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Envoy Holbrooke in critical condition post-surgery
By News on Dec 11, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta....Official: Madoff son found dead in NYC apartment
By News on Dec 11, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a son of Bernard Madoff has been found dead in New York City of an apparent suicide....Tax cut deal moves McConnell beyond Sen. 'No'
By News on Dec 11, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 200 cartoons hang on Sen. Mitch McConnell's office wall, each lampooning him for backing big money politics, vexing his foes and getting slammed through a basketball hoop by an airborne President Barack Obama....Cables show Ireland ceded to Vatican pressure
By News on Dec 11, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the government probe of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy in the predominantly Catholic nation....Obama urges Congress to pass agreement on tax cuts
By News on Dec 11, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the tax-cut deal he negotiated with Republicans is a "good deal for the American people," and he's calling on Congress to pass it before the end of the year to keep tax rates from rising for just about everyone in 2011....