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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170346&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation's most wanted terrorists to last year's thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system, authorities said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170345&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The first Atlantic hurricane of the year has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of near 100 mph (155 kph) as it plows ahead toward a collision with the Mexican Gulf coast and south Texas.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170341&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=79170340&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=79170339&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A key House panel voted Wednesday to cut off almost $4 billion in aid to the government of Afghanistan pending an investigation into charges that Afghan officials are blocking corruption probes and huge amounts of foreign aid is being stolen.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170313&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A money manager accused of concocting ties to a Belgian royal family to con investors out of at least $7 million denied the allegations Wednesday as he faced a mounting toll of civil and criminal charges.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170277&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Health insurer WellPoint said Wednesday that its California subsidiary will dial down rate hikes that drew national outrage earlier this year and helped spark a final push for health care reform.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170275&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An alleged member of a Russian spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs vanished in Cyprus on Wednesday, a day after being released on bail.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170274&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hawaiian Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it is launching service to South Korea as part of its ambitious expansion into Asia and to cash in on the fast-growing number of Korean visitors to the islands.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79170273&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Mike Small birdied three of his last five holes to win his second straight PGA professional championship on Wednesday, holding off Sonny Skinner by three strokes.