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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174439&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police said Wednesday they are reopening an investigation into a Portland massage therapist's allegations that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at an upscale hotel in 2006.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174343&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea, which has vehemently denied accusations that it sank a South Korean warship, is calling for a new joint investigation by both Koreas "to verify objectively the truth of the incident."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174336&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hawaii's first-of-its-kind ban on shark fins will go into effect this week.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174313&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Aaron Laffey allowed one run over six-plus innings and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174297&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police say two men have been shot dead and a third person wounded by an unknown gunman in the city of Sodertalje, south of Stockholm.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174243&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174242&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For the third time in as many weeks, Senate Republicans on Wednesday successfully filibustered a bill to continue providing unemployment checks to millions of people.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79176348&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Cruising toward confirmation, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan completed grueling Senate questioning Wednesday, unscathed by Republican challenges on abortion, gays in the military and gun rights while sidestepping partisan debate about GOP-named judges pulling the court to the right.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79176332&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sensitive to election-year resentment over big government, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he intends to get "our debt and our deficits under control." With fears alive of a double-dip recession, Obama warned that he won't slash spending at the expense of the economic rebound.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79176634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico's once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world's largest oil-skimming vessel.