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War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

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MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
2nd sailor found dead in Afghanistan
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CNN.com - date posted: 7/29/2010 9:41:56 AM - 9 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 7:17:28 AM - 12 hours ago - Morning - 3 rank - [direct link]
The second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last weekend is dead, a Pentagon official said Thursday.
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Hours with the most stories: 5 AM (14 hours ago): 4 stories, 7 AM (12 hours ago): 3 stories
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2nd missing U.S. serviceman found dead in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times - Top News - [direct link]
2nd Sailor’s Body Found in Afghanistan - NYT > NYTimes.com Home - [direct link]
Second U.S. sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - StarTribune.com rss feed
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(In the last hour) Afghan strategy: Fight hard, be a good guest This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - date posted: 7/29/2010 6:48:52 PM - 46 minutes ago - date added: 7/29/2010 7:02:13 PM - 33 minutes ago - Evening - 3 rank - [direct link]
Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.
(Earlier half rank average: 3 | 0 stories per hour, later half rank average: 1 | 3 stories per hour)
Hours with the most stories: 3 PM (4 hours ago): 1 stories, 6 PM (1 hours ago): 1 stories
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Evidence Ties Manning to Afghan Leaks - WSJ.com: What's News US - [direct link]
Afghan spending faces scrutiny - washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - [direct link]
US military deaths in Afghan region at 1,122 - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
(In the last 4 hours) Taliban hinder NATO push to build government
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MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - date posted: 7/29/2010 3:27:25 PM - 4 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 5:32:00 PM - 2 hours ago - Evening - 21 rank - [direct link]
This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second. Kandahar ...
Hours with the most stories: 10 AM (9 hours ago): 1 stories, 5 PM (2 hours ago): 1 stories
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Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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(In the last 6 hours) Pentagon warns of fallout from leak of war files
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Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/29/2010 2:02:35 PM - 5 hours ago - Afternoon - 5 rank - [direct link]
The Pentagon's top officials are warning that the leak of some 91,000 secret war files has put U.S. troops and Afghan informants at risk. Pentagon - September 11 2001 - ...
Hours with the most stories: 12 AM (19 hours ago): 1 stories, 2 PM (5 hours ago): 1 stories
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Karzai blasts informant name leaks This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.     
CNN.com - date posted: 7/29/2010 12:08:41 PM - 7 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 12:46:55 PM - 6 hours ago - Afternoon - 6 rank - [direct link]
Afghanistan's president said he is incensed that leaked secret U.S. military documents include the names of Afghan informants.
Hours with the most stories: 12 PM (7 hours ago): 1 stories, 1 AM (18 hours ago): 1 stories
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Karzai: Release of secret docs endangers Afghans - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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Status: Current  Region: Asia  Category: Politics  # of stories: 20  # of future/spin-off stories: 14  Date added: 9/23/2009 - 309 days ago   Follow this story

- (Stories in the last last hour: 1, 2 hours: 1, 4 hours: 3, 6 hours: 2) First rank stories: 12, All story count: 38 (first rank percentage: 32%), Average story rank: 5

      

