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Makana Sings Protest Song on Summit Dinner to Support Occupy Movement (Video)

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Makana, a Hawaiian singer, performed to support the Occupy Movement at a dinner in Honolulu, which was hosted by President Barack Obama for Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit participants from 21 economies around the Asia-Pacific, including Obama family, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Doctors Group Supports Fight on Drug Shortages

The American Medical Association threw its support behind government efforts to ensure the supply of lifesaving medicines but stopped short of recommending financial penalties against drug companies.
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Newt Gingrich 2012: Polls Reveal Lead For New 'Not-Romney' Frontrunner

Two national polls show Newt Gingrich leading in the Republican presidential primaries, toppling Herman Cain and even besting Mitt Romney in one poll by ten percentage points.While some credit his strong GOP debate performances, experts say his rise is the result of an anybody-but-Romney campaign, sure to change in the weeks to come.
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Herman Cain: The Weary Traveler

Under normal circumstances, we could feel sorry for Herman Cain, who has never before held political office. If he were still just a businessman, it would all be horribly unfair. But Cain is more than that now, for the moment at least. He became a legitimate contender for the highest office -- President of the United States. With that comes the terrible trail, the one candidates must must be able to navigate like carefully stepping through a mine field with 1,000 pounds on their back if they hop...
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Cain's 'Oops Moment' on Libya: Candidate's Major Stumble [VIDEO]

Herman Cain had a memory lapse to rival Gov. Rick Perry in a recent interview, when the GOP presidential hopeful failed to remember much of the Libyan uprising and any of the Obama administration's actions in Libya. Watch Cain here, and review his attempts to remedy the stumble, arguing foreign policy isn't something presidents need to know.
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Herman Cain Stumbles on Foreign Policy Question About Libya

Herman Cain struggled to answer a question about President Barack Obama's handling of Libya in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Monday, first asking whether Obama had supported the rebellion against Moammar Gadhafi and then saying that he would have gone about assessing the situation differently, which might have caused us to end up in the same place.
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Obama at APEC: Outlines New Trade Pact Framework, Chastises China

President Barack Obama spent a weekend reiterating his belief the United States' economic future rests upon success across its westward ocean, engaging in the leaders of 21 nations in the Pacific Rim during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii.
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'Super Committee' Mulling Avoiding Tax Decisions

According to various reports, members of Congress' super committee are mulling a broad outline of objectives for revenue increases, with the Senate Finance and House Appropriations committees to iron out how those goals will be met next year.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the health insurance reform bill as Marcelas Owens looks on in the East Room at the White House in Washington, March 23, 2010.

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Obama Healthcare Law

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the healthcare system's biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years.
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Obama to China: Behave Like a Grown up

President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the U.S. was fed up with China's trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival.
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Buffett not interested in European banks: report

Warren Buffett, often mentioned as a potential savior for troubled European banks, said on Monday that he has no interest at the moment in investing in the sector, and that there is what amounts to a partial run on Europe.
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HARP 2.0 Program Better Than Expected?

FBR Capital Markets said the broad changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) were outlined by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration on Oct. 24. However, the release of most of the technical details was delayed until Nov. 15.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at his news conference at the conclusion of the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii

Obama Takes Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices

President Barack Obama told China Sunday that the United States was fed up with its trade and currency practices, as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival at an Asia Pacific summit.

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