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Biden greets Chinese VP for official visit
Vice President Joe Biden has welcomed China's future leader to the White House, telling him the two powers should work together despite their differences.
Kenny Rogers sues Capitol Records over royalties
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records, claiming the company has not properly paid him for digital downloads, ringtones and other uses of his songs.
Obama: Good US-China ties help the whole world
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says good ties between with United States and China are essential, and help the rest of the world.
Panetta: No decision yet from Israel on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he does not think Israel has made a decision to launch a military strike on Iran to thwart its nuclear ambitions.
Israel OKs tourist center in tense Arab area
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli government says it has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological center in a tense Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
AP sues Meltwater News alleging copyright offense
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Associated Press is suing a digital news distributor, claiming it infringed on AP copyrights.
Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack
AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.
Israeli police on alert after overseas attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police say they have increased the state of alert all over the country following bomb attacks against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia.
Israel points finger at Iran in Bangkok explosion
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister has accused Iran of being behind a bombing in Thailand.
Israel to 'settle score' with Bangkok attackers
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli Cabinet minister says his country will "settle the score" with the perpetrators of a bombing attempt in Bangkok.
Obama unveils federal budget plan
Republicans assail $3.8 trillion proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud on Capitol Hill.Though the Pentagon and a number of Cabinet agencies would get squeezed, Obama would leave the spiraling growth of health care programs for the elderly and the poor largely unchecked. The plan claims $4 trillion in deficit savings over the coming decade, but most of it would be through tax increases Republicans oppose, lower war costs already in motion and budget cuts enacted last year in a debt pact with GOP lawmakers.
China's next leader Xi Jinping visits White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington is getting its first hard look at the man destined to be China's next leader.
Transportation boosted to top of political agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress and the White House are boosting a long-term plan to improve the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems to the top of the political agenda.
Obama's budget hit by GOP critics for tax hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama feels he has struck just the right budget balance between providing more short-term support for the economy while putting forth a long-term plan to get control of the government's soaring budget deficits.
Panetta defends military budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan, telling senators it's time they show they are serious about reducing the deficit.
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