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President Obama on Thursday called the nation's latest unemployment figures sobering, but said the economic recession is slowing. ...

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The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. ...

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said today that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program... ...

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President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry. Obama told reporters from religious news organizations on Thursday that White House faith director Joshua DuBois sends him a morning devotional every day to his e-mail device. He says it's a "wonderful practice" that started during the campaign. Tech-savvy Obama is the first president to use e-mail while in office and is seldom seen without his BlackBerry. Only a handful of aides and personal friends have the e-mail address for the handheld device. Aides tried to take away Obama's BlackBerry after he won the White House, noting that the e-mails are someday going to be made public. Obama resisted and instead got a security upgrade. ...

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America lost 467,000 jobs in the month of June. The sharp job loss that began during George Bush's presidency continues on Obama's watch. The new administration pushed through a stimulus plan aimed at jump starting hiring. But after fighting for... ...

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ABC's Kristi Berner from New York: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant may have won his fourth NBA title last month, along with his first playoff MVP trophy… but today he got dissed by the First Basketball Fan. The Associated... ...

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Washington, July 3 (DPA) The US economy shed a surprising 467,000 jobs in June and the jobless rate climbed to 9.5 percent, in what President Barack Obama called a "sobering" sign that the country's deep recession is far from over. The Labour Department's report sent US stocks plummeting more than 2 percent. Economists had predicted only 365,000 jobs would be lost, hoping June's figures would mirror a dramatic improvement in May. ...

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President Obama will begin using the National Security Agency to help monitor government computer traffic on commercial networks, The Washington Post is reporting, citing three current or former officials. The plan was first proposed by President Bush. AT&T is expected to be the test network for the Einstein 3 program; it was favored by the Bush administration. The pilot program has been delayed since February. AT&T had no comment for the Post. Here's some of... ...

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The King of Pop had a fan in the White House. ...

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President Barack Obama says he is "not reconciled" to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year. ...

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President Barack Obama says he's still "deeply concerned" about the continuing loss of jobs across the country. ...

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the report in June as part of a ... ...

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions. The president, a ... ...

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is expected to make his third trip to Chicago since the inauguration on July 23, when he is scheduled to attend two fundraisers in the city to benefit the Democratic National Committee, a White House aide said. In mid-June, Obama stopped through Chicago for a few hours to speak about his health care reform proposal before a gathering of the American Medical Association. His only other previous visit as president was a three-night stay in mid-February. Aides declined to provide any additional details about the fundraisers or whether the president and his family would be spending any significant time in Chicago. -- John D. McCormick ...

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WASHINGTON - The coup that deposed a U.S. ally in Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy. Washington has few direct means to pressure those who packed President Manuel Zelaya onto a plane out of the country on Sunday ... ...

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NAWA: Thousands of US Marines on Thursday stormed deep into Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Afghan Taliban’s stronghold, launching the biggest military offensive there since 2001, and the first under the presidency of Barack Obama. The Marines said Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword ... ...

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WASHINGTON - The King of Pop had a fan in the White House. President Barack Obama described himself as a longtime follower of Michael Jackson, the legendary performer who died June 25 at age 50. "I grew up on his music - still have all his stuff on my iPod," Obama said in an AP interview Thursday ... ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was "moving the ball" on affirmative action in this week's decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added that the court had not ruled out the use of racial preferences in the future. In a White House ... ...