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• Military Couple Forced to Move Wedding for Obama's Golf Game

  29-12-2014 22:30
  
  As if one's wedding day wasn't already memorable enough! Newlyweds Natalie Heimel and husband Edward Mallue Jr. certainly won't be forgetting their recent nuptials any time soon, thanks to a pretty unusual turn of events involving President Barack Obama himself. The couple, both captains in the Army, was informed during their wedding rehearsal on Saturday at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii that they'd actually have to move their wedding -- which was scheduled for th
  
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• Here’s What Each State Googled More Than Any Other State This Year

  29-12-2014 21:36
  
  There’s a lot to be learned from a person’s Google searches.  Real estate listings site Estately looked at Google Trends data to determine what people, stories, and controversies residents of each state cared about most. The map they compiled using the data shows not what each state searched for the most overall, but what they Googled more than any other state. While New Yorkers were wondering what a selfie is, Californians and Nevadans took to Google for more information on bitcoin. The pr
  
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• Washington tries 'passive tough love' in Iraq

  29-12-2014 11:09
  
  By David Rohde WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the United States withdrew its last troops from Iraq at the end of 2011, both Washington and Baghdad said Iraq was ready to defend itself. The rise of radical Sunni group Islamic State has proven that belief wrong. Yet senior White House and Pentagon officials are determined to show "strategic patience" and not be drawn into Iraq's new civil war. Washington has sent 1,900 troops to Iraq, while U.S. forces and their allies have conducted more than 1,300
  
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• Obama - Iran has 'chance to get right with the world': NPR

  29-12-2014 11:06
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran could become a "very successful regional power" if Tehran agrees to a long-term deal to curb its nuclear programme, President Barack Obama said in an interview with NPR News. "They've got a chance to get right with the world," Obama said in the interview, which was taped at the White House on Dec. 18 and is set to air this week. More than a year ago, Iran agreed to an interim plan to halt higher-level uranium enrichment in exchange for a limited easing in financial sa
  
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