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Cameron rebuffs US, says no new inquiry on bomber
By News on Jul 20, 2010
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2010-07-21T02:46:07Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drawn into an old disaster, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he would not order a fresh investigation into why a convicted bomber was set free or whether BP had a role in it. President Barack Obama stood by his new peer but said that "all the facts" must come out....
USDA worker pressured to resign over race comments
By News on Jul 20, 2010
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2010-07-20T23:58:40Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is standing by its quick decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, despite evidence that her remarks were misconstrued and growing calls for USDA to reconsider....
Countrywide VIP loans reached deep into Fannie Mae
By News on Jul 20, 2010
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2010-07-20T21:44:46Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former Countrywide Financial Corp. gave preferential loans to more than three dozen employees of Fannie Mae while the two giant housing enterprises were locked in an expanding, multi-billion dollar business relationship in subprime mortgages, documents show....
Unemployment benefits extension clears hurdle
By News on Jul 20, 2010
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2010-07-20T20:02:27Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions who have been out of work for more than six months broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics on Tuesday. Senators voted 60-40 to move ahead on the bill, clearing the way for a final Senate vote later on Tuesday. The measure would restore jobless checks for 2.5 million people whose benefits started running out seven weeks ago in a stubbornly jobless economic recovery....
Obama, British PM: Bomber release not BP's doing
By News on Jul 20, 2010
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2010-07-20T20:02:34Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday turned aside U.S. calls for an investigation into the release of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland and said there was no indication that oil giant BP had swayed the controversial decision....
