Feds warn of small airplane terror threats
Federal agencies warn of al Qaida interest in attacking small airplanes while stressing no specific credible threat for the 10 year anniversary. The bulletin notes possible use of private planes and Western recruits, and DHS urges vigilance ahead of travel peak.
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Washington
FBI
Homeland Security
al-Qaida
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Matthew Chandler
Department of Homeland Security
Unemployed Face Intensified Job Competition Ahead
Washington reports show 14 million unemployed compete with 8.8 million part timers seeking full-time work. About 2.6 million have stopped looking for work and are not counted. Economists warn unemployment could rise above 8 percent, with projections near 9 percent amid political year pressures.
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Washington
America
Congressional Budget Office
White House
Barack Obama
Lee drenches Gulf Coast as tropical system speeds inland
The storm dumped over a foot of rain in New Orleans and spawned tornadoes across southern Mississippi and Alabama as its center crawled ashore in Louisiana. Forecasters warned of continuing heavy rain and flood risks inland toward the Appalachians, with minimal but ongoing danger reports along the coast.
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Holly Kennedy
Mandeville
Lee
Gulf of Mexico
Saucier, Miss
New Orleans
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
National Hurricane Center
Robbie Berg
Gulf Region
Appalachians
Gulf
Vermont
Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
Gulf Shores
Ala
McComb
Miss
Gulf Coast
Two Mexicans face 30 years for terror tweets
In Veracruz a former teacher and a math tutor face terrorism and sabotage charges over Twitter posts that sparked car crashes and school panic. Prosecutors say false reports of gunmen led parents to rush schools, overwhelming emergency lines. The defendants dispute firsthand knowledge claims.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Veracruz
Gerardo Buganza
Orson Welles
New Jersey
Buganza
Boca del Rio
Gilberto Martinez Vera
Martinez
Claribel Guevara
Martinez Vera
Hidalgo
Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola
Obama faces tough economy in bid for second term
President Obama confronts a weak economy with unemployment near 9 percent and a protracted re election campaign. Republicans led by tea party figures may nominate a candidate vulnerable to his negative campaigning while Democrats seek to cast GOP opponents as slash and burn.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
GOP
Doug Hattaway
Texas
Rick Perry
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Hattaway
Hillary Clinton
U.S
Capitol Hill
Talks collapse as Libyan rebels push final Bani Walid attack
Libyan rebels said negotiations for the surrender of Bani Walid failed after Moussa Ibrahim demanded rebels lay down arms before entry. Rebel spokesman Abdullah Kanshil said they await approval to launch the attack on the besieged town 90 miles southeast of Tripoli as Sirte remains targeted and loyalists resist.
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Tarhouna
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Green Light
Bani Walid
Abdullah Kanshil
Moussa Ibrahim
Gaddafi
Tripoli
Sirte
Kanshil
Violence and arrests as ICRC chief visits Syria
Beir ut reports of renewed clashes and mass arrests across Idlib and Deir el Zour amid a crackdown on a five month uprising. The ICRC chief visited Damascus to press access to detainees and care for the wounded as authorities deny foreign press access. The UN cites about 2 200 killed since March and risks of further violence ahead.
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Beirut
Syria
International Committee of the Red Cross
Damascus
Idlib
Deir el-Zour
U.N
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