Sanford cleared on use of state funds

ATLANTA (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who faces growing calls to quit over an extramarital affair, did not misuse public funds in trips he made to see his mistress, the state’s top police official said on Thursday.

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U.S. drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.

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Honduras to meet OAS but tells Zelaya  don´t come 

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An interim government in Honduras warned ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday with the Organization of American States over the country’s crisis.

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Hope for California budget deal as IOUs planned

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in “IOUs” to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year without an agreement to balance the state’s books.

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