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Obama hosts G8, NATO leaders

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:52
President Obama and other world leaders are set to address a host of pressing economic and military security issues this weekend as the U.S. hosts a high stakes Group of Eight summit outside Washington and a NATO summit in Chicago.
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Obama hosts G8 Summit at Camp David

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:52
France's newly-elected president plans to attend this year's G8 Summit, but Russia's Vladimir Putin is taking a pass.
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House passes $643 billion defense bill

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:52
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Friday passed a nearly $643 billion military spending bill -- a measure at odds with prior defense spending agreements and President Barack Obama's Pentagon plans.
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Obama's North Carolina math problem

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 12:52
The state Democratic Party here is consumed with an ongoing sex scandal. The embattled governor is so unpopular she decided not to run for a second term. And supporters of same-sex marriage were dealt a crushing defeat.
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Facebook jumps, slumps on first day of trading

Facebook investors gave the stock a resounding thumbs down on the first day of trading.

In the most anticipated technology initial public offering since Google in 2004, Facebook's stock on Friday never lived up to the hype the company had hoped for, closing at $38.23.

"Investors figured out it was ...

Jury begins deliberations in John Edwards case

 

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.

Jurors heard about 17 days of testimony, a lot of focusing ...

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