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House speaker suggests higher-level deficit talks
By News on Jun 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner says it's time for him and President Barack Obama to take a personal role in deficit-reduction talks that are linked to the administration's request for an increase in the nation's debt limit....
APNewsBreak: HHS rejects Indiana Medicaid changes
By News on Jun 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Health and Human Services Department rejected changes in Indiana's Medicaid plan Wednesday, saying it illegally bans funding for Planned Parenthood, and sought to make clear that a similar fate awaits other states that pass legislation barring any qualified health care provider....
41 killed in deadly Yemen street battles
By News on Jun 1, 2011
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Street battles between government forces and armed tribesmen killed dozens of people and spread to new areas of Yemen's capital on Wednesday, forcing residents to cower in basements or brave gunfire to fetch bread and water....Helicopter flight for NJ gov costs $2,500 an hour
By News on Jun 1, 2011
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey State Police officials say it costs $2,500 an hour to fly in their helicopter, but that ferrying Gov. Chris Christie to his son's high school baseball game didn't cost taxpayers anything extra....
Republicans press Obama on spending
By News on Jun 1, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top House Republicans pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for a detailed plan on budget cuts, and one leading lawmaker accused him of distorting a GOP Medicare proposal at the center of the partisan divide over spending....