Five men described by federal authorities as anarchists angry with corporate America and the government were charged Tuesday with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs.
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FBI: 5 men charged in Ohio bridge bomb plot
An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two largest benefit programs.
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Aging workforce strains Social Security, Medicare
A U.N.-brokered cease-fire for Syria appeared to collapse on Sunday, two days before it was to go into effect, as the government demanded new conditions that the main rebel group swiftly rejected.
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This is what the U.S. government imagines would happen if terrorists set off a nuclear bomb just blocks away from the White House: The explosion would destroy everything in every direction within one-half mile. An intense flash would blind drivers on the Beltway miles away. A radioactive cloud would drift toward Baltimore.
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Reuters – Bailed-out insurer American International Group reported a $19.8 billion profit for the fourth quarter, after an accounting change that allowed the company to record an enormous one-time benefit.
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AIG posts huge 4th-quarter profit on tax benefit
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AP – Syrian troops stormed Saturday a central town and a northwestern region in search of opponents of the government as pressure on Damascus intensified to end an eight-month crisis that has left thousands of people dead, activists said.
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Syrian troops attack despite Arab peace plan
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AP – A Republican House chairman blasted the solar industry Thursday, calling loans to solar panel manufacturers, such as ill-fated Solyndra Inc., a poor bet and predicting the solar panel industry itself could collapse in the United States.
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Reuters – British newspaper editors, in crisis after revelations of illegal phone-hacking and other ethical lapses, recognized on Tuesday that Fleet Street had to mend its ways but appealed to the government not to crush Britain’s cherished free speech with draconian laws.
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Reuters – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Thursday vowed a thorough and transparent probe into last week’s train crash that killed at least 39 people, visiting the crash site in a bid to calm public outrage at the government’s handling of the disaster.
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AP – Rival Democratic and Republican plans to raise the government’s borrowing ability have thrust Congress into a standoff just one week away from a potentially devastating debt crisis. President Barack Obama made a last ditch call for compromise, but House Speaker John Boehner said negotiations with the White House had been futile.
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