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- Gas drilling's promise, perils rile townsfolk April 12, 2011Ron Hilliard came back from church one Sunday to find hundreds of plastic $5, $10, $20 and $100 bills hanging on his fence in Flower Mound, Texas, another message from townsfolk angry at him for signing a lucrative natural gas drilling lease for his suburban Dallas property.... […]By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and MICHAEL RUBINKAM
- Budget tricks helped Obama save programs from cuts April 12, 2011WASHINGTON (AP) -- The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were accomplished in large part by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs President Barack Obama had targeted anyway.... […]By ANDREW TAYLOR
- Police: Duo stole tools, tried to sell to victim April 12, 2011YORK, Pa. (AP) -- Police say two people swiped tools from a central Pennsylvania home then unwittingly tried to sell them back to their owner at his place of employment.... […]
- White House warns on debt limit, says Obama regrets vote April 12, 2011WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday urged Republicans not to tie an increase in the U.S. debt ceiling to spending cuts and admitted that President Barack Obama's own vote against an increase in 2006 was a "mistake". […]
- Serial killer seeks retrials April 12, 2011STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 12 (UPI) -- A convicted serial killer, who retracted eight murder confessions, has asked a Swedish appeals court for a retrial on two of the cases. […]
- The Trump Surge April 11, 2011When Donald Trump unexpectedly placed second in a recent NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll of Republican primary contenders – a bit behind Mitt Romney and a little ahead of Mike Huckabee – the possibility of a Trump campaign suddenly became a serious topic, instead of just an entertaining sideshow. It’s still. . . […]
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