Millions of dollars in drugs seized, 70 arrested in Arizona

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3 young men killed in Kansas grain elevator blast

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Tanker explodes near U.S. base in Afghanistan, killing 10

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Gaddafi buried in unknown location

The Libyan government buried Muammar Gaddafi in an unknown locathttp://www.blogger.com/html?blogID=7604588067708345099ion at dawn on Tuesday, al-Jazeera television reported, citing a source in the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC).

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Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Obama Times are tough "but we're tougher"

President Barack Obama called for an end to "Washington games" and for Congressional Republicans to support initiatives to promote job creation benefiting the middle class.

Speaking to a Labor Day rally in Detroit, a city he said had been "to heck and back," Mr. Obama challenged Congressional Republicans to put the country ahead of party.

In a preview of his speech Thursday to a joint session of Congress, Mr. Obama proposed boosting construction and infrastructure projects - and included some finger-wagging at critics. "We have more than one million unemployed construction workers ready to get dirty right now," he said. "Labor's on board and businesses [are] on board. We just need Congress to get on board."
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