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AP source: Feds eye NY trial for Gitmo suspect
AP – 3 mins agoWASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan to New York to face a federal civilian trial, a person familiar with the discussions said Monday. Full Story »
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House GOP warns Pelosi on DOD bill
at Politico – 2 hrs 38 mins agoThey say they won't vote for DOD spending bill if a hike of the debt ceiling is tacked on. Full Story »
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Steele: Democrats too busy 'whining'
at Politico – Mon Dec 14, 1:58 pm ETSteele says Dems are more focused on complaining about GOP efforts to block health care than on passing the bill. Full Story »
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22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found
AP – 29 mins ago
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WASHINGTON - Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record keeping system. Full Story »
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Court to review employer access to worker messages
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts. Full Story »
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Lieberman supported Medicare expansion
AP – 6 mins agoWASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it. Full Story »
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Famed blue diamonds to go on display at Smithsonian
AP – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
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WASHINGTON - Two of the world's most famed blue diamonds will be on display together starting in January. Full Story »
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Colo. court: immigrants tax records are private
AP – 21 mins agoDENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that authorities violated the constitutional and privacy rights of suspected illegal immigrants when they used tax returns to try and build hundreds of identity theft cases against them. Full Story »
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Blackwater Predator missile-load contract ending
AP – Sat Dec 12, 12:12 am ET
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WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta has canceled a contract with the former Blackwater security firm that allowed the company's operatives to load missiles on Predator drones in Pakistan. Full Story »
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Developing Countries Say âNo Money, No Dealâ in Climate Talks
Bloomberg – Mon Dec 14, 11:13 am ETDec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Four days before 110 world leaders arrive in Copenhagen to seal an agreement to curb global warming, negotiators are far apart on aid to poorer countries and how to verify nations keep promises to cut greenhouse gases. Full Story »
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Israeli says some time left for diplomacy on Iran
AP – Mon Dec 14, 8:18 am ETVIENNA - Israel's defense minister urged the world Monday to agree to tough new sanctions on Iran, suggesting that military strikes remained a final option should Tehran refuse to heed U.N. Security Council demands to curb its nuclear activities. Full Story »
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Obama raises arms smuggling with Lebanese President
AFP – 10 mins agoWASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Monday asked Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in White House talks to take action against arms smuggling into Lebanon which he said threatened Israeli security. Full Story »
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Obama pushes bankers to increase lending to boost economy
McClatchy Newspapers – 1 hr 39 mins agoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gave the nation's top bankers an earful Monday, telling them in no uncertain terms that it's time for them to start lending again to help boost the economy after being bailed out themselves by the nation's taxpayers. Full Story »
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Still Looking for 60 Votes on Health Bill, Democrats Plan to Caucus
CQPolitics.com – Mon Dec 14, 2:00 pm ETSenate Democrats will meet together as a caucus Monday night to discuss their troubled health care overhaul legislation, which remains short of the 60 votes needed for its passage. Full Story »
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Politico – Mon Dec 14, 11:48 am ETPresident Barack Obama’s plan to talk tough to bankers in a meeting at the White House Monday morning lost some of its punch when the executives at several top financial institutions could not make the sit-down due to bad weather. Full Story »
Congress: Would you please turn that TV ad down!
AP – Mon Dec 14, 2:45 pm ETTelevision viewers jarred by abrupt spikes in volume during commercial breaks may someday be able to give their mute buttons a rest. Full Story »
New VA patients younger, more likely to be women
AP – Mon Dec 14, 1:45 pm ETDoctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's capital used to go months without treating a female veteran. Full Story »
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