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Hostess wins court approval to shut down

By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – Twinkies maker Hostess Brands Inc. won court approval to start shutting down operations, selling its assets and laying off its 18,500 workers, after the failure of

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Syrian troops kill dozens outside Damascus

By Weedah Hamzah – BEIRUT — Syrian government troops have killed dozens of what state television Thursday termed as “terrorists” near the capital Damascus, as the opposition said the death toll in

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Diabetes rates rise dramatically, CDC reports

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – Diabetes prevalence rates jumped dramatically across the nation between 1995 and 2010, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported in Friday’s edition of the

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EU backs new Syrian opposition group

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — The European Union threw its political weight behind a newly formed Syrian opposition coalition Monday in a boost to efforts to unite the many

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Obama affirms alliances in Asia

By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – YANGON, Myanmar — President Barack Obama on Monday became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, a once-secretive nation emerging from decades of authoritarian rule. Obama

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Don’t play chicken with the cliff

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune – ——— Congress and the president have got to stop playing chicken as the country approaches the edge. Some $600 billion in automatic, across-the-board

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Feds vow rapid aid to rebuild from Sandy

By Michael Linhorst and Anthony Campisi, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – TRENTON, N.J. — As Obama administration officials toured storm-ravaged parts of New Jersey on Friday and pledged to speed the recovery from

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