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 Ex-Obama aide's think tank hits defense budgetA Washington think tank founded by President Obama's first Pentagon policy chief has issued a report criticizing the administration's defense budget, which the think tank's founder played a role in developing. Key figure in lavish Vegas junket leaves GSAJeffrey Neely, the central figure in a lavish taxpayer-funded Las Vegas convention that saw magic acts and federal workers sipping martinis on a red carpet, has left the General Services Administration. Obama camp hits Romney over class sizeThe Obama campaign blasted presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney Friday for his comments on a visit to an inner-city school that smaller class sizes are not a guarantee of a good education. Number of high-school students with jobs hits 20-year lowDid somebody say McJobless? The American job market is no place for students as the number of employed high schoolers has hit its lowest level in more than 20 years, according to new figures from the National Center for Education Statistics. Obama honors veterans of the Vietnam WarBeginning a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, President Obama called on Americans Saturday to thank veterans of that war during this weekend's Memorial Day observances. Man charged with murder in 1979 death of PatzA man accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into the basement of a convenience store with the promise of a soda in 1979 and strangling him was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance. Bud tames to tropical storm off Mexico's coastBud weakened to a tropical storm Friday as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta. Two people, one of them from France, were reported missing in a separate storm in Cuba. Blacks help push Maryland toward gay marriageThe nation's changing views on same-sex marriage and new support from black leaders could put Maryland on track toward becoming the first state to cast a public vote in favor of gay marriage, according to a poll released Thursday. Ex-Israeli intel chief says peace talks are doomedA former Israeli intelligence chief says that direct peace talks with the Palestinians are doomed to fail, so Israel's leaders need to begin moving unilaterally to a two-state solution. U.S. leaders console military familiesVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday shared the story of the loss of his wife and daughter during a conference focused on helping military families grieve for their loved ones. In Europe's gloom, some rays of hope for U.S. economyThe Old World's worries are not necessarily bad news for the New World's economy — at least in the short term. Azerbaijan's tense ties with neighbor Iran cause concernAzerbaijan is experiencing an increasingly tense relationship with neighboring Iran, as the oil-rich capital of Baku basks in the glamor of the Eurovision Song Contest. AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plotWalking around a gun store one day last summer, the young man never took off his sunglasses as he asked questions about items he piled on the counter — behavior that struck the manager as odd. Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study findsProfits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. P&G to add latches to make detergent packs saferThe maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday. Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff raceThe candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, likely against a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's regime in what would be a deeply divisive battle to become the new president of Egypt, according to partial results Friday from the first round of voting.
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