NEW YORK - Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Now all he needs is a team to play for. Vick, free after serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, was reinstated with conditions by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. He could participate in regular-season games as early as …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The professor, the policeman and the president are ready to share a beer — and maybe a few thoughts about race and law enforcement in America. The gathering set for Thursday evening may help President Barack Obama write a sudsy but happy ending to an arrest that triggered a …

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The New York Times is spearheading the campaign for President Obama’s health care proposals. His drive for an overhaul of the health care system, far from representing a reform designed to provide universal coverage and increased access to quality care, marks an unprecedented attack on health care …

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - A man who robbed a San Francisco Bay area bank apparently felt guilty enough to confess his sins and hand over $1,200, but not enough to turn himself in. Police say a man went to a church Sunday night to confess that he robbed the Walnut Creek branch of the Patelco Credit …

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Reporting from Washington — It started out as a casual suggestion: three guys working out their differences over a beer. But President Obama’s offer to play host to the cop and the professor entangled in a debate over racial profiling now has the imprimatur of high-level diplomacy. White House …

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New York » Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and could play in regular season games as early as October. Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games — if he can find a team that …

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Vice Premier Wang Qishan, left, laughs with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as they pose for the family photo at the start of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2009. Right is Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and far left is Chinese State …

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The lawyer for Michael Jackson’s personal physician says Dr. Conrad Murray won’t be commenting on “rumor, innuendo and unnamed sources.” That response follows a revelation by a law enforcement official who told The Associated Press that Jackson’s doctor gave the entertainer a …

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WITH a parting swipe at the media, Sarah Palin stepped down as Alaska governor yesterday, but gave few clues about where she was headed. “It is because I love Alaska this much that I feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical politics-as-usual lame duck session in one’s last year in …

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (July 27) - At times, it seemed like a flashback to the 2008 presidential campaign. Sarah Palin stepped down as Alaska governor on Sunday with a fiery speech reminiscent of her days as running mate to Republican John McCain — when she frequently revved up crowds while attacking …

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