US Economy: Sales Unexpectedly Decrease as Job Losses Mount
Bloomberg
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) — Sales at US retailers unexpectedly fell in July, raising the risk that consumers will keep cutting back as job losses mount and temper a recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. …
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Ex-Afghan President Survives Taliban Ambush
Voice of America
By VOA News Former Afghan President Berhanuddin Rabbani has survived a Taliban ambush in northern Afghanistan, an area that has seen a recent rise in militant attacks. Afghan police say Taliban fighters attacked Mr. Rabbani's convoy with …
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Clinton Backs Liberia's President
New York Times
MONROVIA, Liberia — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton landed in Liberia in the driving rain on Thursday morning and sent a strong message of support to Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's only female head …
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Obama Takes Health Care Debate to a NH School
New York Times
PORTSMOUTH, NH — Fans and foes of President Obama's push to overhaul health care descended on a local high school here on Tuesday, ostensibly to give the visiting Mr. Obama a piece of their minds. In reality, they appeared to spend a …
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JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triumph on the field of competition and lead productive lives outside the walls of institutions, …
A Tornado Named Eunice, Minus the Ball GownNew York Times
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