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Obama says auto bailouts have paid off
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday taxpayer-funded bailouts of the auto industry that he approved had paid off, in what amounted to a rejection of conservative arguments against such government help.
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S.Korea raises warship, finds clues on sinking
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday raised the front half of a warship that exploded and sank a month ago near a contested sea border with North Korea, finding clues that support growing suspicions Pyongyang attacked the vessel.
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Regulators seize bank linked to Senate candidate
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Regulators on Friday seized a Chicago bank owned by the family of the Democratic nominee running for the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
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U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - In a warehouse in this Arizona border city, a U.S. Border Patrol trainer teaches a Mexican federal policeman to slip into a boxing stance and press a military assault rifle to his shoulder.
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Greece presses "help" button, markets still wary
ATHENS (Reuters) - Debt-stricken Greece appealed to its European partners and the IMF for emergency loans on Friday, yielding to overwhelming market pressure to start the first financial rescue of a member of the euro zone.
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G20 wary of overconfidence; Greece cast long shadow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G20 finance leaders said on Friday they had secured a better-than-expected global economic recovery but were wary of overconfidence as Greece's debt crisis put the focus on worsening public finances.
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Republicans talk tough on pending Wall St vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans vow to oppose a Democratic effort to begin debate next week on a proposed crackdown on Wall Street unless a bipartisan accord is reached, senior Republican aides said on Friday.
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U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - In a warehouse in this Arizona border city, a U.S. Border Patrol trainer teaches a Mexican federal policeman to slip into a boxing stance and press a military assault rifle to his shoulder.
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Green Tech Wilting Under Patent Office Scrutiny
It's been a slow start for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) pilot program to fast-track the evaluation of patent applications for so-called green technology , with the agency approving about one third of the requests it has received. Only 316 of the 925 applications filed under the agency's Green Technology Pilot Program launched in December have qualified to jump to the front of the patent-examination line. This has led to mixed reviews from tech companies and even the patent office itself. [More]
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Why soldiers get a kick out of killing
Do some soldiers enjoy killing? If so, why? This question is thrust upon us by the recently released video of U.S. Apache helicopter pilots shooting a Reuters cameraman and his driver in Baghdad in 2007. Mistaking the camera of the Reuters reporter for a weapon, the pilots machine-gunned the reporter and driver and other nearby people. [More]
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Obama warns of "misguided" immigration efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to "misguided efforts" such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights.
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Ford to recall 33,256 vehicles to fix seat fault
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will recall 33,256 of its 2010 model year cars and SUVs to replace potentially faulty front seat recliner mechanisms that could lead to injuries in an accident, according to a notice filed with U.S. safety regulators.
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Palin testifies that accused hacked disrupted campaign
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told a court on Friday that a man accused of hacking into her e-mail account and posting her personal information on the Internet caused problems for both her family and her campaign.
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Hubble at 20: An Astronomical Success
After myriad delays and budget overruns, the Hubble Space Telescope finally roared toward orbit on space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Despite a rocky start, Hubble has in its two decades of operation revolutionized astrophysics and cosmology [More]
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U.S. to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients
BOSTON (Reuters) - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice "deplorable."
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Public Health: Try the Prevent Defense
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That’s more than a folksy aphorism when it comes to infectious diseases. Because according to a report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society , it’s more cost effective to reduce the cases of a disease in hard-hit areas than to struggle to find a cure. [Robert Dunn et al., http://bit.ly/90xLbM ] [More]
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EU wants united airspace after ash cloud
BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - European authorities have seized on this week's airline crisis to fast-track their control of airspace, but they appear to have less interest in helping airlines pay the bills left by the volcanic ash cloud.
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EU to enter talks with U.S. to track terrorist funds
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will start talks with the United States in May on how to share information about citizens' cash transfers to help track terrorist suspects, in a revival of a deal that collapsed this year.
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Durable goods orders ex-transport, home sales up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for durable U.S. manufactured goods excluding transportation posted the largest gain in over two years in March while home sales hit an eight-month high, hinting at a pick-up in the pace of growth.
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