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Liberal group threatens to pull Obama support
By News on Jul 15, 2011
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CHICAGO (AP) -- A liberal group upset over potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security delivered pledges Friday to President Barack Obama's national campaign headquarters threatening to pull its support....WSJ publisher quits in phone-hacking scandal
By News on Jul 15, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch accepted the resignations of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations on Friday as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal, offering apologies to the public and the family of a murdered schoolgirl....
News Corp. reports $115K in 2011 political giving
By News on Jul 15, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Under assault in a phone hacking scandal, News Corp. met a self-imposed deadline Friday for reporting its latest political contributions online, revealing $115,750 in contributions mostly to Democrats....
Debt showdown: Obama presses for 'something big'
By News on Jul 15, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Struggling to avert an unprecedented national default, congressional leaders jettisoned negotiations on a sweeping deficit-reduction package Friday despite a plea from President Barack Obama to "do something big" to stabilize America's finances....Michele Bachmann's husband in unwanted spotlight
By News on Jul 15, 2011
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- One of Michele Bachmann's closest advisers during her rapid political rise was her husband, Marcus. He also was one of the least visible, happy to stand in his wife's shadow even as her career took her to Washington....