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Message, methods behind Obama's climb in Iowa - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
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Message, methods behind Obama's climb in Iowa
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By SHAILAGH MURRAY and PETER SLEVIN, (c) 2007, The Washington Post DES MOINES — Steve Hildebrand, the veteran political operative selected to plot a victory for Sen. Barack Obama in Iowa, drew a deep breath and began his pitch.
Clinton Makes Closing Argument to Women
Clinton makes closing argument to female voters in NH
read comments (0)CIA withheld al Qaeda tapes from 9/11 panel - paper - Reuters
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CIA withheld al Qaeda tapes from 9/11 panel - paper
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NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Sept. 11 commission asked the CIA in 2003 and 2004 for information on the interrogation of al Qaeda suspects, only to be told the agency provided all that was requested, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Congress Subpoenas Ex-CIA Official
House Panel Subpoenas Ex-CIA Official in Tape Destruction Probe
read comments (0)Senate Blocks Energy Bill - New York Times
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Senate Blocks Energy Bill
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By JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 - Brushing aside a veto threat from the White House, the House passed a package of energy measures on Thursday that includes a 40 percent increase in fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the …
Senate rejects far-reaching energy bill 
Comment by Anna Aurilio Environment America
read comments (0)Thompson hits Giuliani on NYC references - Boston Globe
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Thompson hits Giuliani on NYC references
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BRISTOL, NH - Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said yesterday that New York City isn'ta model for the rest of the country and that Rudy Giuliani should stop basing his policy stands on what he did as that city's mayor.
Thompson: We must get stronger
Giuliani, Romney trade attacks over immigration
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California's first female Episcopal bishop ordained in Saratoga
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By Kim Vo After she was ordained bishop of the local Episcopal diocese - the first woman to reach such heights in California - Mary Gray-Reeves gathered the female clergy for a picture.
No Lesbian Bishop for Chicago Diocese
Lesbian fails to win post as bishop
read comments (0)About New York For Kerik, Comedown From on High Must Hurt - New York Times
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Bernard B. Kerik, left, former New York City police commissioner, leaving court Friday after his arraignment. By JIM DWYER At the defendant’s table, Bernard B. Kerik cocked his head toward the left side of the courtroom, waiting for a door to open.
A shadow over Giuliani
Feds: Bernard Kerik's a scammer who ripped off city
read comments (0)Bush vetoes $23-billion water bill - Los Angeles Times
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The president derides the merits of several projects. In a bipartisan show of strength, Congress prepares to override his action. By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- President Bush delivered his threatened veto of a ...
Bush Vetoes Water Bill, Citing Cost of $23 Billion
Bush vetoes popular water projects bill
read comments (0)Trouble at the top for safety agency - Los Angeles Times
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Trouble at the top for safety agency
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Nancy Nord, the country's top cop when it comes to consumer product safety, is troubled. I know that because she repeatedly said so when we spoke the other day.
Minn. senator to seek ban on CPSC trips Comment by Craig Holman, Ph.D. Lobbyist, Public Citizen
read comments (0)Bush selects new agriculture secretary - Los Angeles Times
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Bush selects new agriculture secretary
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The president nominates former North Dakota Gov. Edward T. Schafer. If confirmed, his first task would be to get Congress to approve an updated farm bill.
Bush Names North Dakotan to Head Agriculture Dept.
Bush picks North Dakota's Schafer for ag post
read comments (0)Bush to tap military doctor as veterans secretary - Reuters
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By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has selected a retired military doctor and decorated Vietnam veteran to head the veterans agency criticized over health care for soldiers wounded in the Iraq and Afghan wars.
Retired general tapped for top VA post
Surgeon to Be Nominated to Head VA
read comments (0)Democrats Consider More Money for War - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are debating whether to approve $50 billion to $70 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, less than half of President Bush's $196 billion request but enough to keep the wars afloat for a few more months.
Bush Says Congress Is Wasting Time
Bush's budget fight with Democrats deepens
read comments (0)Wilson's Sentence Overturned - TIME
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High school homecoming king Genarlow Wilson walked out of prison a free man on Friday, thanks to an extraordinary intervention by the Georgia Supreme Court.
Georgia Court Frees Man Convicted in Sex Case
After teen sex ruling, he's a free man
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A freight train derailment Thursday near Tacoma, Wash., continues to block Amtrak’s Coast Starlight and Cascades passenger trains, which aren’t expected to resume normal service until Saturday morning.
