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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009
  1. Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers Politico - Tue Nov 3, 4:54 AM ETSent 1,140 times

    The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to stand down.

  2. Saudi Arabia King Abdullah (R) welcomes his brother Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport December 11, 2009. The crown prince of top OPEC oil exporter Saudi Arabia returned to the kingdom on Friday after spending most of the year in Morocco following medical treatment in the United States. Prince Sultan, thought to be about 85, underwent an operation in New York in February and then went to Morocco, authorities said at the time without saying what he was suffering from.
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    Dems, incumbents get wake-up call Politico - Wed Nov 4, 3:31 AM ETSent 889 times

    RICHMOND, Va. — Eager to drain the 2009 elections of drama and import, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs claimed Tuesday night that President Barack Obama was “not watching returns.”

  3. US President Barack Obama (R) seen here alongside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, on December 9. The US House of Representatives on Friday approved the most sweeping regulatory overhaul of the financial sector since the Great Depression of the 1930s, a key goal of President Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
    'Change has come' ... or has it? Politico - Wed Nov 4, 4:52 AM ETSent 296 times

    In the year since he was elected president, Barack Obama has revealed himself as one of the boldest leaders to occupy the Oval Office in the modern era.

  4. Dede Scozzafava, the Republican Congressional candidate in New York's 23rd district, debates an opponent in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Todd Bissonette)
    Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates Politico - Tue Nov 3, 4:38 AM ETSent 192 times

    In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.