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Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
By News on Jul 2, 2009
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NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001....Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage
By News on Jul 2, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority....
Putin has 'one foot in old ways,' Obama says
By News on Jul 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the eve of a trip to Moscow, President Barack Obama chided Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday for keeping "one foot in the old ways of doing business." By contrast, he said Putin's handpicked successor as president understands that Cold War behavior is outdated....Obama confident in recovery despite jobs report
By News on Jul 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that he remains confident the economy will turn around in the short term and the nation will prosper in the long term despite another dose of bad unemployment news....467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent
By News on Jul 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy....