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CLEVELAND - President Obama and other leading Democrats lashed out at Republicans on Wednesday in a pair of tough-talking speeches intended to energize their party's base and frame the fall elections. %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B A car passes by the mailbox for the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida September 8, 2010. By Barbara Liston GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure US Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The religious leader behind plans to build an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night that America's national security depends on how it handles the controversy. %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B FAIR OR NOT, many Americans see a link between Islam and 9/11, which explains some opposition to the Park51 Islamic Center-cum-mosque near Ground Zero and the hateful plan of a Florida minister to burn Qurans. %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B Malaysian religious officials said on Thursday they had detained and fined nine members of an Islamic sect for celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday two days early. The Eid festival, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, has been declared on %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B After two days of protests and violent skirmishes, Los Angeles police officials struggled again Wednesday evening to calm anger in the wake of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man by an %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B 's latest tweak to its search engine allows you to see search results before you finish typing a query. Instant is the logical extension of the search engine's "auto-complete" feature, which suggests search queries matching what you've %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B A closely divided federal appeals court in San Francisco has dismissed a lawsuit seeking damages from a private company that worked with the CIA as part of its "extraordinary rendition" program. The court ruled Wednesday that the %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is hoping against hope that a pastor in Florida drops his plans to burn the Koran. By Glenn Kessler Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that "a new American moment" has arrived %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B Same-sex-marriage supporters hold a rally in the Castro after Judge Vaughn Walker's Aug. 4 ruling on Prop. 8. (09-08) 18:09 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court refused to come to the aid of California's embattled ban on same-sex marriage %26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312404%3B%26%2312383%3B%26%2312514%3B%26%2312522%3B%26%2312460%3B%26%2312531%3B%26%2312501%3B%26%2312455%3B%26%2312481%3B
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