2009 Mexican drug war

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(In the last hour) Top Mexican Trafficker Killed in Raid This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/29/2010 9:36:29 PM - date added: 7/29/2010 6:47:24 PM - 48 minutes ago - Evening - 3 rank - [direct link]
The Mexican army said Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, believed to be a key ally of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed Thursday during a raid in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
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Hours with the most stories: 6 PM (1 hours ago): 2 stories, 4 PM (3 hours ago): 1 stories
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Top drug lord killed in raid, Mexican army says - chron.com Chronicle - [direct link]
Foreign firms avoid Mexican drug violence - msnbc.com: Business - [direct link]
Reports: Mexican drug lord targeted in raid - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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Oil Spill Crime? Send In the BP Squad This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.
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NYT > Business - date posted: 7/29/2010 8:15:55 AM - 11 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 8:47:32 AM - 10 hours ago - Morning - 22 rank - [direct link]
White Collar Crime examines how federal investigators of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are looking at a broad array of possible crimes, including false statements to the government, securities fraud ...
Hours with the most stories: 4 AM (15 hours ago): 1 stories, 8 AM (11 hours ago): 1 stories
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Gulf oil spill: 100 days, 10 lessons - MiamiHerald.com: Today's Top Stories - [direct link]
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BP Aims to Sell Venezuela Assets This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.     
WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/29/2010 8:21:11 AM - 11 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 5:32:11 AM - 14 hours ago - Morning - 10 rank - [direct link]
BP is in talks to sell its stakes in oil projects in Venezuela to its Russian joint venture TNK-BP, part of a $30 billion asset disposal program designed to help it meet the costs of the Gulf of ...
Hours with the most stories: 5 AM (14 hours ago): 1 stories, 8 AM (11 hours ago): 1 stories
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Oil Spill Crime? Send In the BP Squad - NYT > Business - [direct link]
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(In the last 2 hours) Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.
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NYT > NYTimes.com Home - date posted: 7/29/2010 6:19:57 PM - 1 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 6:32:12 PM - 1 hours ago - Evening - 2 rank - [direct link]
The gulf has been suffering for decades before the rig explosion, with the oil industry, farming and lax oversight contributing to a dead zone in the gulf.
Hours with the most stories: 6 PM (1 hours ago): 1 stories, 11 AM (8 hours ago): 1 stories
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New Mexico police find teen reported missing in Fort Bend - chron.com Chronicle - [direct link]
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Status: Current  Region: North America  Category: Crime/violence  # of stories: 13  # of future/spin-off stories: 5  Date added: 3/12/2009 - 504 days ago   Follow this story

- (Stories in the last 5 minutes: 1, last hour: 1, 2 hours: 3, 4 hours: 3) First rank stories: 5, All story count: 24 (first rank percentage: 21%), Average story rank: 7

      

2008 worldwide financial crisis.

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Energy Leads Gains; Consumer Plays Drop This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/29/2010 10:58:04 AM - 8 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 8:02:42 AM - 11 hours ago - Morning - 5 rank - [direct link]
U.S. stocks advanced tentatively, as the latest round of second-quarter earnings boosted energy and financial companies, but signs of weakness in consumer spending kept the gains in check.
Hours with the most stories: 6 AM (13 hours ago): 1 stories, 8 AM (11 hours ago): 1 stories
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Jobless claims drop may offer some hope - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
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Cuomo Probing MetLife, Prudential Financial
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/29/2010 1:53:40 PM - 5 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 11:17:00 AM - 8 hours ago - Morning - 5 rank - [direct link]
Cuomo launched a fraud investigation into the life-insurance industry for practices that allegedly denied families of deceased military personnel and others from collecting cash from their policies.
Hours with the most stories: 12 AM (19 hours ago): 1 stories, 11 AM (8 hours ago): 1 stories
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Phil Goldsmith: Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Philadelphia taxpayers' financial plight - Philly.com News - [direct link]
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Status: Current  Region: Worldwide  Category: Economy  # of stories: 11  # of future/spin-off stories: 6  Date added: 10/10/2008 - 657 days ago   Follow this story

- (Stories in the last half-hour: 1) First rank stories: 3, All story count: 15 (first rank percentage: 20%), Average story rank: 4

      

War in Iraq

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(In the last 2 hours) Deadly assault exposes Iraq's delicate state of security This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.     
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/29/2010 4:25:00 PM - 3 hours ago - date added: 7/29/2010 6:02:35 PM - 1 hours ago - Evening - 9 rank - [direct link]
Insurgents kill 16 people, including 10 Iraqi security force members, and raise a militant group's flag in a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad.
Insurgents briefly raised the black flag of Al Qaeda ...
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17 members of security forces killed in Iraq - USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - [direct link]
Spain reissues US troop warrants over Iraq death - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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Status: Current  Region: Asia  Category: Crime/violence  # of stories: 5  # of future/spin-off stories: 0  Date added: 9/23/2009 - 309 days ago   Follow this story

- (Stories in the last 2 hours: 1, 4 hours: 1) First rank stories: 2, All story count: 8 (first rank percentage: 25%), Average story rank: 7

      

Barack Obama climate change bill

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Status: Current  Region: North America  Category: Politics  # of stories: 1  # of future/spin-off stories: 1  Date added: 6/25/2009 - 399 days ago   Follow this story
First rank stories: 0, All story count: 1 (first rank percentage: 0%), Average story rank: 17

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