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• Hill panel seeking documents on Libya operations

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 11:05 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Lawmakers who believe President Barack Obama's didn't properly consult with Congress before launching air strikes on Libya approved legislation Wednesday seeking

• US trade deficit widens in March on pricier oil

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 06:03 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- U.S. companies sold the most goods and services overseas on records dating back 15 years. But a big jump in oil prices pushed the nation's trade deficit higher in

• Tea party endorses Bruning for US Senate in Neb.

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 11:28 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Tea Party Express on Wednesday endorsed Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, the group's first 2012 endorsement. The prominen
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  US-China talks end with wide differences remaining

  Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  (05-10) 15:06 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Sharp U.S. criticism of China's human rights record overshadowed the results achieved at annual high-level meetings between the world's two largest economies aime

• May is National Stroke Awareness Month

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  Contra Costa is urging residents to learn the symptoms of a stroke, which kills or disables someone in the United States every 45 seconds. The following information is from the Contra Costa Heal
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  AP-Gfk poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 04:06 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years _ 60 percent _ and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected

• AIG, Treasury offering 300M shares worth $9B

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 11:31 PDT New York, NY (AP) -- Bailed-out global insurance company American International Group Inc. and the federal government are offering to sell a total of 300 million AIG shares to the pu

• AP sources: US closer to calling for Assad to go

  Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  (05-10) 16:24 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The Obama administration is edging closer to calling for an end to the long rule of the Assad family in Syria. Administration officials said Tuesday that the firs

• UK launches diplomatic blitz in emerging economies

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 10:16 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- Britain will withdraw officials from Afghanistan and Europe to fund a diplomatic blitz in China and India aimed at securing new trading ties with the w

• Obama to speak on political change in Middle East

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 08:22 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will deliver a speech on political change in the Middle East and North Africa as early as next week. Plans for Obama to address people in th

• Glaxo lawyer is acquitted of federal charges

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 12:10 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A federal judge in Maryland has acquitted a former lawyer for GlaxoSmithKline who was charged by federal prosecutors with obstructing justice and making false cla

• Alex Morgan on U.S. roster for Women's World Cup

  Monday, May 09, 2011

  The youngest player on the U.S. roster for the Women's World Cup, announced Monday, is Alex Morgan, a 21-year-old forward from Cal who will be counted on to provide scoring punch off the bench. Morgan

• Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15

  Wednesday, May 11, 2011

  (05-11) 11:16 PDT SAN FRANCISCO, (AP) -- The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries June 15. The release date announced Wednesda

• Grains climb on fears of tight supply

  Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  (05-10) 12:10 PDT (AP) -- Wheat prices are climbing in anticipation of a government report that is expected to show tightening backup supplies in the United States of wheat and corn. Corn prices rose

• Dean Karnazes' run across America ends in victory

  Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  (05-10) 17:46 PDT New York (AP) -- Mega-marathoner Dean Karnazes crossed the finish line Tuesday morning, completing a remarkable run that had taken him from sea to shining sea. Viewers of "Live! With
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The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

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