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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 (2011x168)

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2011/08/24 Headlines: Gaddafi Vows "Martyrdom" as Battle for Tripoli Persists; Foreign Forces Played Key Role in Intensified Libyan Rebel Offensive; NY Attorney General Booted from Mortgage Company Settlement Task Force; NY Supreme Court Dismisses Sex Crimes Charges Against Former IMF Chief; Nuclear Power Plant Near East Coast Earthquake Epicenter Lacking Seismographs Since 1990s; Military Contractor KBR Sues Gang-Rape Accuser for $2 Million; New Jersey ACLU Joins Parents in $100 Million Lawsuit over Facebook Donation; NYC Education Department Plans to Cut 780 Employees by October; South Sudan Calls for Troop Deployment Following Massive Revenge Killings; Chile’s Largest Labor Union Calls Two-Day Strike as Students Continue Protests; Democrats Nominate Mississippi's First African-American Gubernatorial Candidate in Modern History; Report: Climate Change Disproportionately Impacts Indigenous Americans; Canadian Actors Arrested Alongside 60 Others in Pipeline Protest at White House; Exxon Mobil Estimates Montana Oil Spill Will Cost Company $42 Million; Foreign Policy Adviser to Mitt Romney Actively Supporting Iranian Terrorist Organization; Famed Journalist Bill Moyers Returns to Television with New Weekly Show