Police officers inspect the damage after an explosion went off at the Marriott hotel in Jakarta,… Police officers inspect the damage after an explosion went off at the Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Bombs exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the …

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Investigators worked Saturday to identify two suicide bombers who attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital and health officials confirmed at least four of the dead were foreigners. Suicide bombers posing as guests attacked the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton …

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Ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade. That’s what we saw in the Senate Judiciary Committee: Ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade, trying to derail Sonia Sotomayor from becoming the next justice of the Supreme Court. Their attacks on Sotomayor were personal, racist, and …

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Tom Watson of the US reacts after a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf championship, at the Turnberry golf course, Scotland, Friday, July 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) — In one unforgettable hour, as nostalgia gave way to …

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NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama says Walter Cronkite “invited us to believe in him, and he never let us down.” Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw says Cronkite was the “managing editor for America.” The longtime television newsman died Friday after a long illness. He was 92. WASHINGTON (AP …

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Suicide bombers posing as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital and set off a pair of blasts Friday that killed eight people and wounded more than 50, authorities said. The bombings, which came two minutes apart, ended a four-year lull in terror …

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama, insistent that health care legislation will still clear Congress, urged lawmakers strongly on Friday to write stiffer cost-cutting provisions into the bills taking shape slowly in the House and Senate. “What we want to do is force the Congress to make sure …

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Negotiations have resumed in Sacramento, Calif., in an effort to close the Golden State’s $26.3-billion budget deficit. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the legislature’s four top lawmakers went into a closed-door meeting Friday afternoon to try to work out a disagreement …

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TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) — In one unforgettable hour, as nostalgia gave way to disbelief, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green at Turnberry headed in opposite directions few could have imagined. The oldest player at the British Open was leading. The best player was leaving. Even a …

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a co-pilot killed in a plane crash that seriously injured former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM has sued the plane’s manufacturer, operators and tiremaker. Suellen Lemmon of Washington state sued Bombardier Inc., Learjet Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co …

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