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High School Insider: This week’s prep scores and summaries
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Slaughter in Libya’s Misurata: Is this Obama’s ‘Rwanda’?
President Obama was rightly praised for using US forces last month to prevent a civilian massacre in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Now he and US allies must decide whether to stop an ongoing slaughter in Misurata, a port city of 500,000 people.

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Obama wants South Korea FTA passed this year: Clinton
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the Obama administration was committed to passing a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, and that the pact was ready for review by Congress.

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This day in history
and#8226;In 1982, actor John Belushi, 33, (above, in a scene from the 1978 film “Animal House”) was found dead of a drug overdose in Hollywood.

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Health care: Congress must fix this mess
While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was busy securing passage of the federal health care bill so we could “find out what’s in it,” she confidently predicted that it would boost the economy and that Americans would embrace its sweeping changes.

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Christina Patterson: Change. Energy. Passion. How much more of this can I take?
Well, I wish some of those Labour lads had ditched the PPE for English literature. (To be fair, Andy Burnham did, and he’s a lovely boy, with lovely ideas for Labour, and very pleasing on the eye, but since he can’t even get his website to move at anything other than a snail’s pace, one assumes his chances of running the United Kingdom aren’t terribly high.)

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Take A Look At This
Hillary Clinton finds herself in a precarious position and it appears dogs have found a new best friend. The latest video and stories that will have you talking are coming up in Take A Look At This.

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Peace this time? Israel, Palestinians to talk
WASHINGTON – Plunging into the Mideast peacemaker’s role that has defeated so many U.S. leaders, President Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a historic agreement to establish an independent Palestinian state and secure peace for Israel.

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Golfing for a good cause: Kiwanis tournament set to welcome 82 teams this weekend
LUMBERTON — Many of best local golfers will pair up against each other this weekend to win a golf tournament, and in the process give back to the community. Pinecrest Country Club will host the 33…

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This day in Ticker history: Palin steps down as Alaska governor
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared on the CNN Political Ticker on July 26, 2009. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) – Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska’s governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning “to chart a new course to advance [...]

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