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Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign
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AP - A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.
Iraqi PM fights for survival as votes are counted
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AP - The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home.
Cuban security agents break up protest march
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AP - Uniformed Cuban security agents prevented the mothers and wives of dissidents from marching on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday to demand release of their loved ones, shoving them into a bus when they lay down in the street in protest.
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US: Asian casino boss has mob ties in China (AP)New Jersey casino regulators said Wednesday that they have evidence Stanley Ho, the Asian casino magnate, has extensive ties to organized crime in China.
Calif. politics has short sellers facing big bills (AP)What should have been a legislative afterthought is threatening to become a financial purgatory for thousands of California taxpayers hit by the housing crisis.
AP finds over 100 complaints about fixed Toyotas (AP)An analysis by The Associated Press finds that the government has received more than 100 complaints from drivers who say their recalled Toyotas are still accelerating on their own even after receiving the automaker's fix.
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AP finds over 100 complaints about fixed Toyotas
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AP - An analysis by The Associated Press finds that the government has received more than 100 complaints from drivers who say their recalled Toyotas are still accelerating on their own even after receiving the automaker's fix.
Stocks climb after Fed pledges to hold rates low
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AP - The stock market continued its slow but steady advance of the past month as investors grew more confident that interest rates will remain at low levels.
Prescription-drug heists on the rise
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AP - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market.
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Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit
(AP)AP - Viacom and YouTube likely will be forced to expose business secrets and other previously confidential information Thursday when reams of court documents are expected to be unsealed.
Yahoo buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports
(AP)AP - Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book.
When tweets can make you a jailbird
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AP - Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.
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The political firestorm over 'deem and pass': What it is and why it matters
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The Newsroom - “Deem and pass”: It sounds either like a gentlemanly gambit on a State Dinner dance floor or the most polite entry in an NFL playbook. But in the fierce endgame of Washington’s health care debate, the maneuver is provoking a partisan firestorm.
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama 'birthers'
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AP - Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here.
Rep. Kucinich switches to 'yes' on health care
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AP - President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the bishops.
