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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Obama won't sign short-term debt measure

WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Monday ruled out any short-term fix for the country's debt and deficit problem. "What I won't consider are 30-day 60-day, 90-day or 180-day stopgap resolutions to this problem," Obama said during a news conference. "This is the United States... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Minnesota shutdown still going strong

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 11 (UPI) -- Minnesota's state government shutdown has reached 11 days, and there is no sign it will be ending any time soon, officials say. There have been no newly scheduled talks about the budget, and Republican and Democrat leaders held dueling news conferences Friday, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. first lady Betty Ford has died, the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Ann Arbor, Mich., said Friday. She was 93. Elaine Didier confirmed the death of the former first lady, The Washington Post reported. There were no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Shuttle Atlantis liftoff may be postponed

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 8 (UPI) -- The final U.S. space shuttle flight may be postponed due to thunderstorms, NASA said, but the countdown was still under way hours before the scheduled launch. Chances of an 11:26 a.m. EDT Friday liftoff, as scheduled, of Atlantis from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Two ways to deal with negative emotions

STANFORD, Calif., July 7 (UPI) -- Confronted with high-intensity negative emotions, some choose to be distracted, but with lower-intensity emotions, they think it over, U.S. researchers say. Study co-author Gal Sheppes and Stanford University colleagues Gaurav Suri and James J. Gross, as well as... Sign in to see full entry.

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