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Gulf of Mexico Oil Well is Declared “Dead”
 ThirdAge
The Gulf of Mexico oil well has been spewing oil for five months and officials say that they can now declare the broken well is “dead”.
"Very Large" Hurricane Igor Moves North of Bermuda
 Sam Strangeways & Ruth O'Kelly Lynch
Hurricane Igor pounded Bermuda with high winds and driving rain early on Monday as it moved north over the Atlantic, skirting the U.S. East Coast, which should suffer only rough surf and a stiff breeze.
Tough Immigration Law Boosts Arizona Governor's Political Fortunes
 Nicholas Riccardi
In a year that sees incumbents across the country dropping like flies, an unlikely one is in a very comfortable position: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
 New Orleans: Systemic Police Brutality Exposed
 The Real News Network
Flaherty: During Katrina police murdered and covered up - a continuation of systemic abuse of the poor.
1 in 7 Americans Live in Poverty, Census Bureau Reports
 Associated Press
The ranks of the poor climbed to the highest level since the 1960s as the recession threw millions of people out of work last year.
Long-Time Fugitive Troubles California F.B.I.
 AMW.com
Sacramento F.B.I. Special Agent Rebecka Brown has a case on her hands unlike any she's worked before. She's been tasked with finding accused child predator Jeffrey McDaniel - a man whose complicated alleged crimes make hunting him even more difficult than an average fugitive.
Obama's Weekly Address: The Republican Corporate Power Grab
 The White House Blog
The President explains how the most dire warnings about the Citizens United case have been proven valid as Republicans in Congress have blocked legislation to fix it.
Bore Hole for Rescue Reaches Trapped Chile Miners
 Federico Quilodran
Rescuers achieved a key breakthrough in efforts to rescue 33 trapped miners on Friday, reaching the caverns where they are imprisoned with a bore hole that will now be widened so that they can be pulled to freedom.
Q&A on Whooping Cough: Are Illegal Immigrants Fueling the Outbreak? Officials Say No
 Rong-Gong Lin II
State officials said this week that the epidemic is now the worst in the state for pertussis in 55 years, killing nine people, all infants younger than 3 months of age.
FedEx Express, Overseas Vote Foundation Renew Express Your Vote Overseas Ballot Return Initiative
 OverSeasVoteFoundation.org
FedEx Express and the Overseas Vote Foundation are bringing back the Express Your Vote Initiative for the 2010 Congressional Midterm Election. This alliance eases the voting process for millions of Americans living abroad and assures that their votes will count in 2010.
New Orleans: Rebuilding on People's Bones
 The Real News Network
Jordan Flaherty: Thousands of people are not able to return to New Orleans.
Women Make Their Mark on South American Politics
 Marcela Valente
If Brazilian voters elect a woman president next month, what might have appeared to be isolated developments in Chile and Argentina would start to look more like a trend in the southern countries of South America.
US Report Finds Rate of Illegal Drug Use Rising to Highest Level in Nearly a Decade
 Sam Hananel
The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse, the government reported Wednesday.
Cuba Criticizes Obama for Keeping Embargo
 Paul Haven
Cuba's foreign minister said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has missed a golden opportunity to improve relations, lamenting that nearly two years after he offered an olive branch to America's traditional foes, the U.S. leader has "not lived up to expectations."
Hurricane Igor Aims at Bermuda; Karl Hits Mexico: Julia Becomes a Category 4
 BBC News
Hurricane Igor, on the verge of becoming a Category 5 system on Tuesday night, weakened this morning. Still, with sustained winds of 135 mph, it remains a large and powerful Category 4 storm.
Michelle Bachelet's Appointment to Head UN Women Widely Applauded
 Daniela Estrada
A level of enthusiasm seldom expressed at United Nations appointments welcomed the naming of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as the first head of UN Women, the new agency created to raise the profile of gender and women's issues.
Tea Party Wins Big on Parimary Night
 Michael R. Blood
It’s tea time in America. Tea partiers can claim success in some eight Republican Senate contests, a handful of GOP governors’ races and numerous House races.
