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Today’s Headlines
* Report: US No Closer to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq
* Clinton’s Top Strategist Steps Down After Trade Dispute
* Obama Adviser: Keep 80,000 Troops in Iraq ’Til Late 2010
* McCain Jeered for Opposing MLK Holiday in 1980s
* Four Die in Food Riots in Haiti
* Food Riots Spread in Africa
* Food Pantries in NYC Report Major Shortages
* US Economy Loses 80,000 Jobs
* Anti-Torture Psychoanalyst Campaigns for APA Presidency
* Olympic Committee Warns Athletes Against Political Protests
* Irish Peace Activist Blocked from Entering US
* Tom Lewis of Catonsville Nine, 69, Dies