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Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya
By News on Mar 28, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and "been a betrayal of who we are." Yet he ruled out targeting Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would be a costly mistake....FACT CHECK: How Obama's Libya claims fit the facts
By News on Mar 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There may be less than meets the eye to President Barack Obama's statements Monday night that NATO is taking over from the U.S. in Libya and that U.S. action is limited to defending people under attack there by Moammar Gadhafi's forces....
Ind. Democrats return to Statehouse after boycott
By News on Mar 28, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana House Democrats who fled the state nearly six weeks ago to protest a Republican agenda they considered an assault on labor unions and public education returned to the Statehouse on Monday after nearly six weeks in Illinois....
More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant
By News on Mar 28, 2011
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TOKYO (AP) -- Workers discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex, officials said Monday, as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control....Obama says too much testing makes education boring
By News on Mar 28, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said....