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Panel reaches deal on U.S.-Iraq policy
Nov 29 2006 11:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan commission, under pressure to offer a U.S. exit strategy for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, has reached a consensus and will announce its recommendations next week, the group's co-chairman said Wednesday.
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FEMA ordered to resume Katrina payments
Nov 29 2006 10:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration must immediately resume housing payments for thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge said Wednesday, heaping more criticism on the government for its handling of the 2005 disaster.
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FCC briefing for investors criticized
Nov 29 2006 8:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With federal regulators deadlocked on what may prove to be the largest telecommunications merger in history, news about progress on the deal has become scarce and highly coveted.
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Alleged CIA torture victim speaks out
Nov 29 2006 8:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Khaled el-Masri, who claims the CIA kidnapped and tortured him, recounted his story on Capitol Hill on Wednesday and said he hoped he could help prevent others from suffering a similar fate.
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U.S. to unveil new citizenship questions
Nov 29 2006 8:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - What was the Emancipation Proclamation? People applying to become American citizens now need to know that it freed the slaves. But in a couple of years, that knowledge won't be enough. Prospective citizens will need to have a deeper understanding of the Civil War and name one of the problems that led to it.
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Judge: Make money recognizable to blind
Nov 29 2006 9:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Give blind people a way to tell a $20 bill from a single, says a judge who told the government to change the nation's paper money so it doesn't all feel the same.
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