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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 (2011x183)

: 14, 2011

2011/09/14 Headlines: U.S. Poverty at Record High; Uninsured Hits 20-Year Peak; High Unemployment Expected Through 2012, Reports Congressional Budget Office; Obama Touts Jobs Plan Ahead of Expected Call for Medicaid Cuts; Iranian Judiciary: No Plans to Free Jailed Hikers; At Least 15 Killed in Taliban Assault on Kabul; Report: U.S.-Funded Militias Terrorizing Afghan Civilians; CIA Cites Yemen-Based Group as Most Dangerous al-Qaeda Wing; Palestinian Authority Confirms Plan to Bring Statehood to U.N. Security Council; U.N. Panelists: Israeli Blockade of Gaza Illegal; Warren to Challenge Brown for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts; GOP Wins Congressional Seat in NY Special Election; Kucinich Could Face Kaptur in Ohio Democratic Primary; Records Show Extensive Financial Ties Between Merck, Perry; CIA Probes Assistance of <span class="caps">NYPD Spying; Chevron Closes Gulf Coast Pipeline over Leak; British Lawmakers Recall James Murdoch for Testimony on Phone Hacking