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UN chief urges Israel restraint, end rocketing

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By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. chief on Friday urged Hamas to end its rocket attacks on Israel and told Israeli leaders to exercise maximum restraint. Ban Ki-moon has been calling international and Middle East leaders in a bid to de-escalate the crisis

Medicare premiums going up $5 a month for 2013

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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare premiums are going up $5 a month in 2013, the government said Friday. It's less than expected, but still enough to eat up about one-fourth of a typical retiree's cost-of-living raise next year. Medicare chief Marilyn

Petraeus: CIA blamed terrorists for Libya attack

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By KIMBERLY DOZIER and NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Testifying out of sight, ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress Friday that classified intelligence showed the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack but the administration withheld the

Petraeus: CIA blamed terrorists for Libya attack

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Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya comments

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By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican senators' angry criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and racism, a dozen female members of the House said Friday. In unusually personal terms,

Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

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By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy "until the rebuilding is complete" after getting an up-close look at devastated neighborhoods rendered unlivable. Obama brought the

Defense lawyers say BP rig workers are scapegoats

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - While BP has resolved a sweeping criminal probe of its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, two company employees charged in the deaths of 11 rig workers claim the Justice Department is trying to make them scapegoats

UK: European nations to debate Syria arms embargo

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By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - European nations are discussing whether to overturn an arms embargo on Syria and seeking to press Arab countries and the United States for a new impetus to end the deadly 20-month conflict, Britain's foreign policy chief said Friday. British

An apologetic Petraeus expresses regret for affair

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By EILEEN SULLIVAN and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, who was whisked clandestinely into private meetings with Congress on Friday to avoid reporters, expressed regret anew in an appearance that marked his first official business since he

An apologetic Petraeus expresses regret for affair

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th