- Report: Bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo
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AP - The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported.
- Swine flu could hit up to 40 percent in US
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AP - In a disturbing new projection, health officials say up to 40 percent of Americans could get swine flu this year and next and several hundred thousand could die without a successful vaccine campaign and other measures.
- Obama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire
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AP - Knocked off stride by a racial uproar he helped stoke, President Barack Obama hastened Friday to tamp down the controversy. Obama, who had said Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., declared the white arresting officer was a good man and invited him and the professor to the White House for a beer.
- House Dems clear 1 health obstacle, others loom
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AP - House Democrats announced agreement Friday on far-reaching steps designed to rein in the relentless growth of Medicare, part of a concerted effort to counter the impression that President Barack Obama's health care legislation is in deep trouble.
- Calif. lawmakers pass plan to balance state budget
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AP - Lawmakers on Friday approved a complex package of spending cuts, accounting maneuvers and raids on local government coffers to fill California's gigantic budget deficit, providing hope that the state might begin a slow climb out of a deep financial hole.
- Border agent killed in unusual violence within US
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AP - Federal investigators scrambled Friday to find whoever shot a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the head in an unusually violent attack within the U.S. that has left a baffling trail of evidence.
- Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails
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AP - The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns.
- Ousted Honduran leader returns home — briefly
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AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile.
- Court docs: Octomom inks showbiz deal for tots
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AP - Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed agreements for each of her 14 children to earn $250 a day to star in a reality television show.
- Holliday in St. Louie: Star goes to Cardinals
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AP - Matt Holliday wanted to join his new team quickly, so he hopped on a train with his wife and two sons and got to the ballpark in plenty of time.
- Democrats see healthcare deal hopes collapse
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Reuters - The leader of a group of Democratic fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives said talks on a U.S. healthcare overhaul bill fell apart on Friday and that he saw no possibility of a deal now.
- California closes budget gap, worries about next
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Reuters - California's legislature on Friday approved a $24 billion package of bills to close a deficit that had driven the state to the edge of financial ruin, although Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said the weak economy could create new budget holes.
- Bush advisers debated troops to nab U.S. terror targets
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- Reuters - The Bush administration debated testing the U.S. Constitution by sending troops into the suburbs of Buffalo, New York to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with al Qaeda, The New York Times reported on Friday.
- Swine flu spreads; health officials plan vaccines
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Reuters - Global health officials stepped up efforts to prepare for quick vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic virus, saying on Friday it appeared now to be affecting older age groups spared earlier in the pandemic.
- Obama unveils $4 billion school improvement plan
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Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday announced a competition for $4 billion in federal grants to improve academic achievement and reverse a decline in U.S. public schools.
- Obama regrets remarks in racially charged case
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- Reuters - President Barack Obama backed down on Friday from a statement that police had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama.
- Alaska Gov. Palin to leave office with cloudy future
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- Reuters - Sarah Palin, the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate, will step down as Alaska's governor on Sunday with her political future clouded by ethics probes, legal bills and dwindling popularity.
- Obama, UK's Brown urge Afghan burden-sharing
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- Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed on Friday it was necessary to share the military burden better with NATO allies in Afghanistan, Brown's office said.
- High tension as ousted leader steps into Honduras
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AFP - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya briefly stepped across the border from Nicaragua to Honduras, in a symbolic move almost a month after soldiers sent him into exile.
- Millions of Iraqi Kurds go to polls in key vote
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AFP - More than 2.5 million Iraqi Kurds go to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday as the region grapples with a land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports.
