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Dance celebrated at White House
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama welcomed an audience of students to the White House Tuesday for a program of performances by several top U.S. dance companies.
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Guatemala landslides kill at least 44
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NAHUALA, Guatemala, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- At least 44 people are dead and dozens injured or missing following massive mudslides in Guatemala, the country's disaster agency said.
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Tropical Storm Hermine bears down on Valley
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Sept. 06--Tropical Storm Hermine formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight and is expected to make landfall on the Rio Grande Valley later this evening.
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Islam spiritual center takes root in downtown Santa Rosa
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Sept. 05--Editor's note: This story is part of a yearlong series profiling the varied ways people worship.
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Talks on Dutch coalition government stall
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The leader of the Dutch Liberal Party said Saturday the latest attempt to form a coalition government in the Netherlands has failed.
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ICC investigating Kenyan election riots
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court has sent officials to Kenya to interview potential witnesses for trials over violence following the 2007 election.
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Guns, ammunition hidden in Yemeni bus
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SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Yemeni security forces found machine guns and other weapons and ammunition hidden inside a bus in the northwest Amran province, the Interior Ministry said.
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VA says it's whittling down claims backlog
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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told a national veterans group Tuesday his department is making progress in reducing the backlog of health claims.
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Grenade explodes outside Thai TV office
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BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A grenade exploded outside the main office of Thailand's National Broadcasting Service Tuesday, a government spokesman said.
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Inspectors found filth at Iowa egg farms
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LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Federal inspectors found widespread evidence of rodents and other filth at nine Iowa farms where a half billion recalled eggs were produced, records show.
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Government to sell White House replica
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Federal regulators are selling a 13,000-square-foot replica of the White House in Lawrenceville, Ga., that includes a drive-through window.
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Texas fire destroys voting machines
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HOUSTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Houston election officials say they'll be ready for an upcoming election even though a fire destroyed almost all of the county's electronic voting machines.
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Report: Afghan officials on CIA payroll
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The CIA is paying members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration to maintain an information pipeline on the Afghan government, U.S. officials said.
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Annual Fed gathering amid uncertainty
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- This year's annual Federal Reserve summer retreat in Wyoming occurs against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and slipping indicators, economists say.
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3 suspects in court in alleged terror plot
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OTTAWA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Three men have been accused in Canada of conspiring with others overseas to facilitate an act of terror linked to al-Qaida, authorities said Thursday.
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