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Dallas Mavericks’ Delonte West Not Going to White House

Delonte West, a Dallas Mavericks player, will be the only one of his team to stay back when they make their highly-anticipated visit to the White House, to meet President Barack Obama. In his own words, West has been banned from going to the White House owing to a past that has criminal records.

Iran Moving Nuclear Work to Deep Mountain Bunker

Iran will in the near future start enriching uranium deep inside a mountain, a senior official said Sunday, a move likely to further antagonize Western powers that suspect it is seeking nuclear weapons capability.
Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) listens as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Concord, New Hampshire, January 8, 2012.

Rivals Get Another Crack at Romney in Sunday Debate

Republican presidential candidates stepped up their attacks on rival Mitt Romney in a televised debate on Sunday morning -- a mere two days before primary-election voters in New Hampshire head to the polls -- and the front-runner mostly weathered the attacks.
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McCain Endorses Obama, Forgets Romney -- See Oops Moment (VIDEO)

John McCain was going strong, making his endorsement for president 2012 at a Republican rally for Republican candidate Mitt Romney in South Carolina. It's just that as you can see from the video below, McCain endorses Obama -- the current Democratic President -- instead of Romney, the Republican hopeful.
Ron Paul Jesse Thorsen

Ron Paul 2012: Will He Benefit from U.S. Veterans' Support?

When U.S. Army Cpl. Jesse Thorsen delivered a speech at Ron Paul's caucus night rally in Iowa on Tuesday, he never expected to become a pseudo-symbol. By the time he finished speaking, the 28-year-old would come to embody a breed of supporter seemingly unique to the Ron Paul universe: The War-Weary Veteran.
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Iran denies central bank resignation rumor

A senior Central Bank of Iran official has denied rumors that the bank's governor has resigned, the ISNA news agency reported Saturday, in a week when the currency hit a record low amid rising inflation and concerns about tighter economic sanctions.
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Why Perry is Still in the Race

Rick Perry's team essentially calculated that Rick Santorum, who emerged in Iowa as the leading conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, isn't a strong enough candidate to hold that position in future contests.
U.S. President Obama puts hand on shoulder of Cordray during trip to Cleveland

Republicans Seek Legal Ruling on Obama Recess Appointments

Congressional Republicans Friday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on the controversial recess appointments President Barack Obama made to install appointees to politically sensitive jobs overseeing consumer lending and the labor force.
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U.S. Immigration Shift to Shorten Family Separation

The government announced Friday it will reduce the time that U.S. citizens are separated from spouses and children who have been in the country illegally and are forced to leave for as long as 10 years while their visa requests are processed.
Johnson looks for warehouse work online at the Employment Development Department of California service office in San Francisco

Unemployment Near 3-Year Low

U.S. employment growth accelerated last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, the strongest evidence yet the economic recovery is gaining steam.
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House Democrats Lampoon 'Pro Forma' Session

House Democrats called Republicans' bluff this morning by attempting to hijack a pro forma session into doing actual work. The stunt was meant to lampoon Republicans' claims that Congress is not in recess, as the pro forma sessions represent the usual order of business.
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Sen. Rubio in Letter to Obama: 'America Becoming a Deadbeat Nation’ [FULL TEXT]

U.S. Senator Marc Rubio from Florida sent a scathing letter urging President Obama to tackle the debt crisis and resist raising the debt ceiling. It's a tragic reality, he writes. But, on your watch, more and more people have come to believe that America is becoming a deadbeat nation inevitably heading toward a European-style debt crisis.
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Student Loan Debt and the Culture of Borrowing

The Federal Reserve predicts student loan debt will pass the $1 trillion mark this year. Students are taking out twice as much as they did 10 years ago (even after adjusting for inflation) and can't pay it back. From politicians to protesters, Americans are offering solutions to this seemingly impossible problem.
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Employment growth picks up pace

Employment growth accelerated last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, offering the strongest evidence yet the economic recovery was gaining steam.
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Iranians Abandon Sinking Rial for Gold as Sanctions Bite

As the Iranian rial hits all-time lows against the United States dollar in the wake of imposed international sanctions, Iranians seek safer havens in more global currencies like gold, according to a leading economist at the National Commercial Bank in Saudi Arabia.
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U.S. payroll jobs up, jobless rate falls

U.S. employment grew solidly last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, offering the strongest evidence yet of an acceleration in economic activity.
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IRS Audits 1 in 8 Millionaires, May Demand Extra Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service audited one in eight people who earned $1 million annually, which makes them far likelier to be audited than those making less than $200,000, according to IRS data released on Thursday.

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