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| Obama set to sign equal-pay bill | | WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is signing into law an equal-pay bill that is popular with labor and women’s groups and is expected to make it easier for workers to sue for decades-old discrimination. |
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| Higher stakes: US to seek Afghanistan help at NATO | | WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama already is testing whether Europe will match its enthusiastic words about his administration with concrete actions. After seeking help shutting the Guantanamo Bay prison, Obama now has a potentially more contentious request: He wants more European troops fighting in Afghanistan. |
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| Struggling Republicans to pick new party chief | | WASHINGTON – When Republican Party insiders pick a new leader on Friday, he will have to be more than just a nuts-and-bolts manager by rallying the faithful after two disastrous elections that transformed U.S. politics. |
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