(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed the idea the nation might need a second stimulus to jolt the economy out of recession and urged Americans to be patient with his economic recovery plan. …
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FromCNN Associate Producer Martina StewartEmbedded video from CNN VideoWASHINGTON (CNN) â After a week of increasing Republican criticism of Democratsâ $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama is using his weekly address to defend the massive piece of legislation which has in many ways come to define his young administration thus far. …
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CNN Host's Smackdown: Bush Got Just as Warm a Welcome in Africa as Obama
Future attorneys are taught in law school to never ask a witness a question they don't already know the answer to. On Saturday, CNN's Don Lemon learned this lesson the hard way. Well after President Obama finished his speech in Ghana, Lemon was speaking live to correspondent Nkepile Mabuse who was reporting on location. …
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CAPE COAST, Ghana — President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves. Obama toured a seaside fortress that the British used as slave dungeons during the 17th century. …
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Why Ghana? Obama Had Few Options
NIAMEY, Niger Amid the fever of excitement over President Obama's first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, the debate over why he chose Ghana has been almost as prevalent as the many bars, stores and barbershops bearing his name across the region. More on Ghana…
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A Call to Jihad From Somalia, Answered in America
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U.S. alters strategy in effort to free 2 in N. Korea
The United States has dropped its request that two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea be released on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.…
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Japan's PM faces crucial test in Tokyo poll
Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso faces a crucial test in a Tokyo municipal election Sunday, seen as a bellwether for a coming national vote in which the ruling party risks losing power after governing for virtually all the past 50 years.…
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2 questioned in killing of adoptive couple
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Casino dealers sue Wynn Las Vegas
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Police face inquiry into media payouts
MPs want to be sure the Met is not trying to hide embarrassing payments to officers by reportersThe Metropolitan Police could face a new House of Commons inquiry into whether officers are routinely paid by journalists to obtain confidential information…
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Bloody week in Iraq: at least 59 civilians dead
Two civilian drivers in northern Iraq were killed in incidents involving U.S. troops, one in an "escalation of force" shooting and the other in a head-on collision, the military said Saturday.…
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