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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of “Change” in terms of policy [Obama is continuing many of the Bush excesses in the War on Terror...
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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The Obama administration is playing a game of semantics in describing the military coup in Honduras against leftist President Zelaya. Whether one endorses the coup or...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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President Barack Obama claimed that America will not be retaining any permanent bases in Iraq. This was meant to be a sign to Iraqis and the broader Arab world that the...
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President Obama on Monday strongly condemned the ouster of Honduras’s president as an illegal coup that set a “terrible precedent” for the region, as the...
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President Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 [along with the Civil Rights Act] was one of the most courageous and honorable acts in American...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Eco Factor: Limousines powered by biofuel produced from plant waste.
The world’s most important climate change conference will see the likes of Gordon Brown and...
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In recent days, the world has seen simple folk in Iran risking their lives in order to gain freedom. They are standing there unarmed, only equipped with their...
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A poll sponsored by the right-wing Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post reports that only 6% of the Israeli public consider American President Barack Obama to be...
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For all the right-wing hysteria about President Obama being a socialist, the president is actually quite a centrist and even a corporatist. Depending on one’s...
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While President Obama has chosen a deliberately measured response to the contested Iranian election, European leaders have been far less restrained in their comments....
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It is time to finally achieve universal health insurance in America. The first president to try was Franklin Roosevelt, but the American Medical Association [AMA], the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else.
The son gave back more than he received: a lifetime of ruminations about the...
made popular Jun 20 2009
For over a year, John (not his real name) has been a colleague of mine at work. Five days in a week, we meet every morning. Usually, I will be in front of the...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden head to the Midwest today.
The Chinese Gitmo detainees are heading to paradise.
No, they’re not winging to heaven to enjoy the company of...
made popular Jun 12 2009
US President Barack Obama has exhorted his countrymen to buckle up as the Indians and Chinese are catching them fast, as Americans
have now settled into...
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Pat Robertson, a former Republican Presidential candidate, has always been an ultra-Conservative. He supported the late Ronald Reagan and bashed Jimmy Carter. He...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Dear Mr. President,
Do you have a minute for an American who desperately wants to have a word with you? Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jennifer, I...
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by Yvette D. Carnell
There is nothing so demeaning to political discourse as the injection of race as a weapon, so I’ve become increasingly livid over the past few...
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