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Nation & World 2/9/11

NATION Detroit Mayor Dave Bing proposed a new initiative to give police officers and firefighters deals on foreclosed homes for prices as low as $1,000.  The initiative, called Project 14, designated 200 city-owned, foreclosed homes for the effort.

Nation and World 12/1/2010

NATION Overall U.S. high school graduation rate reported as rising The nation's high school graduation rate has begun to rise, according to a report issued by a nonprofit group founded by former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. The national graduation rate increased to 75 percent in 2008, compared to 72 percent in 2001, and high schools designated by researchers as "dropout factories" based on a formula decreased to 1,750 in 2008 from approximately 2,000 in 2002.

Nation and World 11/17/2010

NATION Katrina victims in Mississippi to receive more housing aid Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Federal and state officials and housing advocates on Monday announced the launch of a $133 million program to address the housing needs that remain for Mississippi residents.

Nation and World 11/10/2010

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Gay couples to sue U.S. over marriage law

Free college tuition program offered to New Haven students

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Despite boycott, voting goes ahead in Jordan

Chinese rights activists blocked from travel

Nation and World 11/3/2010

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Obama signs waiver allowing U.S. to aid countries employing child soldiers

"Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" draws thousands

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Vietnam looks to U.S. to hedge against rising China

Suspicious packages from Yemen put U.S. officials on edge

 

Nation and World 10/27/10

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WikiLeaks publishes more classified documents

Florida ends ban on gay adoptions

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Karzai confirms NYT reports of cash payments from

Iran Containment of cholera proves difficult in Haiti

Nation and World 10/20/10

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White House lifts ban on deepwater drilling

 

Pentagon to repeal "don't ask, don't tell"

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Rescue effort frees all 33 miners in Chile

 

Clinton urges Kosovo-Serbia talks

Nation and World 10/14/10

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"Marriage gap" overcome by college-educated women

Obama's National Security Adviser to step down

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Palestinians reject terms for settlements freeze set by Netanyahu
 
Hungary devastated by sludge disaster

Nation and World 10/6/10

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U.S. apologizes to Guatemala after Wellesley Professor Susan Reverby's discovery

‘One Nation Working Together' rally draws tens of thousands

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Travel alert issued for U.S. citizens traveling in Europe

CIA, U.S. military collaborate to fight Taliban insurgents in Pakistan

Nation and World 9/29/10

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Feds to bail out credit unions

Obama administration seeks to block targeted killing program

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Tensions remain high as Japan releases detained Chinese captain

Obama administration seeks to block targeted killing program

Nation and World 03/2010

Obama proposes overhaul in education law, Health care endgame begins, Protesters flood into Bangkok demanding new election and much more!