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  1. Is U.S. economy on the mend?

    A sign at the Citigroup Center is shownin New York. Citigroup Inc. posted better-than-expected results for first quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

  2. Japan bans U.S. beef again

    A Japanese official inspects the U.S. beef at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, in this Dec. 18, 2005 file photo. Japan's agriculture minister recommended Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, a total halt to American beef imports if officials confirm a recent U.S. meat shipment contained material considered at risk for mad cow disease, a ministry spokesman said. The threat to close the doors to U.S. beef came just a month after Japan partially lifted a two-year-old ban on American imports. That ban was imposed in 2003 following the discovery of mad cow disease in the U.S. herd. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

  3. 'Long on Wyo, short on U.S.'

    Economist Dr. Ernie Goss told the Wyoming Business Alliance's annual forum Wednesday that the current crisis arose from "bipartisan foolishness" from the mid- to late-1990s. (Screen capture by Dan Craig, Star-Tribune)

  4. U.S. Catholic bishops to debate changes to Mass translation

    Bishops attend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spring meeting Thursday, June 15, 2006, in downtown Los Angeles. The conference runs June 15-17. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

  5. Relieved U.S. evacuees arrive at Baltimore airport from Lebanon

    vacuee Ryan Usumi, center, walks with his mother Anna, left, and his girlfriend Sara DiMarco, right, after he arrived at the Baltimore Washington International Airport from Cyprus in Linthicum, Md., Thursday, July 20, 2006. Weary Americans who had been caught in the bombing of Lebanon began arriving back in the United States early Thursday as the first plane from a massive evacuation effort landed at an airport outside Washington. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

  6. Trauner fights back in second run for U.S. House

    Democratic candidate for Congress Gary Trauner walks with campaign organizer Aaron Owens while making campaign stops in downtown Cheyenne last week. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune

  7. Expert: U.S. needs to protect Iraq's oil

    Expert: U.S. needs to protect Iraq's oil

  8. Sears and Kmart merging to form third biggest U.S. retailer

    Actress Jaclyn Smith, left, model Kathy Ireland, center, and Martha Stewart pose for photographers at a Manhattan Kmart store where the company reintroduced the "Blue Light Special," in New York April 2, 2001. All three women have products sold under their names through Kmart. The discounter Kmart Holding Corp. is acquiring one of the most venerable names in U.S. retailing, the department store operator Sears, Roebuck and Co., in a surprise $11 billion deal that will create the nation's third largest retailer. The combined company under Wednesday's, Nov. 17, 2004 deal would be known as Sears Holdings Corp., but it was clearly orchestrated by Kmart chairman and Sears shareholder Edward Lampert, who will lead a new board that will be dominated by Kmart directors. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

  9. U.S. airports warned after screening equipment fails in Nashville

    Enjoli Barner, right, of Nashville, walks to the end of the security check line outside Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, March 31, 2006. A five-hour outage of security screening equipment at the Nashville International Airport Friday caused serious delays for passengers while their carryon luggage was checked by hand, officials said. (AP Photo/John Russell)

  10. Eastern U.S. swelters in heat wave; high temperatures to endure

    Brian Hall, 11, found a bit of refuge from another day of mid-90's temperatures while relaxing under a fountain at the Roosevelt Park pool in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Andy Lavalley)

  11. Prescription dog found, ending hunt across western U.S.

    This undated photo provided by Gail Nordlund shows Melody, a 12-year-old border collie mix, that was found huddled under a pickup in Sheridan, Wyo. She had been inside a car when it was stolen in York, Neb. The three-week search for the companion dog of an Oregon man battling depression ended happily in Wyoming, more than 700 miles from where the dog went missing in Nebraska. (AP Photo/Courtesy Gail Nordlund)

  12. Chinese President Hu caps U.S. tour with Yale visit; protesters gather

    New Haven police officer Miguel Aponte watches over a crowd of demonstrators in New Haven, Conn., Friday, April 21, 2006. The demonstration coincided with the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Yale University. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

  13. Rothfuss takes it one voter at a time in U.S. Senate race

    Chris Rothfuss lectures during an international studies class at the University of Wyoming recently. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.

  14. Taliban fighters attack U.S. camp, kill Romanian soldier in convoy blast

    U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, take up position, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, June 18, 2006. U.S. troops took positions atop a mountain ridge in southern Afghanistan on Sunday to cut off key transport routes as part of a major anti-Taliban offensive that has killed scores of suspected militants in recent days. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

  15. Some fear backlash against Muslims in US military

    Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch

  16. US awaits Slovakia in World Cup warmup

    U.S. players arrive for a practice session in Bratislava, Slovakia on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. U.S. faces Slovakia in a friendly match on Saturday Nov.14, 2009. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

  17. US awaits Slovakia in World Cup warmup

    U.S. players arrive for a practice session in Bratislava, Slovakia on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. U.S. faces Slovakia in a friendly match on Saturday Nov.14, 2009. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

 
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