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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; A senior member of President Barack Obama&#8217;s auto task force testified Wednesday that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.&#8216;s operations if the automaker doesn&#8217;t get approval to sell its assets to a new company within the next 10 days.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Battered mortgage giant Freddie Mac received $6.1 billion in new funds from the Treasury Department to help offset its mounting liabilities, according to a regulatory filing submitted Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AP Exclusive: Jackson&#8217;s net worth $236M in 2007</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Michael Jackson claimed to have a net worth of $236 million as of March 31, 2007, according to financial documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed light on the late pop star&#8217;s murky finances and prodigious borrowing.           ]]></description>
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SEQUIM, Wash. (AP) &#8212; The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt. Now it&#8217;s time for the stomp test.           ]]></description>
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) &#8212; Most U.S. states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.           ]]></description>
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KEYSER, West Virginia (AP) &#8212; More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.           ]]></description>
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Michael Jackson spent the last years of his life buried in debt, but the lawyer for the studio where &#8220;Thriller&#8221; was produced suggests that could change in a hurry.           ]]></description>
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Our sister station WJBF had the special opportunity to speak with Deanna Brown Thomas about death of singer Michael Jackson.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Reporter Recalls Jackson&#8217;s Obsession with Disney</title>
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A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia is up for auction in Las Vegas, a potentially lucrative coincidence a day after the singer&#8217;s death.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; The U.S. government declared an end to a shortage of a childhood vaccine that protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power &#8212; the ones on pedestals &#8212; think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; President Barack Obama urged all Americans Thursday to find a way to serve their country this summer.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Oil prices jumped above $70 a barrel Thursday after the government said that the economy may be faring better than previously thought.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Washington-area mass transit system will inspect every stretch of its tracks as U.S. government investigators work to determine whether problems found with a signaling system in one area could have contributed to this week&#8217;s crash that killed nine people.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; A bankruptcy judge on Thursday ruled that a group representing General Motors Corp.&#8216;s salaried retirees cannot form a formal committee to negotiate with the automaker as it attempts to reorganize and emerge from Chapter 11 as a new company.           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions Thursday as he fought to save his job after admitting having an extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear for the survival of 2.5 million people huddled in refugee camps if the Obama administration doesn&#8217;t put on record its plans to bring security to them.           ]]></description>
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HELENA, Montana (AP) &#8212; Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are finding that their private Internet discussions and pictures may not be so private after all.           ]]></description>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) &#8212; For the second time in four days, a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak forced NASA to delay shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s launch to the international space station, this time until July at the earliest.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; North Korea&#8217;s missiles could hit the United States in as few as three years if the reclusive rogue nation continues to ramp up its weapons system, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The son of a white supremacist accused of killing a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Monday the shooting was unforgivable and he wished his father had died instead.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.           ]]></description>
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US swine flu cases grow to nearly 18,000.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; General Motors and Chrysler executives defended the closings of hundreds of dealerships Friday as House lawmakers questioned whether the decisions would save any money or help the troubled companies rebound.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; The FBI was scrambling. Agents had intercepted information about a possible terrorist attack in Manhattan, including a diagram showing a mysterious device.           ]]></description>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8212; The U.S. Justice Department has moved to dismiss the first gay marriage case filed in federal court, saying it is not the right venue to tackle legal questions raised by a couple already married in California.           ]]></description>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) &#8212; NASA zipped through the final hours of its countdown for space shuttle Endeavour, on track for a Saturday morning launch to the international space station.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Congress sent legislation to the White House Friday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.           ]]></description>
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General Motors and Chrysler executives defended the closings of hundreds of dealerships Friday as House lawmakers questioned whether the decisions would save any money or help the troubled companies rebound.           ]]></description>
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Congress on Friday sent to the White House legislation that gives the federal government vast new powers to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Obama administration is taking a half-step toward taming U.S. executive pay. Some lawmakers prefer a fuller stride.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum was shuttered Thursday with its flags at half-staff as it mourned a guard who died stopping a rifle attack by a gunman authorities identified as an 88-year-old white supremacist.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; A Democratic senator says that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sees a 2008 ruling affirming Americans&#8217; right to own guns for self-defense as settled law.           ]]></description>
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GARNER, N.C. (AP) &#8212; Federal agents are ready to begin investigating an explosion that killed three people and leveled part of a Slim Jim snack factory, but it may be a few days before they can safely enter.           ]]></description>
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An elderly gunman opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, killing a security guard before being shot. Authorities said they were investigating a white supremacist as the suspect.           ]]></description>
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Authorities say at least two people have been shot at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.           ]]></description>
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Nearly three months after American International Group bonuses provoked an angry reaction in Congress, the Obama administration is ready to issue broad new principles on how to compensate top financial sector executives.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for Chrysler sale.           ]]></description>
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Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech at Cairo University in Egypt.           ]]></description>
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BEDFORD, Virginia (AP) &#8212; On the eve of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the foundation that runs the National D-Day Memorial is on the brink of financial ruin.           ]]></description>
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DETROIT (AP) &#8212; General Motors Corp. says it has 16 buyers interested in purchasing its Saturn brand, while three parties are interested in the Swedish Saab brand.           ]]></description>
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FAO Schwarz one of the nation&#8217;s oldest toy retailers           ]]></description>
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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint says some writings by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor raise serious questions about her approach to the Constitution and the role of the federal judiciary.           ]]></description>
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A family has come under fire for abandoning their 96-year-old aunt on Sunday at a Salvation Army and then heading to Disney World.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Senate is backing President Barack Obama&#8217;s efforts to ramp up the war in Afghanistan, granting his request for $91.3 billion for military and diplomatic operations there and in Iraq.           ]]></description>
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HOUSTON (AP) &#8212; Astronauts are conserving power on the space shuttle Atlantis because bad weather in Florida may keep them in orbit longer than planned.           ]]></description>
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