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Boston prepares for days of mourning for KennedyReutersHYANNIS PORT, Mass., Aug 27 (Reuters) – Family members of US Senator Edward Kennedy gathered on Thursday for a private mass at the seaside home where the 77-year-old towering figure in Democratic politics died two days ago. …Kennedy's Bad Boy DaysCBS NewsKennedy to lie in repose in Boston [...]
Washington Post
Initial Jobless Claims in US Decreased Last WeekBloombergAug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Fewer Americans filed claims for jobless benefits last week, another sign the economy is pulling out of the worst recession since the 1930s. Applications fell by 10000 to 570000, a higher level than forecast, …GDP, Jobless Claims Can't Move StreetForbesTreasurys Fall After Jobless [...]
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Tropical Storm Strengthens, May Brush Long Island, New EnglandBloombergAug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Danny strengthened and may brush Long Island and New England as a hurricane on a path for landfall in Canada at the weekend. Danny's maximum sustained winds intensified to 60 miles (95 kilometers) …Clouds, showers and storms on tap for [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Boston prepares for days of mourning for KennedyReutersHYANNIS PORT, Mass., Aug 27 (Reuters) – Family members of US Senator Edward Kennedy gathered on Thursday for a private mass at the seaside home where the 77-year-old towering figure in Democratic politics died two days ago. …Kennedy's Bad Boy DaysCBS NewsKennedy to lie in repose in Boston [...]
Washington Post
Initial Jobless Claims in US Decreased Last WeekBloombergAug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Fewer Americans filed claims for jobless benefits last week, another sign the economy is pulling out of the worst recession since the 1930s. Applications fell by 10000 to 570000, a higher level than forecast, …GDP, Jobless Claims Can't Move StreetForbesTreasurys Fall After Jobless [...]
Baltimore Sun
Tropical Storm Strengthens, May Brush Long Island, New EnglandBloombergAug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Danny strengthened and may brush Long Island and New England as a hurricane on a path for landfall in Canada at the weekend. Danny's maximum sustained winds intensified to 60 miles (95 kilometers) …Clouds, showers and storms on tap for [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Kennedy's wives stood by him through trying periodsUSA TodayBy Susan Walsh, AP file By Elise Amendola, AP By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY During two key elections in his political career, Sen. Edward Kennedy turned to his wife for help. In two cases 30 years apart, his first wife and then his second wife …Obama [...]
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CIA memo details procedures for breaking detaineesReutersWASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Sleep deprivation, "insult slaps", water dousing and "walling", or slamming a detainee's head against a wall, were techniques used by CIA interrogators to break high-value detainees, according to an agency memo. …Interrogation probe steams those on right and leftThe Associated PressGOP, Democrats both find [...]
