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When Martin Luther King Jr. Day arrives in January, MSNBC commentators certainly will not denigrate the heroic civil rights leader by claiming he improperly crossed the line between church and state when he demanded that the laws of this country protect the God-given rights of African Americans.
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A federal judge has denied a convicted murderer's request for more hair removal treatments as she waits to find out if she can get state-funded sex change surgery.
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A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared on state television on Tuesday signaling his defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A strong quake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch on Tuesday for the second time in five months, toppling buildings, causing "multiple fatalities," trapping people beneath rubble and sparking fires.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States told Libya on Monday to stop shedding the blood of protesters seeking to end Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year rule and announced plans to evacuate some U.S. diplomats from the oil-exporting nation.
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WASHINGTON/LAHORE (Reuters) - An American held on murder charges in Pakistan after a shooting worked as a CIA contractor but was not involved in covert operations, U.S. sources closely following the case said on Monday.
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc, which filed for bankruptcy last year, said it has started the process to sell itself and has entered into an agreement with "stalking horse" bidder Cobalt Video Holdco for $290 million.
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MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Monday urged 14 Democratic state senators who left the state rather than vote on a bill that takes away bargaining rights for state workers to return to work, but warned a big budget deficit left no room to negotiate.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget proposal would be "marginally positive" for U.S. credit ratings in the short term, but there is "almost no chance" Congress will pass the plan as it was presented, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes his stint at the helm of the G20 will boost his re-election chances in 2012, but it was a potential challenger who stole the show when finance ministers met at the weekend.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor moved on to freeze the foreign assets of Hosni Mubarak, the first sign that the deposed president would be held to account by the rulers to whom he handed power 10 days ago.
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LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - BP lined up one of the biggest foreign direct investments in India to date with a $7.2 billion tie-up with the country's Reliance Industries to explore for deepwater oil and gas.
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Dr. Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician who oversaw some 75,000 abortions before becoming a pro-life advocate who condemned the killing of unborn children, died at the age of 84 Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer.
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European countries sent planes and ferries to Libya on Monday to evacuate their citizens, and some international oil and gas companies pulled their foreign staff out and suspended operations, as anti-government protests spread to Tripoli for the first time.
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A small conservative Anglican parish in northern Virginia has voted to settle its part of a costly property dispute with the Episcopal Church. The case drew national attention when like-minded conservative congregations in Virginia broke from the denomination in a dispute over theology and sexuality.
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On Capitol Hill, CNSNews.com asked Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) if the Democrats are ready to shut down the government over the Republicans’ effort to defund the health care law.
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More and more large corporations, including Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup and Walt Disney, are covering surgery for transgender employees as part of their health plans.
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