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Minnesota Dem gov fights GOP's 'no new tax' stance
By News on Jul 2, 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Mark Dayton, the Democratic governor of Minnesota who let his state's government shutdown rather than accept the refusal of Republican lawmakers to raise income taxes on the wealthy, was born into money....
Strauss-Kahn leaves NYC house, destination unknown
By News on Jul 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has left the townhouse he was renting in New York City, a day after a judge lifted his house arrest on attempted rape charges....
Syrian leader sacks governor after huge protests
By News on Jul 2, 2011
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad dismissed the governor of the key central city of Hama on Saturday in apparent political payback after hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the largest demonstration yet against Assad's authoritarian regime....Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up
By News on Jul 2, 2011
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa probably will define front-runner Mitt Romney's chief challengers over the next six weeks and could force the former Massachusetts governor to reconsider his decision to mount only modest efforts in this early voting state....Justice Ginsburg not leaving court 'anytime soon'
By News on Jul 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench....
