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Existing home sales jump 10.1 percent
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Submitted: 9 hours ago
- Sales of previously owned homes jumped 10.1 percent in October from September to their highest pace in more than two years, driven in part by a lucrative tax credit for first-time home buyers, according to industry data released Monday. » See more
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Chandra Levy's accused killer to face new charges
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Submitted: 10 hours ago
- Federal prosecutors in the Chandra Levy murder case told a D.C. Superior Court judge on Monday that they plan to file additional charges against Levy's accused killer, Ingmar Guandique. » See more
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Sideswiped by scandal, trapped by the past
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Submitted: 13 hours ago
- Emily Miller says she's nervous. "Everything that's ever been written about me is horrible," she announces, twisting her pulled-back hair after a sleepless night. She wants to be understood. She doesn't want to be defined by her past. It is a… » See more
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China sentences quake activist to 3 years in prison
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Submitted: 14 hours ago
- BEIJING -- A veteran Chinese human rights campaigner who challenged the central government over the faulty construction of school buildings that collapsed during last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, on a… » See more
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Slipping in Turkey
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Submitted: 21 hours ago
- RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in Turkey. The victory of his mildly Islamist AK Party in a 2002 general election was itself a breakthrough; even more so was his government's defeat of repeated… » See more
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Policy, portfolios and the investor lawmaker
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Submitted: 21 hours ago
- When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorus of protest. » See more
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At state dinner, will hoi polloi be served?
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
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The history-making Obama White House can't say enough about how it's more open, more adventurous, more of-the-people than administrations past.
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Christian Scientists seek reimbursement for prayers
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
- The calls come in at all hours: patients reporting broken bones, violent coughs, deep depression. » See more
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A blow to the self-employed
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
- Being a self-employed consultant has its perks and its drawbacks. On the upside, my work follows me wherever I go, provided I have Internet access. On the downside, there is no job security and currently I have not had any paid work in four months.… » See more
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A Plan C for Afghanistan
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
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Obama tries to think his way around the all-in-or-all-out dilemma.
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Don't neglect India
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
- South Asia is a tar pit filled with failed and dysfunctional states, save for one. » See more
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Health 'reform' that burdens our young
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
- The House health 'reform' bill would extract more subsidies from the young. » See more
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Some rivals who shouldn't be seated near the carving knife
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
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Washington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting…
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Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around U.S.
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
- The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries. » See more
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Fort Hood suspect paralyzed from chest down, lawyer says
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Submitted: 22 hours ago
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BELTON, TEX. -- Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent,…
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