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Transocean, Halliburton blast BP report on cause of blowout, oil spill

Christian Science Monitor

Transocean and Halliburtion, BP's partners on the blown-out well that led to the massive Gulf oil spill, reject findings in a new BP report that finds their workers partly to blame for the rig accident. Natural gas is burned off a support vessel above ...

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Obama details opposition to extending tax cuts for the wealthy

Washington Post

CLEVELAND - Calling for a return to "the America I believe in," President Obama pointed to his own biography as proof of what government policies can do for the middle class, using a fiery speech here Wednesday ...

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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning

Reuters

Dove World Outreach Center church pastor Terry Jones announces the burning of the korans will continue as planned during a news conference in Gainesville, Florida September 8, 2010. By Barbara Liston GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure ...

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Google unveils Instant search

USA Today

By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Google Instant searches "as you type, not after you type," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, said at a press event at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. The new ...

PC Magazine - InformationWeek - PC World

Bing: Strong neighborhoods key to revitalizing Detroit

Detroit Free Press

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and members of his administration this morning are addressing City Council about efforts to strengthen the core of city neighborhoods, improve the delivery of services and attract businesses to Detroit. ...

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Clinton: Southern Sudan Independence Vote 'Inevitable'

Voice of America

Photo: AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Sept. 8, 2010 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that a secession vote by the people of southern Sudan in January is ...

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Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside

The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Months of political jockeying began in earnest Wednesday as speculation grew about who would try to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley as leader of the nation's third-largest city, including one-time aide and current White House chief of staff ...

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Key Democrats split with Obama on taxes

CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Despite President Obama's accusation Wednesday that Republicans are holding middle class income tax cuts "hostage" by tying them to an extension of tax cuts for wealthier Americans, the reality is several Democratic senators also ...

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Fidel Castro casts doubt on 'Cuban model'

CNN International

By the CNN Wire Staff Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says the government may have to review its role in the country's economy. (CNN) -- Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that the "Cuban model" no longer works, an apparent admission ...

Reuters - Foreign Policy (blog) - The Guardian

8 people missing in Colo. wildfire

The Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. — Firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks Wednesday as authorities looked for eight people missing in a wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes. Some residents have refused ...

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