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Friday, September 16, 2011 (2011x185)

: 16, 2011

2011/09/16 Headlines: Libyan Rebels Attack Gaddafi's Hometown of Sirte; Obama Drops Cuts to Social Security in Debt Reduction Plan; Boehner: Tax Hike "Off the Table"; House Votes to Limit NLRB over Boeing Ruling; Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution of Duane Buck over Racial Bias Claims; Obama Admin Confident of Jailed American Hikers' Release in Iran; U.S.: Top al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Pakistan; 400,000 Displaced in Pakistan Floods; Palestinian Authority Rejects U.S. Effort to Subvert Statehood Bid; Hundreds March in New York City Ahead of Palestinian Statehood Bid; Israeli Settlers Increase Vandalism in West Bank; U.N. Probes Video of Peacekeepers' Sexual Assault in Haiti; Denmark Elects First-Ever Female Prime Minister; U.S. Postal Service to Cut up to 35,000 Jobs in $3 Billion Cost-Cutting Plan; Hundreds Expected for "Occupy Wall Street" Protest; Mother Files Lawsuit over Fatal Police Shooting of Unarmed 14-Year-Old Son