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Venezuela widens audit of election votes

CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as Venezuela’s president on Friday at a ceremony attended by several Latin American leaders, after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election. NBCNews.com: World news

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Blame Game Widens in Cyprus Crisis

A dispute between the government in Cyprus and the central bank governor deepened as two members of the central bank board resigned to protest the bank chief’s handling of the country’s financial crisis. WSJ.com: Economy

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U.S. judge widens ‘morning-after’ pill access for young girls

By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make “morning-after” emergency contraception pills available without a prescription to all girls of reproductive age and criticized the Obama administration for interfering with the process for political purposes. The ruling in a Brooklyn court is [...]

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US trade deficit widens in January

The gap between the value of US imports and exports widened in January, while the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, official figures show. BBC News – Economy

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‘Massive’ fraud: Europe’s horse meat scandal widens

When officials in Ireland made a routine check on a few hamburgers, what they found made them nervous: One burger was actually nearly one-third horse. It was a discovery that has sent shock waves reverberating across Europe. NBCNews.com: World news

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Number of working poor rises as wealth gap widens

The number of U.S. families struggling with poverty despite parents being employed continued to grow in 2011 as more people returned to work but mostly at lower-paying service jobs, an analysis released on Tuesday shows. NBCNews.com: Stocks & economy

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Trade Deficit Widens

The U.S. trade gap widened by 15.8% to $ 48.73 billion in November as imports of products like cellphone increased. WSJ.com: Economy

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Gap between rich and poor widens in Mass.

Over the past 20 years, America’s best-educated state also has experienced the country’s second-biggest increase in income inequality. NBCNews.com: Stocks & economy

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U.S. Trade Gap Widens

The U.S. trade gap widened by 4.9% in October to $ 42.24 billion as the deficit with China hit record levels and fuel consumption and costs rose. WSJ.com: Economy

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Partisan split over UN Ambassador Rice widens

The partisan political divide over the potential nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to be secretary of state intensified Sunday with Republicans questioning her fitness for the job and Democrats defending her. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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