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Durant leads U.S. basketball team to romp over Dominicans

YoopyaJuly 13, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 13, 201202

(Reuters) – The high-powered U.S. Olympic basketball team, led by Kevin Durant, fired a warning shot to their rivals by crushing the Dominican Republic 113-59...

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Analysis: Penn State report may increase university’s liability

YoopyaJuly 13, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 13, 201203

(Reuters) – A devastating report blaming Penn State and its top officials for covering up the sexual abuse of children by former assistant football coach...

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New jobless claims fall sharply to four-year low

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012August 14, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 12, 2012August 14, 202402

(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply to the lowest level in four years, a hopeful...

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Obama orders new steps to help small business

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012August 14, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 12, 2012August 14, 202406

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican...

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Romney speech to NAACP draws boos, raises questions on strategy

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201205

(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was booed by a mostly African-American crowd on Wednesday, as a speech before a civil rights group became...

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Obama, Democrats put tax cuts at center of 2012 agenda

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201204

(Reuters) – Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama on Wednesday plotted their legislative priorities for the months leading up to November’s elections, showcasing an extension...

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Romney slams Obama for playing down threat of Hugo Chavez

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201203

(Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney chided President Barack Obama on Wednesday for playing down “the threat” posed by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez as he sought to...

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Ex-FBI chief to release report on Penn State sex abuse

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201202

(Reuters) – Former FBI director Louis Freeh is due to release a report on Thursday on an eight-month probe into how Penn State University handled...

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Exclusive: U.S. probing failed broker PFGBest’s use of small auditor

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201203

(Reuters) – U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting firm that appears to be operating from...

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Clinton warns against threats in South China Sea dispute

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201201

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged rival claimants to the South China Sea not to resort to threats and intimidation...