In a White House bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, the president reaffirmed a goal he set out early this year: to double exports of U.S.goods and services in the next five years.

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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: In its official response to a popular online petition, the White House says building a Death Star would be an out-of-this-galaxy waste of money.

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Sheryl Hall and Betty Lambuth both testified the White House should be able to begin turning out the e-mails in the next few days and have the bulk of the work done in the next few months.

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The bill's signing came just 10 hours before the expiry of a deadline for Washington to raise its borrowing limit, after drawn-out talks between Republicans, Democrats and the White House.

BBC: US avoids default as Obama signs debt bill into law