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Ohio Senate passes bill to restrict public unions
By News on Mar 2, 2011
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate on Wednesday....Rebels corner fleeing Gadhafi forces after battle
By News on Mar 2, 2011
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BREGA, Libya (AP) -- Rebel forces routed troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in a fierce battle over an oil port Wednesday, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. While they thwarted the regime's first counteroffensive in eastern Libya, opposition leaders still pleaded for outside airstrikes to help them oust the longtime leader....Army charges WikiLeaks suspect with 'aiding enemy'
By News on Mar 2, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army private suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive and classified documents to the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group was charged Wednesday with aiding the enemy, a crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison....Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii won't seek re-election
By News on Mar 2, 2011
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HONOLULU (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii announced Wednesday he won't run for re-election next year after 22 years in the Senate....GOP wins first budget skirmish, bigger fight looms
By News on Mar 2, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans won an early round Wednesday in their fight to shrink the government, pushing $4 billion in spending cuts through Congress in a bill that puts off the possibility of a government shutdown for two weeks....