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After Deliberation, South Korea Decides To Impose Sanctions On Iran
South Korea imposed sanctions on Iran, which will affect the Seoul branch of an Iranian bank. They came to the decision after a lot of deliberation.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Funding Stays Bottled Up
A federal judge ruled the government is wrong about a "parade of horribles" that a stay on funding of researcher involving human embryonic stem cells would have on the field. He refused to lift a preliminary injunction imposed last month.
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Republicans Are Voting In Far Greater Numbers Than Democrats
A study of what's happened so far in the primaries signals that Democrats just aren't as enthusiastic as Repubulicans this year. Nothing quite like this has happened since 1930.
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BP Report Blames Multiple Companies For Gulf Spill
The oil giant's 193-page report says a sequence of failures led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months. The company's findings are far from the final word on possible causes of the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon drill rig.
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Obama To Pitch Trio Of Economic Proposals
The package of infrastructure investments and business tax incentives is meant to put the economy on a path toward long-term growth while also allowing for some immediate job creation.
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Hermine Lashes Texas As Storm Heads North
Downgraded to a tropical depression, Hermine brought downpours and winds gusting to about 70 mph across a swath of Texas and could spread as far north as Oklahoma and Kansas in the coming days.
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Chicago Mayor Daley Won't Run For Re-Election
Longtime Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced Tuesday he will not seek a seventh term in office. Daley is credited with building the city's skyline and beautifying its stunning lakefront. But he leaves office with the city's budget in crisis, violent crime soaring in some neighborhoods and the feds probing corruption in City Hall. Daley's departure also leads to speculation over who may be Chicago's next mayor.
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New College Teaches Young American Muslims
Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.
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Adding It Up: How Much Tax Does A Taxpayer Pay?
When it comes to taxes in the U.S., it's the income tax -- and the annual April 15 deadline for filing returns -- that gets most of our attention. But that's only part of the picture -- there are property taxes and sales taxes, even taxes built into every cell phone bill. So how much do we pay? One couple in Connecticut opens their books to find out.
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JetBlue Customers Fly High On Special Offer
The airline is offering its second "All You Can Jet" promotion, where pass recipients have one month to travel on JetBlue flights, as many times as they want, for $699. This year's promotion is facilitating at least one band tour and fostering a bond among the travelers.
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