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Dec 01, 2008
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House approves big energy bill
Thursday, December 06, 2007
WASHINGTON — The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also repeals billions of dollars oil company tax breaks and encourages use of renewable fuels.
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Bush set to announce help on mortgages
Thursday, December 06, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a day when the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that home foreclosures hit an all time high, President Bush is scheduled to announce a plan to help strapped homeowners facing a daunting jump in their monthly mortgage payments.
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More foreign students at U.S. schools
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The number of international students attending American colleges and universities has nearly rebounded from a slump that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks, which triggered tough new visa restrictions and closer monitoring of foreign scholars.
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Rice: Peacekeepers needed in Somalia
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — More African countries should send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.
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National debt grows $1 million a minute
Monday, December 03, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day — or nearly $1 million a minute.
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