Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably
AP - 11 minutes agoPresidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.
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Have Obama's Demands Stalled Israeli-Palestinian Talks?
Time Magazine - Tue Nov 10, 3:19 am ETThe Obama Administration's initial efforts to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace have hit a wall, highlighting tactical flaws
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Japan Protests U.S. Military Bases Ahead of Obama Visit
Time Magazine - Mon Nov 9, 10:49 pm ETWhile more police officers patrol Tokyo's subway and train stations in preparation for U.S. President Barack Obama's two-day trip to Japan this week, people in other parts of the country have already sent the American President a message
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Treasury: China must boost domestic demand
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 33 minutes agoChina must continue to work to boost domestic demand to avoid global imbalances in the flows of trade and investments between nations, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.
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Dancing Bin Laden Doll, Souvenir Kitsch Chronicle Gaza History
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 2:21 am ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- “I can offer you a discount on the headbands,” said Tareq Abu Dayyeh, souvenir-store owner. “They’re just like the kind used by suicide bombers.”
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Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably
Deseret News - 1 hour 5 minutes agoWASHINGTON — Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.
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Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations
Boston Globe - Tue Nov 10, 3:03 am ETThe deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the region this week.
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Obama heads to Fort Hood in role as healer
The Champaign News-Gazette - 22 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) – Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago.
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Keynes, Friedman Give Way to the Master of Gloom: Amity Shlaes
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 9:24 pm ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Every economist has his day. World War II was the era of John Maynard Keynes , who taught that a few great minds can improve an economy.
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Treasury: China must boost domestic demand
INO News - 1 hour 12 minutes ago(AP:WASHINGTON) China must continue to work to boost domestic demand to avoid global imbalances in the flows of trade and investments between nations, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.
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Israeli president visits Brazil, ahead of Iran
Boston Globe - Tue Nov 10, 1:18 am ETDueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy.
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Obama to attend Fort Hood memorial
CNYCentral.com - Tue Nov 10, 6:18 am ETPresident Barack Obama plans to attend a memorial at Texas' Fort Hood today, where a gunman's rampage left 13 dead and 29 more wounded.
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Review: 'I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)'
San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Nov 9, 9:14 pm ETI Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) By Richard Polsky (Other Press; 268 pages; $23.95) What's the "Mona Lisa" worth? The answer, as with any work of art, is simple: whatever someone is willing to pay for it. How monetary values get established, however, is anything...
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Senate tips appeals court to Democrats
Pioneer Press - Tue Nov 10, 1:07 am ETWASHINGTON — The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond, Va.
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Senate tips Richmond appeals court to Democrats
Boston Globe - Mon Nov 9, 8:03 pm ETThe Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond.
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Clinton, Bush cancel LA, NY appearances that were improperly billed as debates
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 9, 12:37 pm ETLOS ANGELES - Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have canceled February appearances in Los Angeles and New York because a promoter wrongly billed the events as debates.
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President Obama to attend Ft. Hood memorial
KSBY San Luis Obispo - Tue Nov 10, 7:08 am ETPresident Barack Obama plans to attend a memorial at Texas' Fort Hood today, where a gunman's rampage left 13 dead and 29 more wounded.
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Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations
FOX 12 Idaho - Tue Nov 10, 2:23 am ETThe deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to...
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Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations
Channel 8 San Diego - Tue Nov 10, 2:18 am ETThe deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to...
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Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations
WBAY Green Bay - Tue Nov 10, 2:18 am ETThe deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to...
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G-20 Splits on Tobin, Says Banks May Pay for Bailouts (Update3)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 pm ETNov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Group of 20 governments signaled banks will be forced to cover a greater cost of future bailouts even as they split over whether that should be achieved by taxing financial trading.
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