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  300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests

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  Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted ...
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  College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

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  Fuzzy math, Illinois State University’s president called it. “Political theater of the worst sort,” said ...
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  For three hours on Friday, a D.C. delegation tried to explain to a panel of ...

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Former presidential hopeful Herman Cain threw his support behind Newt Gingrich Saturday night, providing the former House speaker with a late boost just days before Florida’s primary.

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300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests

By Terry Collins - Associated Press

Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag as officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center.

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The deputy chief of the Arab League says the pan-Arab body has halted its observer mission in Syria because of the increasing violence there.

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