Dow Barrels Ahead After Debt Remarks Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT The president's comments on progress toward agreement on the debt ceiling gave a boost to shares, already up on earnings news.  
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Bachmann Says Migraines Won’t Be a Problem if She’s Elected President Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT Representative Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign denied a report that migraines at times left her "incapacitated," saying they would not affect her ability to serve.  
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Minnesota Lawmakers Called to Special Session to End Impasse Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT Lawmakers returned to the state Capitol for a special session intended to end a budget impasse that has shut state business since July 1.  
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Books of The Times: The Lure of Cocaine, Once Hailed as Cure-All Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:29 PM PDT In "An Anatomy of Addiction," Howard Merkel views cocaine through the eyes of two fans, Freud and the surgeon William Halsted.  
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Europe Debates How Aggressively to Cut Greece's Debt Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT Euro-zone governments are locked in a debate over how aggressively they should reduce Greece's existing debt burden as part of a new financing package for the country, senior euro-zone officials said.  
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Strauss-Kahn Accusers' Lawyers, Prosecutors Meet Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT Lawyers for a French novelist and a New York hotel maid who have accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault met with New York prosecutors on Tuesday.  
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Strong earthquake hits Central Asia: USGS Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:24 PM PDT ALMATY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday.  
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Ex-Chilean president's death was suicide Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT Chile's Legal Medical Service confirmed Tuesday that the cause of President Salvador Allende's death in 1973 was suicide. A judge had ordered exhumation of the body as part of a human rights investigation.  
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Google Spending Millions to Find the Next Google Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT Google is playing venture capitalist in the hottest market for technology start-up companies in over a decade.  
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Bits: Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT Aaron Swartz, a 24-year-old programmer and online political activist, was charged with stealing millions of documents from M.I.T. and JSTOR, an archive of scientific journals and academic papers.  
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Jobs at risk in home care plan Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:00 PM PDT Concerns have been raised over Wrexham council's plans to privatise adult home care services, with the loss of more than 50 jobs.  
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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Uzbekistan: USGS Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.  
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Obama backs "Gang of Six" deficit plan Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:37 PM PDT US president gives nod to bipartisan proposal to cut government spending while raising $1.2 trillion in revenue.  
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China says Xinjiang attack was 'terrorist' Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT But an exiled Uighur group accused police of firing on peaceful protesters, leading to fighting between the two sides.  
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Once-Celebrated Recklessness Leads to Dykstra’s Financial Fall Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:28 PM PDT Three years ago, Lenny Dykstra listed his net worth as $58 million. Now he is unable to post $500,000 bail and facing charges that include bankruptcy fraud.  
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Famine in Somalia Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT The UN about to declare famine after East Africa drought  
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Bits: Arrests Likely in Hacker Group Case Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:44 AM PDT Federal authorities in Washington are expected to announce charges on Tuesday against about a dozen suspected members of the hacker group Anonymous, officials said.  
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Wines of The Times: A Stepchild Lacks Identity Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:46 AM PDT In a tasting of recent vintages of sauvignon blanc from Northern California, the wine panel found that too many lacked freshness and vibrancy.  
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Slain kids cast larger shadow on Mexican drug war Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Once largely spectators to the deaths of hitmen, police and innocent bystanders, children are increasingly in the firing line of Mexico's drug war.  
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France's Hollande to be questioned over Banon case Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:44 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential contender Francois Hollande will be questioned by police investigating a writer's accusations that ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her, legal sources said on Tuesday.  
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