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U.S. Weighs New Stock RulesA1
Federal securities regulators are moving toward easing decades-old constraints on share issues by private companies, in a sweeping review that could remake the way American start-ups raise capital.
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Dickering on Budget Goes Down to the WireA1
The federal government moved within a day of shutting down for the first time in 15 years, though House and Senate leaders said after a nighttime meeting with Obama that they had moved closer to a deal ahead of the deadline.
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Europe's Rate Rise Signals End of Cheap-Money EraA1
The European Central Bank became the first monetary authority in a major developed economy to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis struck—a sign that the long period of easy credit is beginning to come to a close.
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Gadhafi Does Swimming.ly on Web
Where have the U.N., NATO and U.S. Air Force directed Twitter followers to learn more about military action in Libya? To an Internet domain controlled by the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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Europe's central bank became the first monetary authority in a major developed economy to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis struck, a sign that an era of cheap credit is coming to a close. The ECB increased its benchmark by a quarter point to 1.25%.
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The euro declined as the ECB's Trichet disappointed investors who had hoped he would signal intent for a string of rate increases.
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Portugal will need as much as $129 billion under a bailout package from the EU and the IMF, people familiar with the situation said.
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Google and the U.S. are near a deal that would clear the search giant's $700 million acquisition of flight-data company ITA Software.

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Talks on the budget continued as a deadline loomed. Boehner and Reid said their differences had "been narrowed" after a nighttime meeting with Obama at the White House, but that no agreement had been reached. The president said he told the House and Senate leaders that he expected a final answer by Friday morning on whether a shutdown of the government could be averted.
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A GOP provision that would strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding was one issue holding up final agreement.
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Libyan rebels said fighter jets bombed tanks readying for an attack on Gadhafi forces in what appeared to be a friendly-fire strike by NATO.
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The White House has frozen aid to Yemeni President Saleh after concluding he is no longer a reliable ally in the fight against al Qaeda.

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Senators Push to Open Medicare DatabaseA2
Two senators have introduced legislation to overturn a 1979 court injunction that bars the government from revealing what individual physicians earn from Medicare.
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Claims for Benefits Fall Amid Job GainsA2
The number of idled U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment compensation fell last week more than expected, providing another sign of improvement in the jobs market.
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Incumbent Justice Leads in WisconsinA3
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser took a significant lead in his re-election bid when the clerk of a conservative-leaning county reported she failed to count the ballots from a wealthy suburb west of Milwaukee.
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A Black Eye for BloombergA3
The chancellor of the nation's largest school system resigned three months into her job on Thursday, dealing an embarrassing blow to New York City's mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
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Obama Faces a Host of Finance Openings to FillA5
More than a dozen senior finance positions spread across seven regulatory bodies and the Treasury Department lack permanent occupants.
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D.C. Bets Online Poker Is LawfulA5
Washington, D.C., is poised to become the first place in the U.S. to allow online poker, challenging the federal government's effective ban on the practice in its own backyard.
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U.S. WatchA5
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Barry Bonds Case in Hands of JuryA5
Barry Bonds's defense lawyers said that prosecution witnesses weren't credible and said he should be acquitted.
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Budget Is Boehner's Big TestA4
Deal or no deal, Republican House Speaker John Boehner has carried the desire of GOP voters to cut federal spending further than many in either political party thought possible just three months ago.
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Abortion Returns to Center Stage in Shutdown DramaA4
The policy fight threatening to blow up budget negotiations and lead to a government shutdown involves an issue that has been on the sidelines in recent months: abortion.
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Japan Weighs Wider Evacuation ZoneA6
Japan may look to extend the 12-mile evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as the crisis there drags on, the government's top spokesman said.
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New Earthquake Rattles JapanA6
Northeastern Japan was rocked Thursday night by its biggest earthquake since March 11, killing two people, causing widespread power outages through the north and putting the country on alert for the safety of its nuclear-power plants.
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WHO Calls for Action on Superbugs A6
A form of superbug that gives bacteria the power to resist virtually all known antibiotics may be spreading, posing a global health risk, health experts warned Thursday.
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Rio Shooter Kills at Least 12 StudentsA6
A heavily armed former student went on a shooting rampage at an elementary school in this beach front city, killing 12 students and wounding 16 before turning the gun on himself, an unprecedented incident that left the country in shock.
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Karzai Expected to Replace 2 MinistersA7
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has indicated that he plans to remove two key cabinet ministers, a move likely to rock his already tense relationship with the international community.
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New Posts Eyed for Panetta, PetraeusA7
The White House is considering a major national-security reshuffling that could see Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus take over at the CIA.
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Neighbor's Debt Woes Don't Spread to SpainA8
Spain successfully sold €4.13 billion of a new three-year bond offering, in another indication that the country is dodging contagion from the financially weaker euro-zone countries.
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Thaksin Vows to Assume Role in AffairsA9
Thailand's ousted prime minister intends to play a key role in running his country's economic policies from the United Arab Emirates if Thailand's main opposition party wins coming elections.
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The EU Bailouts Aren't Over Until They're OverA9
Is that it? Does Portugal's application for a bailout mark the end of the euro-zone's government debt crisis? Not so fast.
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Portugal Bailout May Hit $129 Billion A9
Portugal will need as much as $128.98 billion under a bailout package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, people familiar with the situation said.
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A Shovel Cuts Off Armenia's Internet A10
Georgia has arrested a 75-year-old woman who, with her shovel, left all of Armenia without access to the Internet for half a day, according to Georgian police.
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France Resurrects Border With ItalyA10
The migration wave unleashed by North African unrest has prompted France to resurrect its border with Italy—a barrier that was supposedly consigned to history's dustbin with Europe's unified economy.
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Friendly Fire Raises Tensions in LibyaA11
Rebel fighters claimed North Atlantic Treaty Organization airstrikes blasted their forces Thursday, in another apparent mistake that sharply escalated anger about coordination with the military alliance in efforts to cripple Libyan forces.
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Turkey Nudges Gadhafi RegimeA11
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday came closer than before to calling for Col. Moammar Gadhafi's removal from power, amid wide criticism over Ankara's Libya policy.
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U.S. Halted Aid Deal as Yemen Rose UpA11
The U.S. was on the verge of launching a record assistance package to Yemen when an outbreak of protests against its president led Washington to freeze the deal, marking a sharper turn in U.S. policy there than the administration has previously acknowledged.
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Israel Strikes Gaza After Antitank Missile Hits School BusA11
Violence flared anew on the Gaza-Israel border as an antitank missile fired by Palestinian militants hit an Israeli school bus, prompting retaliatory artillery and helicopter strikes by the Israeli military.
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Ivory Coast Standoff Takes TollA12
As Ivory Coast's incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, hunkers down in his fortified basement, defended by a couple hundred core supporters, the people outside are bearing the brunt of a confrontation with no immediate end in sight.
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Altar to French Cuisine Hungers for DoughA12
The French pledged to construct a grand "Cité de la Gastronomie" to honor and immortalize the nation's culinary know-how. But the cultural soufflé has yet to rise. The project has no funding and no location.
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