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Christie pitches Obama for more storm recovery aid

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By By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie reunited with President Barack Obama on Thursday for the first time since the pair teamed up in response to Superstorm Sandy. Christie made an unannounced visit to the White House, where he met with

CDC: Language barrier caused chlorine gas leak

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By By KELLY P. KISSELAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A chlorine gas leak that sickened nearly 200 people at a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas last year happened because a worker who couldn't read the English-language label on a barrel of chemicals inadvertently poured bleach into it

Obama, Christie meet at the White House

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has met with New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie at the White House. Christie is in Washington Thursday to talk about aid to help his state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Obama is expected to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency

Mayor: NYC working on storm, climate prep

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By By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The city will work on upgrading building codes and evacuation-zone maps, hardening power and transportation networks and making sure hospitals are better prepared for extreme weather after Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said

Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe

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By By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, taking particular aim at Russia for its crackdown on democracy and human

Tensions mount as UN climate talks near end

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By By KARL RITTERAssociated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) - U.N. climate talks are heading into the final stretch with a host of issues unresolved, including a standoff over how much money financially stressed rich countries can spare to help the developing world tackle global warming. That issue has

Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends

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By By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - It didn't take long for suspicions to surface at a Colorado university that the man who just hours earlier shot up a midnight movie was a student who recently resigned from a school program. The name of James Holmes began to circulate in

AP Exclusive: China Nobel wife speaks on detention

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By By ISOLDA MORILLO and ALEXA OLESENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been in the two years since her jailed

Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks

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By By DAVID ESPO and KEN THOMASAssociated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama, trying to put a personal touch on "fiscal cliff" negotiations, visited a northern Virginia family's basement apartment Thursday to press his hard line on tax rate increases for the wealthy. "We

Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th