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Economy growing at slowest pace since recession
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy likely grew in the first half of the year at the slowest pace since the recession ended, and the second half isn't looking much better....Debt-ceiling outcome as unclear as ever
By News on Jul 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Demoralized House Republicans are trying for a third straight day to pass a debt-ceiling bill that has almost no chance of surviving the Senate, even as the clock ticks closer to next week's deadline for avoiding a potentially calamitous government default....Army: AWOL soldier admits to Fort Hood attack plan
By News on Jul 28, 2011
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) -- An AWOL infantry soldier caught with weapons and a bomb inside a backpack admitted planning what would have been Fort Hood's second terrorist attack in less than two years, the Army said Thursday. He might have succeeded at carrying it out, police said, if a gun-store clerk hadn't alerted them to the man's suspicious activity....
Republicans put off vote debt limit
By News on Jul 28, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- An intense endgame at hand, House Republican leaders put off a vote Thursday night on legislation to avert a threatened government default and slice federal spending by nearly $1 trillion....House GOP freshmen: We're behind Boehner debt plan
By News on Jul 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican freshmen who helped win the House's majority for their class last year are falling behind Speaker John Boehner's plan raise the debt limit....
