Monday, March 19, 2012

Gunman at school shooting linked to spate of murders - FRANCE - FRANCE 24

Gunman at school shooting linked to spate of murders - FRANCE - FRANCE 24: "Four people, including three children, have been killed after a man opened fire outside a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse Monday. Police say the bullets came from the same gun that was used last week in the murder of three soldiers."

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Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria - ABC News

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria - ABC News: "A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions."

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At two-year mark, health law's legacy is confusion - Washington Times

At two-year mark, health law's legacy is confusion - Washington Times: "Two years after congressional Democrats squeezed out enough votes to pass President Obama’s health care overhaul, confusion still reigns among the states, insurers and average Americans struggling to comply with the hundreds of pages in the law."

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National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: "The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency."

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Obama’s tax hikes threaten a new US recession - FT.com

Obama’s tax hikes threaten a new US recession - FT.com: "The recent payroll gains and the declining unemployment rate in the United States have raised hopes that the economy will now start growing faster than the tepid 1.7 per cent rate of last year. Optimists are expecting growth rates as high as three per cent for this year and next."

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Oprah Winfrey's OWN Lays Off 30 in Network Restructuring - The Hollywood Reporter

Oprah Winfrey's OWN Lays Off 30 in Network Restructuring - The Hollywood Reporter: "
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“As CEO, I have a responsibility to chart the course for long-term success for the network," says Winfrey. "To wholly achieve that long-term success, this was a necessary next step."

Ratings-challenged OWN has let go of 30 employees as part of a restructuring announced Monday."

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U.S. Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran - NYTimes.com

U.S. Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran - NYTimes.com: " A classified war simulation held this month to assess the repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran forecasts that the strike would lead to a wider regional war, which could draw in the United States and leave hundreds of Americans dead, according to American officials."

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Saudi Arabia moves to calm oil market - FT.com

Saudi Arabia moves to calm oil market - FT.com: "Saudi Arabia is taking steps to cool the overheating global energy market, boosting its exports to the US and re-opening old oilfields to expand production, as the world’s largest oil producer tries to prevent damage to the global economic recovery."

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