Both WA rail lines blocked by derailment reopen
Rail corridor may reopen late Friday
read comments (0)Heavy rain expected in Ga beginning tonight - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Heavy rain expected in Ga beginning tonight
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By MIKE MORRIS An approaching weather system will bring metro Atlanta its best chance for rain this week tonight and Thursday, and forecasters said some of the rain could be heavy.
More heavy rains expected today
Slight chance of rain this morning in South Bay, then mostly …
read comments (0)House Sustains President’s Veto on Child Health - New York Times
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The Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi, left, John B. Larson, Steny H. Hoyer and Rahm Emanuel after the House vote on Thursday. By ROBERT PEAR and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - The House on Thursday upheld President Bush’s veto of a bill to ...
House fails to override veto of SCHIP
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Bush urges passage of Latin American trade pacts
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By William L. Watts, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to pass trade pacts with Peru, Colombia and Panama, and promised to strengthen job re-training programs and other measures to help workers displaced …
Bush Presses US Congress on Latin America Trade Deals
Trade winds shift for Bush
read comments (0)Kennedy is fine after surgeons clear artery - Los Angeles Times
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Kennedy is fine after surgeons clear artery
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An operation on the Massachusetts senator's neck is 'routine' and 'uneventful,' say doctors, who expect him to recover fully.
Ted K’s surgery scare
Kennedy Has Surgery on Artery
read comments (0)Don't let fire safety escape you this week - 49abcnews.com
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A home fire happens every 76 seconds, and nearly 80 percent of all fire deaths happen in homes. In conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week, the Topeka Fire Department wants to educate the community on what an escape plan is and why it's ...
It's National Fire Prevention Week in Reno and Around the US
A little fire prevention goes a long way
read comments (0)Rep. Davis, R-Va., dies of breast cancer - Food Consumer
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By Sue Mueller SUNDAY October 6, 2007 (Foodconsumer.org) -- We are saddened by the news that Jo Ann Davis, US Rep. from Virginia died Saturday of breast cancer.
Rep. Jo Ann Davis a graceful fighter to the end
Rep. Jo Ann Davis dies after fight with cancer
read comments (0)Ball Of Fire Explodes Over Tacoma Foundry - CBS News
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Ball Of Fire Explodes Over Tacoma Foundry
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Flames rise after an explosion sent a ball of fire over the historic Atlas Foundry in Tacoma, Wash. on Oct. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) Firefighters in Kinston, NC, battled flames and smoke after a factory explosion that killed at least three …
Foundry blast jars Tacoma
Huge explosion at Tacoma foundry felt for miles around
read comments (0)Bealefeld Announces Plan To Make City Safer - WJZ
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Bealefeld Announces Plan To Make City Safer
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(WJZ) BALTIMORE Just days into his official appointment as the head of the city police department, Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld takes his policing message to the streets of Baltimore.
Video: Bealefeld Lays Out Crime Plan
Bealefeld named city police chief
read comments (0)Giuliani Criticizes GOP on Spending - Washington Post
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Giuliani Criticizes GOP on Spending
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By LIBBY QUAID AP WASHINGTON — Republican presidential contenders on Friday scolded Congress for extravagant spending of tax dollars, and Rudy Giuliani blamed the issue for GOP losses in last year's elections.
Giuliani boasts only he can wield budget ax
A New "New Majority" for GOP?
read comments (0)Bush Says Interrogation Methods Aren’t Torture - New York Times
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 - President Bush, reacting to a Congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, defended the methods on Friday, ...
Bush defends interrogation policy
Bush denies CIA torture of suspects
read comments (0)After California Landslide, Residents Return - New York Times
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After California Landslide, Residents Return
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By REGAN MORRIS and JOHN HOLUSHA Residents of 75 houses evacuated because of the landslide in the La Jolla section of San Diego yesterday will be allowed to return to their property today, Mayor Jerry Sanders announced in a televised news conference.
Residents being allowed back into Soledad homes
State of emergency declared in San Diego
read comments (0)36 homes are off-limits in San Diego landslide - Los Angeles Times
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36 homes are off-limits in San Diego landslide
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By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, in an early morning news conference today about the massive landslide that struck a pricey neighborhood atop Mt.
Landslide Causes Rift Between City, Residents
Experts probe La Jolla hillside
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