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- Minn. braces for government shutdown over taxes July 1, 2011ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- In an echo of the debate unfolding in Washington, Minnesota hurtled toward a midnight government shutdown Thursday in a dispute over taxes and spending that could force thousands of layoffs, bring road projects to a standstill and close state parks just ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.... […]By MARTIGA LOHN
- Senate cancels July 4 recess to work on debt limit July 1, 2011WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate canceled its planned July Fourth recess on Thursday, but partisan divisions remained razor sharp as the clock ticked on efforts to strike a deal to avoid a government default and trim huge federal deficits.... […]By ALAN FRAM
- Corrective: Police Rifle Unattended June 30, 2011SEATTLE (AP) -- In a story June 28, The Associated Press reported that a witness followed a Seattle Police Department cruiser as it drove with a department-issued rifle sitting on top of its trunk, then alerted the officer after the car had parked. Department spokesman Sean Whitcomb says that although the cruiser did drive some distance with the rifle on its […]
- Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources July 1, 2011WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make a decision until contentious negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling are completed, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. […]
- Bulger loses on motion, wins on lawyer July 1, 2011BOSTON, June 30 (UPI) -- A judge Thursday dismissed a 1995 racketeering case against Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, allowing prosecutors to focus on murder charges. […]
- U.S Ignores Hillary Clinton's Powerful Aide Huma Abedin at Its Own Risk June 30, 2011The secretary of state's popular deputy chief of staff who is connected to the Muslim Brotherhood has never been properly screened. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself again. […]
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