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Obama targets nation's heroin problem in West Virginia trip

President Barack Obama highlighted a growing U.S. heroin problem on a trip on Wednesday to West Virginia, which has been economically battered by a shrinking coal industry, and which has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country. Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin traveled with Obama and warned that many listening to the president would blame the state’s heroin problem on Obama’s energy policy, which mandates a

Argentina's middle class doubt election will reverse nation's decline

By Sarah Marsh BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In the affluent Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where grand 19th century buildings hark back to an era of prosperity, middle class voters fear a presidential election on Sunday will do nothing to halt Argentina’s long decline. This used to be a rich country,” said Lucila Novillo, 53, who has struggled to keep her interior design business afloat over the past four years