Chinese military officials had suggested using Beijing's vast holdings of US government debt to pressure the US. However, a top Chinese official said Tuesday that Beijing won't use the debt for political gain -- just a few days after a forecast projected that the U.S. national debt is on course to triple to $20 trillion over the next decade.
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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally." Obama chided the court, with the justices seated before him in their black robes, for its decision on a campaign finance case.
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The equipment Canada's Sidney Crosby whipped off his person after scoring the gold medal-winning goal against the U.S. two Sundays ago has been recovered.
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The top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of Education, who rejects evolution and has pushed a revisionist right-wing U.S. history curriculum, is on the way out, after a moderate candidate defeated him in a tight GOP primary last week. Thomas Ratliff edged out Don McLeroy 50.4%-49.6% for the seat McLeroy has held since 1999.
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An initiative to get sugary drinks out of U.S. schools has begun to work, with diet beverages and smaller portions replacing some full-size, full-calorie varieties in school vending machines, organizers said on Monday.
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European defense and aerospace consortium EADS and its U.S. partner, Northrop Grumman, have handed an apparent $35 billion dollar gift to rival Boeing — by packing up and going home.
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Last Nov, a Portland State economics student gave a presentation on what he described as the U.S. military's flawed reliance on one of its key combat rifles. As a visual aid, the student disassembled parts of a Colt AR-15, a semiautomatic version of the military M-16. The professor didd't mention it and now everyone is "up in arms" about it.
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The arrest of Gadahn is a major victory in the U.S.-led battle against al-Qaida and will be taken as a sign that Pakistan is cooperating more fully with Washington. It follo....................
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There are now 6.1 million people who have been out of work for six months or more. The average duration of unemployment is well past anything the U.S. has seen in the past 30 years.
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The impetus for the U.S. led assault on Marjah began one moonless night last May when a squad of American and Afghan anti-narcotics agents, backed by U.S. Marines, slipped through the town's empty streets and raided the Lachoya opium bazaar.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.||Ahmad...
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Despite concerns of privacy and their effectiveness, 11 more airports are to get 150 full-body imaging machines beginning Monday at Boston’s Logan International Airport, and one at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. In all, 30 U.S. airports will employ the scanning devices...
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U.S. President Barack Obama pushed his clean-energy agenda Friday, stressing in Arlington, Va., the prospect of green jobs fueling an economic recovery.
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BMW's board member for sales and marketing, Ian Robertson, told Automotive News that between 600 and 700 units will be leased to selected customers in major global cities. Robertson said the leases will be divvied up with 200 destined for the U.S. and between 300 and 400 driving around in Europe.
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