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African Burial Ground in New York City to Reopen

Figures inside the African Burial Ground museum, depicting a burial. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

Figures inside the African Burial Ground museum, depicting a burial. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

NEW YORK—The African Burial Ground National Monument, a hallowed resting place for slaves for more than a century and from which 419 remains were exhumed in the early ’90s, is set to reopen after renovations finish in October. The burial ground is on the corner of Duane and Elk Streets, just north of City Hall.

Obama’s Approval Rating Up More Than 50 Percent

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WASHINGTON — Americans are feeling markedly better about the country’s future and about Barack Obama‘s job performance, but the president’s re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney remains a neck-and-neck proposition as Election Day creeps ever closer, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.  Buoyed by good mojo coming out of last month’s national political conventions, Obama’s approval rating is back above 50 percent for the first time since May, and the share of Americans who think the country is moving in the right direction is at its highest level since just after the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.

Investigation Finds No Evidence AG Eric Holder Knew Of “Fast and Furious” Gun-Running Sting

 

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A long-awaited report on the U.S. government’s controversial gun-trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious” released Wednesday found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder knew of the botched effort to trace the flow of guns to Mexico’s drug cartels prior to its public unraveling in January 2011.  The report by the Justice Department’sInspector General Michael Horowitz said there is “no evidence that … Holder was informed about Operation Fast and Furious, or learned about the tactics employed by ATF in the investigation” before Congress began pressing him for information about it in early 2011.

Investigation Finds No Evidence AG Eric Holder Knew Of "Fast and Furious" Gun-Running Sting

 

Attorney General Eric Holder

A long-awaited report on the U.S. government’s controversial gun-trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious” released Wednesday found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder knew of the botched effort to trace the flow of guns to Mexico’s drug cartels prior to its public unraveling in January 2011.  The report by the Justice Department’sInspector General Michael Horowitz said there is “no evidence that … Holder was informed about Operation Fast and Furious, or learned about the tactics employed by ATF in the investigation” before Congress began pressing him for information about it in early 2011.

Chef Bryant Terry Selected For State Department’s American Chef Corps

IATP Food and Community Fellow and vegan chef Bryant Terry was named a member of the American Chef Corps, part of the State Department’s Diplomatic Culinary Partnership. The American Chef Corps will create a network of more than eighty culinary leaders dedicated to sharing the diverse culinary traditions of the United States by hosting meals for diplomats and providing cooking demonstrations at home or abroad, among other opportunities.

Chef Bryant Terry Selected For State Department's American Chef Corps

IATP Food and Community Fellow and vegan chef Bryant Terry was named a member of the American Chef Corps, part of the State Department’s Diplomatic Culinary Partnership. The American Chef Corps will create a network of more than eighty culinary leaders dedicated to sharing the diverse culinary traditions of the United States by hosting meals for diplomats and providing cooking demonstrations at home or abroad, among other opportunities.

President Barack Obama Gamely Addresses Romney “Forty Seven Percent” Comments On “Letterman”

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With grace, reason, inclusiveness and a little bit of humor, President Barack Obama discusses opponent Mitt Romney’s recently-discovered comments dismissing 47% of voters as people he doesn’t need to worry about.  Watch Obama above.

President Barack Obama Gamely Addresses Romney "Forty Seven Percent" Comments On "Letterman"

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fNUQQBE8iE&w=560&h=315]
With grace, reason, inclusiveness and a little bit of humor, President Barack Obama discusses opponent Mitt Romney’s recently-discovered comments dismissing 47% of voters as people he doesn’t need to worry about.  Watch Obama above.

Poll Finds Obama Is Erasing Romney’s Edge On Economy

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By JEFF ZELENY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN

President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, which found a modest sense of optimism among Americans that White House policies are working.

Poll Finds Obama Is Erasing Romney's Edge On Economy

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By JEFF ZELENY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, which found a modest sense of optimism among Americans that White House policies are working.