Kateri Jochum

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Kateri Jochum appears in the following:

Housing Construction Declines as Federal Incentives Expire

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Home construction plunged last month to its lowest level of the year since December.

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Obama Calls For Clean Energy Future

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

In his first Oval Office speech, President Obama vowed to make BP pay for the gulf oil spill and reduce U.S. dependence on oil.

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Parts of Oklahoma Under State of Emergency

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Fifty-nine counties in Oklahoma are in a state of emergency after flash floods dropped 10 inches of rain in just a few hours on Monday.

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Government Presses BP to Pay Up

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The federal government has threatened to take over the handling of oil spill damage claims if BP doesn't speed up its processing.

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Modigliani Auction Breaks Record

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

A statue by artist Amedeo Modigliani was sold at Christie's in Paris for $52.8 million, making it the highest-priced work ever sold at a French auction.

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Kyrgyzstan Deals With Aftermath of Riots

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Despite ethnic rioting that has left more than 170 people dead and nearly 1,800 injured in southern Kyrgyzstan, international officials are urging the country to go ahead with up-coming scheduled elections.

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Albany Averts Shutdown in Final Hour

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The New York Legislature passed an emergency spending bill Monday night that gives the state enough money to keep running - and averted a government shutdown.

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Obama Looks for "Better Approach" in Gaza

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the White House, President Barack Obama called the increasingly tense environment in the Mideast "unsustainable".

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U.N. Approves New Round of Sanctions on Iran

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has responded by calling the sanctions "annoying flies...like a used tissue."

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Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 10

Monday, June 07, 2010

Seven U.S. and three NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, making it the deadliest day of the year for the international forces.

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Gaza Blockade Source of International Dispute

Monday, June 07, 2010

Tensions continue to mount off the coast of Gaza, where Israeli naval forces shot and killed four alleged members of a militant group. Meanwhile, the international community is pushing for an investigation of last week's naval raid.

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Government Debriefed on Oil Spill

Monday, June 07, 2010

Oil spill mitigation could take months, federal officials say.

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The Return of the Drugstore Cowboy

Friday, May 28, 2010

Twenty-one years ago, Gus Van Sant brought the story of James Fogle, the narcotics-stealing "Drugstore Cowboy," to the screen. This week, Fogle, now 73-years-old, was arrested again - for robbing a pharmacy.

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Link Found Between Terror Suspects

Thursday, May 20, 2010

A government attorney says a Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed Times Square bomb plot had the primary suspect's phone number.

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Dispute Over Gulf Oil Spill Continues

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

As oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, politicians in Washington discuss who is to blame.

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U.S.-Mexico Talks Focus on Immigration, Drug Violence

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

President Obama pledged his commitment to immigration reform and denounced Arizona's new law.

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Nine Dead After Chinese School Slaying

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Seven children and two adults were killed at a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday. It was the fifth major assault on young students in the country since March.

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Senate Grills Oil Executives on Spills

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

In all-day Senate inquiries on Tuesday, Congress chastised the companies responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on their lack of risk preparation, blowout prevention measures and crisis management.

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Cameron New British PM

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Britain's new prime minister David Cameron arrives at 10 Downing Street.

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Conservators Resurrect Haitian Art

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

American conservators are helping Haitians salvage their heritage from the rubble of churches and museums.

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