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Teen accused of killing twin brother freed after 18 months
5:30 PM on 08/07/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio teenager who's no longer charged with killing his identical twin says he can forgive police and prosecutors. But he says he plans to sue, because he must be compensated for spending 18 months behind bars.
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Obama: The worst may be behind us
4:22 PM on 08/07/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a dip in unemployment as evidence "the worst may be behind us" with the recession well into its second year.
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Busy day for Hillary in S. Africa
1:47 PM on 08/07/2009
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged South Africa to take a leading role in driving economies across the world's poorest continent and called on the country to do more to press for reform in neighboring Zimbabwe.
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Sotomayor becomes first Hispanic justice on Supreme Court
3:43 PM on 08/06/2009
The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S.Supreme Court.The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve...
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Secretary of State Clinton vows U.S. support for Somalia
8:05 AM on 08/06/2009
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged continued American support for Somalia's weak interim government as it struggles against Islamist extremists believed linked to al-Qaida.
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