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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - Sept 14
14 Sep 2007 05:54:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

President Bush argued that his plan to begin gradually withdrawing some troops from Iraq was a "return on success" that could be squandered by deeper and speedier reductions.

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A high-profile Sunni Arab sheik who collaborated with the American military in the fight against jihadist militants in western Iraq was killed in a bomb attack on Thursday.

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San Francisco to offer care for every uninsured adult. The initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco and mostly financed by the city, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured.

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The New Yorkers who frequent pawnshops often want something simple: quick cash to help get by.

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The National Football League fined New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick $500,000 yesterday, and the team will forfeit its first-round draft pick in 2008 if it makes the playoffs, for violating league rules Sunday when a Patriots staff member was discovered videotaping signals by Jets coaches during the season opener at the Meadowlands.


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