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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The chickens have come home to roost for Los Angeles city dwellers who keep roosters.

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An August 10, 2009 National Endowment for the Arts conference call in which artists were asked to help support President Obama’s agenda – a call that at least one good government group called “inappropriate” — has prompted the White House to issue new guidelines to prevent such a call from ever happening again.

AUSTELL, Ga. – Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia remained awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, even as an emerging sun shed light on the widespread flood damage.

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CAIRO - Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama’s downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.

WASHINGTON - Congress’ chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack Obama’s oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn’t see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care overhaul.

WASHINGTON - They were calling it the tax on Q-tips. Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less – from condoms to contact lenses – from a proposed tax on medical device manufacturers.

Everybody is saying no to the American president these days. And it’s not just that they’re saying no, it’s also the way they’re saying no.

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President Obama promised the United Nations Tuesday that his administration is “determined” to do more to address the nation’s climate change obligations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will urge world leaders this week to launch a new push in November to rebalance the world economy, but there are doubts national governments will bow to external advice.