air Force Times - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation’s focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces next year.In a town hall meeting, Gates spoke with about 300 soldiers and airmen gathered outside on a sunny day at an airbase.Gates also said plans to ...
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Navy Times - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation’s focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces next year.
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The Washington Times - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
OPINION/ANALYSIS: Nobody teaches harder lessons than Experience, the lady who grades on the steepest curve. But sometimes even her most difficult student looks like he's beginning to get it. Barack Obama flew yesterday into Scandinavia, the redoubt of Volvo-and-bean-sprout state liberalism, to tell his Nobel Peace Prize patrons that he had no apology to make for a just war and that he'll use the ...
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The Buffalo News - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
OSLO, Norway -- In accepting the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace, President Obama delivered an impassioned rationale Thursday for war, a paradox that he acknowledged, even as he defended the U. S. record abroad in promoting human rights, individual freedom and global security.
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Newark Advocate - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
GRANVILLE -- Joe Battipaglia, a nationally known investment adviser and market strategist, predicted a very slow economic recovery in a speech Thursday at The Granville Inn.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that Fred S. Zeidman has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
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MSNBC - 1 hour 32 minutes ago
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan.
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The Star Press - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time -- in pay and hiring -- during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector, according to a USA Today analysis of federal data.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 43 minutes ago
US media and leading opinion makers on Friday had largely positive views of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace award speech in Oslo, with US conservatives especially delighted with his choice of words.
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The Reporter - 1 hour 45 minutes ago
So the news came down the other day. It was a fait accompli.
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The Tuscaloosa News - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
JEFF ZELENY Formally accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, President Obama robustly defended the use of military force "on humanitarian grounds" and to preserve peace.
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USA Today - 2 hours 3 minutes ago
Aiham Alsammarae, who holds dual U.S.-Iraqi citizenship, thinks he can win in Iraq's 2010 elections with a dose of Chicago-style politics. Over the past few months, he has quietly traveled to the city of Samarra and says he has won pledges of support from tribal leaders representing more than 20,000 voters.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 8 minutes ago
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.
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Salem Statesman Journal - 2 hours 8 minutes ago
OSLO — Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Obama offered a striking defense of war.