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If Republicans regain control of the House in November, some have vowed to launch investigations into controversies that Democrats have tried to ignore, including the New Black Panther voter intimidation case and the activities of the community activist group ACORN.

Tropical storm Earl was heading towards the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Saturday after passing through New England, with conditions not as intense as first feared.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's birthday bash at a rented Hamptons mansion ended in drama after a valuable vase was broken and a neighbor complained about parking, the New York Post reported Saturday.

With the job market stuck in neutral, the Obama administration is moving toward using the revenue from expiring tax cuts for the wealthy to finance about $35 billion of tax cuts for small businesses and workers, administration and congressional officials said Friday.

Branches of Afghanistan's biggest private bank were crowded Saturday morning with government employees queuing to be paid and customers who wanted to withdraw their money following corruption allegations.

U.S. President Barack Obama in his weekly radio address Saturday vowed to push economic policies he said will help "the great American middle class," including a measure that would provide tax breaks "to the folks who create jobs right here" in America.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Saturday that he had set up a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday relief efforts would be extended to six months as floods ravaged more southern towns during the worst disaster to hit the country.

Colorado Tea-Party activists who wanted a fresh face, an everyday Joe new to politics, thought they had found their man in gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes -- but now many of them are expressing buyer's remorse, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.