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John Hockenberry

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Blackwater founder goes to work for the United Arab Emirates

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Eric Prince, founder of the controversial Blackwater Worldwide private security company, is building a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates.
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Two Florida Imams accused of supporting Taliban

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Police arrested two imams at Miami's oldest mosque for giving financial support to the Pakistani Taliban.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's rape charges and the future of the IMF

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New York Police boarded a plane and arrested IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges. The future direction of the IMF is in question.
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FEMA: Give us our aid money back

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may have overpaid $22 million in aid to Americans. Now it's asking for the money back.
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Homeless population spikes after Alabama tornadoes

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The tornadoes that ripped through the South, especially through Alabama, have created a spike in homeless people, as tornado victims search for housing.
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Times Square Celebration: Osama Bin Laden Dead

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A celebration broke out in Times Square, New York City, when news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed.
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"The Loving Story" that decriminalized interracial marriage

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A new documentary tells the story of the couple whose 1967 US Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, overturned anti-miscegenation laws.
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Jobs for college grads: Getting better

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The job market for new college graduates is better this year than it was in a few years past, but unemployment remains high.
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Mississippi River flood dilemma: destroy farms to save cities?

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Officials along the Mississippi Delta are considering whether to open the floodgates, allowing water to flood farmland, to save cities from a Katrina-like disaster.
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Raj Rajaratnam, of Galleon Capital, guilty of insider trading

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The federal government used tactics usually reserved for organized crime to catch Raj Rajaratnam, hedge fund billionaire of Galleon Capital, in an insider-trading scheme.
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