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Today’s Headlines
30 Elite U.S. Troops Killed After Helicopter is Shot Down in Afghanistan
Standard & Poor Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating for First Time Ever
Share of Eligible U.S. Population Holding a Job Hits Lowest Level Since 1983
45,000 Verizon Union Workers Enter Second Day of Strike
New Orleans Cops Linked to Post-Katrina Killings Guilty of Civil Rights Violations, Not Murder
Saudi Arabia Recalls Ambassador to Syria as Brutal Crackdown Persists
More than 100 Arrested in London’s Second Night of Unrest
U.S. Expands Involvement in Mexican Drug War with CIA, DEA Intelligence Post
Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis March in Tel Aviv
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Leads Controversial Prayer Rally
Obama Administration Criticized for Carrying on Controversial Immigration Enforcement Program
Japan Honors Hiroshima Victims amid Ongoing Nuclear Crisis