Reid Adds Controversial Immigration Measure to US Defense Bill
 Ted Barrett
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will add the DREAM Act, a controversial immigration measure, to a defense policy bill the Senate will take up next week.
Amnesties for Dictatorship Crimes Slowly Crumble
 Marcela Valente
At very different paces, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay advance down the path towards annulling or at least neutralising the laws that protected those responsible for human rights crimes committed under their dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s.
Thousands Held Without Trial in Iraq: Amnesty
 Agence France-Presse
Tens of thousands of detainees are being held without trial in Iraqi prisons and face violent and psychological abuse as well as other forms of mistreatment, Amnesty International said this week.
UK Teenager Banned From America For Life Over Obscene Obama Email
 Virginia Wheeler
A British teenager who sent an email to the White House calling President Obama an obscenity was banned from America for life, The Sun reported Monday.
Chile’s Ghosts: The Tyranny of Forgetting
 Benjamin Dangl
On September 11th, 1973 socialist president Salvador Allende was overthrown in a US-backed coup. The military dictator Augusto Pinochet took power, and led the country in a reign of terror which left thousands dead, tortured and traumatized.
US Border Patrol: Agents Return Fire Into Mexico After Coming Under Attack During Drug Bust
 Paul J. Weber
U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a truck along the Rio Grande, U.S. authorities said Monday.
Mexico 2010 Chicago Bash Will Celebrate Breadth of Mexican Immigrants' Diversity, Country's Bicentennial
 Oscar Avila
Mexico is trying to burnish a somewhat tarnished national brand with a bicentennial celebration in Chicago stretching over several months that will peak in a massive bash Wednesday at Pritzker Pavilion featuring ballerinas, mariachis and classical music.
UK Investigates Iraq War - US is Silent
 The Real News Network
David Gardner: MI5 head testimony disproves Bush-Cheney-Blair claims intelligence agencies agreed on Iraq WMD.
What is “BuildingWhat?” A Worldwide Campaign to Raise Awareness of Building 7
 Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
Millions of people do not know or remember only vaguely that a third tower called World Trade Center Building 7 also collapsed on September 11, 2001. In any other situation, the complete, free fall collapse of a 47-story skyscraper would be played over and over on the news. So, why does no one know about Building 7?
Poverty Increasing Under Obama’s Presidency
 Hope Yen & Liz Sidoti
The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama‘s watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty.
With 9/11 in Mind, American Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Fitr
 Jeremy Kutner
As the early morning sun steamed through glass skylights, hundreds of Muslim men, women, and children gathered at a cavernous indoor track in New Haven, Connecticut, to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
Governor General to Celebrate the Bicentennial of Mexico's Independence and the Centennial of Its Revolution
 Market Wire
At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will visit Mexico City on September 13 and 14, 2010, to attend celebrations marking the bicentennial of the independence of the United Mexican States and the centennial of its revolution.
Ecuador's Open Door Begins to Close for Some
 Gonzalo Ortiz
The Ecuadorean government's policy of "universal citizenship," which did away with visas or other requirements for foreigners entering the country, has clashed with the reality that Ecuador is being used for human trafficking - so now there are some exceptions.
Controversies Stalk 9/11 Observances
 Verena Dobnik
Politics threatened to overshadow a day of mourning Saturday for nearly 3,000 Sept. 11 victims amid a polarizing national debate over a planned mosque blocks from the site where Islamic extremists attacked America.
Obama's Weekly Address: A Day That Tested Our Country
 The White House Blog
The President marks the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as a National Day of Service and Remembrance to honor those who lost their lives.
Castro Says He Was Misinterpreted on Cuban Economy
 Will Weissert
Fidel Castro said Friday his comments about the Cuban economic model no longer working were misinterpreted by a visiting American journalist - taking back an admission that caused a stir around the globe.
Rumors Fly Over Question of 'La Barbie' Extradition to US
 George W. Grayson
U.S. officials were hoping that Edgar "La Barbie" Valdéz Villarreal, who was captured on Aug. 30, would be extradited to the United States. After all, he was born in Texas; he is wanted for cocaine smuggling and other crimes in Atlanta, Ga.; and, since taking office, the administration of Mexican President Calderón has dispatched 291 suspects to El Norte.
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