United States timeline
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Bank of America Implements Debit Card Fees, Outraging Customers
Debit card fees announced by Bank of America are sparking outrage among consumers who turned to social media with their vows to switch banks,... Read more
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US Justice Department Claims Disruption of Iran-Backed Plot on Saudi Envoy 's Life
The U.S. Justice Department says it has broken up a plot involving an elite Iranian military unit to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to... Read more
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President Obama Announces Pullout of US Soldiers from Iraq
Barack Obama laid out an exit strategy yesterday for the U.S. withdraw from Iraq within 18 months, marking the beginning of the end of the most... Read more
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125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Dedication
It was on October 28, 1886, that Lady Liberty had her dedication. She was a gift from France to the people of the United States to mark the... Read more
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Bank of America Cancels Debit Card Fees Following Customer Revolt
The bank, the nation’s second-largest, said it was abandoning its plan to charge customers a $5 fee to use their debit cards for purchases. Only a... Read more
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Jefferson County, Alabama, Files Largest Municipal Bankruptcy in U.S. History
Birmingham, Alabama, the most prominent industrial center in the Southeast before the civil- rights era, has been on a long losing streak that just... Read more
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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Obama Hold Impromptu Summit on Economic and Security Issues
President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China held an unscheduled meeting on Saturday at the end of an Asian forum to discuss economic... Read more
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Deadly NATO Airstrike Angers Pakistan
Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the American consulate in Karachi on Sunday, as Pakistan held funerals for the 24 soldiers killed... Read more
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Iraq War Officially Ends
After nearly nine years of war, the loss of more than 100,000 lives and hundreds of billions of dollars spent, the U.S. military mission in Iraq... Read more