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Home Contracts Up; Rates Dip To 4.32 Percent
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:07am

The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes rose 5.2 percent in July but remained well below last...

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Can Lessons Learned In Iraq Work In Afghanistan?
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 8:36am

As the combat mission ends in Iraq, 30,000 additional troops are heading to Afghanistan. Comparisons between the two wars are inevitable...

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Community Near Ground Zero Almost Like Any Other
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:01am

The neighborhood around the site where the World Trade Center once stood -- which now includes the site of a proposed Islamic community...

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Lively Living Aboard Congo's River-Bound 'Villages'
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:00am

Travel by water is the cheapest mode of transport in the Congo, and hundreds go by barge. From open-air ablutions and barter and trade...

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Tony Blair On War, Globalization And 'My Political Life'
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:00am

The former prime minister of the United Kingdom's memoir, My Life: A Political Journey, is on sale in the U.S. Blair spoke to...

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Settlement-Building May Tear Down Peace Talks
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:00am

Jewish settlers broke ground on new construction projects Wednesday in the West Bank, in defiance of a ban imposed by Israel that...

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Why The Tea Party Is Like A Starfish, Not A Spider
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:00am

What do Wikipedia and Craigslist have in common with the Tea Party movement? They succeed by being decentralized, says Rod Beckstrom, co...

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BP Prepares To Resume Efforts To Kill Gulf Well
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 6:20pm

Rough seas near the site of the well forced crews to suspend work removing the temporary sealing cap and failed blowout preventer....

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At War's End, U.S. Ship Rescued South Vietnam's Navy
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:45pm

On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War officially ended. U.S. Navy ships involved in evacuating Americans and Vietnamese were steaming away...

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After 35 Years, Unlikely Navy Caregivers Receive Recognition
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:42pm

The USS Kirk's rescue of 20,000 to 30,000 Vietnamese refugees in the last days of the Vietnam War is now being heralded as one of the...

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