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Mich. Lt. Gov. to spend 2 days on Mexican trade trip
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is planning to meet with government officials and business leaders during a two-day visit to Mexico. Calley was expected to leave Sunday on the mission to strengthen trade relations and...
Tags: Mexico City, Executive Branch, Mexico, Politics, Government
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As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as more details emerged from U.S. officials and family members about how the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have...
Tags: Sports, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Family
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US Ambassador Susan Rice defends Benghazi remarks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice says her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the initial intelligence community assessments and was always subject...
Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran's Nuclear Program, Hillary Clinton, YouTube
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Dog injured in Afghanistan finds new life in Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A white, mixed-breed dog utters a warning bark at a beige SUV as it pulls up alongside a barn on Mount Gilead Road, a few miles east of Bloomington. The van stops, and a 30-year-old man climbs out. "Hey, buddy," the man...
Tags: Pakistan, U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), U.S. Military
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American student arrested in Cairo arrives in US
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least one of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. Saturday evening, nearly three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.
Gregory Porter, 19, was greeted by his parents...Tags: Bill Gates, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Students, Indiana University, Teaching and Learning
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Rockets fired at U.S. embassy in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say insurgents are firing rockets at the U.S. Embassy as gunbattles shake downtown Kabul and its diplomatic quarter. Police official Mohammed Zahir says a large group of gunmen are firing from positions in a tall...Tags: House Building, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" by images of devastation in Japan following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami, and pledged U.S. assistance to help the country recover. "Our hearts go out to our friends in...Tags: Health, Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State, Nuclear Power, Japan
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Notre Dame student recounts experience in Egypt
SOUTH BEND - When Joseph Sass arrived in Egypt in January, he was looking forward to immersing himself in Egyptian culture and Arabic language studies during a semester at the American University in Cairo.
Instead, the University of Notre Dame student...Tags: Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pandora Media, Inc., Politics, Hosni Mubarak
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2 US immigration agents shot in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says two of its agents have been shot in Mexico. An ICE statement says the agents assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City were attacked by unknown assailants Tuesday afternoon while...Tags: Mexico City, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Mexico
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Bank on Montreal says U.S. ambassador to become vice-chairman
ReutersTORONTO, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson will join Bank of Montreal as vice-chairman after he leaves his diplomatic post and will work in the bank's U.S. division, BMO said on Tuesday. BMO, Canada's fourth-largest bank, said...Tags: Bank of Montreal, Montreal (Canada), Canada
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...Tags: Margate, Interior Policy, Gainesville, Labor Legislation, Politics
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Feds: McHenry man threatened embassy officials over visa dispute
A McHenry man is accused of threatening to kill State Department officials, including the U.S. Ambassador in Serbia, as well as Serbians in Chicago because of a visa dispute involving his wife in Serbia. Russell K. Gordon, 48, was born in the United...
Tags: FBI, Interior Policy, Belgrade (Serbia), U.S. Department of State, Politics
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