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Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town's name: Fort Gay (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive.
Clinton: It's time to seize an `American Moment' (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asserted Wednesday that the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy is beginning to pay important dividends.
BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.
Reggie Bush: Heisman matter 'out of my hands' (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Reggie Bush declined to go into any detail Wednesday on what he knows about the status of his 2005 Heisman Trophy.
Special Report: The Tea Party goes to school (Reuters)
September 9, 2010
Reuters - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.
China blacks out towns to meet energy goal (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.
Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
Obama Economic Agenda Seeks Middle Class, Populists (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010The Atlantic Wire - President Barack Obama says he will not extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, which are scheduled to expire this year. However, he will extend the Bush tax cuts for the 98 percent of households that annually earn below $250,000 for couples or $200,000 for individuals. The White House says the tax cuts for the top 2 percent would add $700 billion to the deficit over the next ten years. Obama's announcement comes only two days after his proposals, which some call a "second stimulus," for $50 billion in infrastructure spending and $100 billion over ten years in business tax credits for research and development. Here's what pundits are saying about whether Obama's new economic initiatives will counterbalance two very negative forces for the White House: The poor economic situation and the forecasted electoral losses for Democrats.
Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.
Angelina Jolie condemns planned Quran burning (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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