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Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage amendment »
Posted by: david_nwpa 1 month, 1 week ago in Politics
NEW YORK – Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says she supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage , a break with John McCain who has said ...
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Hillary Clinton nomination could be official today »
Posted by: STONERS 2 days, 6 hours ago in Politics
President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions. Obama plans ...
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Bernanke breathes life into another stimulus bill »
Posted by: STONERS 1 month, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
With a timely endorsement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, there's new life to the idea of Congress returning to Washington next month to ...
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Recession-hit automakers brace for grim US sales »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 day, 11 hours ago in Business & Finance
Walloped by the recession, automakers' U.S. sales are plummeting as hard-to-get credit, job losses and other stresses make many Americans wary of taking on ...
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Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper »
Posted by: STONERS 1 week, 5 days ago in News
An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
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Bernanke leaves door open to another rate cut »
Posted by: STONERS 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Business & Finance
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged Friday to work closely with other central banks to fix global financial problems and left open the door to ...
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NTSB: Design errors factor in bridge collapse »
Posted by: STONERS 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Politics
Federal safety investigators on Thursday pinpointed steel plates in a main truss as the location where the deadly collapse of a Minneapolis bridge last year ...
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Ohio executes inmate who argued was too fat to die »
Posted by: not2needy 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
During preparations for his execution Tuesday, Richard Cooey shouted for one of his attorneys as prison staff tried to insert a shunt in his left ...
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Bush will host world leaders at economic summit »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
CAMP DAVID, Md. – President Bush , looking for answers to an global economic emergency with just three months left in office, will host an international summit ...
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World leaders to meet on economy in Washington »
Posted by: STONERS 1 month, 1 week ago in News
World leaders will meet Nov. 15 in Washington to address the global financial crisis — the first in a series of summits to mitigate what economists ...
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Official: Obama picks Biden for veep »
Posted by: ap 3 months, 1 week ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic ...
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Bush to announce expanded bank bailout details »
Posted by: STONERS 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The Bush administration plans to spend as much as $250 billion of the $700 billion bailout buying stock in private banks, greatly expanding protections for ...
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Obama says daughters will do chores in White House »
Posted by: PRobert 6 days, 14 hours ago in News
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, said their young daughters will still have to do chores in the White House and won't get ...
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Biden mocks Palin, says entire nation is patriotic!!! »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Politics
MESILLA, N.M. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden mocked rival Sarah Palin's comment in North Carolina that she loves visiting "pro-America" parts ...
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Conn. high court rules same-sex couples can marry »
Posted by: STONERS 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize ...
