AP – The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details on grounds they’re still too secret to reveal.
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Report: Bush surveillance program was massive
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The Michael Jackson memorial did more than celebrate the King of Pop, it brought his family back together. From the famous (Janet) to the infamous (La Toya), here is a look at Motown’s first family, four decades after they first took the spotlight.
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A Post-Michael Guide to the Jackson Family (Time Magazine)
AP – The drive to remake the nation’s health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.
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Health care overhaul suffers another setback
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AFP – A gold-plated casket bearing Michael Jackson took center stage Tuesday as hundreds of millions worldwide bade farewell to the King of Pop in the final curtain call of his glittering career.
AFP – Authorities said the restive Chinese city of Urumqi was “under control” Wednesday following sporadic violence as mobs wielding makeshift weapons roamed despite a massive security presence.
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China says Urumqi ‘under control’ after show of force
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Reuters – U.S. drones attacked militants in northwest Pakistan twice on Wednesday, killing more than 40 fighters, security officials said, while the army said the Taliban chief in Swat had been wounded.
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U.S. drones hit Pakistan militants; Taliban leader hurt
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Reuters – New York prosecutors on Wednesday said 13 people and a mortgage origination company have been indicted on charges of running a multimillion-dollar real-estate fraud that cheated lenders through sham sales.
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U.S. push in south Afghanistan lacks Afghan troops
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Reuters – Paramilitary police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi on Wednesday to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in the region’s worst ethnic violence in decades.
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China’s Hu abandons G8 as ethnic unrest continues
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Reuters – The Obama administration announced a deal with three hospital groups on Wednesday that will save $155 billion in healthcare spending over 10 years, mainly by lowering charges for health services to the poor and elderly.
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Deal with hospitals to save gov’t $155 bln: W.House
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