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AP Exclusive: Tourists enjoy White House breakfast
AP – 17 mins agoWASHINGTON – It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose. Full Story »
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Dem calls for Lieberman recall
at Politico – Tue Dec 15, 1:21 pm ETRep. Rosa DeLauro says of Lieberman: 'No individual should hold health care hostage.' Full Story »
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Gore sets deadline for climate bill
at Politico – Tue Dec 15, 11:55 am ETHe calls Obama to pass a climate bill by April 22 -- the next Earth Day – during Copenhagen speech. Full Story »
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Congress rushes to finish work for year
AP – 1 hr 10 mins agoWASHINGTON - Funding the military, ensuring the jobless don't run out of benefits and maintaining the government's authority to borrow are just a few of the outstanding items as Congress rushes to finish its work in the dwindling days of this year. Full Story »
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Ill. town welcomes plan to house Gitmo detainees
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THOMSON, Ill. - The White House decision to move up to 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees to this dying Mississippi River town has folks here seeing dollar signs, not suspected terrorists. Full Story »
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House votes to expand sanctions on Iran
AP – 32 mins agoWASHINGTON - The House voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions on Iran as lawmakers cast doubt on Iran's willingness to respond to diplomatic efforts to curtail its purported nuclear arms program. Full Story »
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Popularity of texting edging out cell phone calls
AP – 2 hrs 17 mins agoWASHINGTON - R u kidding me? Americans punched out more than 110 billion text messages in December 2008, double the number in the last month of 2007, as the shorthand communication becomes a popular alternative to cell phone calls. Full Story »
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Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater
AP – 26 mins agoDENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on smoking by actors onstage, ruling that public health trumps actor's freedom of expression. Full Story »
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AP source: Feds eye NY trial for Gitmo suspect
AP – Mon Dec 14, 11:03 pm ETWASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan — who grew up in Maryland before allegedly enlisting with al-Qaida — to face trial in New York, a person familiar with the discussions said Monday. Full Story »
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Berlusconi attacker apologizes to premier
AP – Tue Dec 15, 10:49 am ET
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ROME - The man who attacked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi apologized to him for his "superficial, cowardly and uncontrolled" attack as a judge considered whether he should be transferred to a psychiatric hospital. Full Story »
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China says Uighur asylum seekers are criminals
AP – Tue Dec 15, 9:57 am ET
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BEIJING - China on Tuesday warned the United Nations refugee program not to be a "haven for criminals" as it signaled it wanted the return of 22 Muslim Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after deadly ethnic rioting this summer. Full Story »
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Lawmakers urge Obama to halt relocation of Iran dissidents
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to stop the Iraqi government's forced relocation of Iranian dissidents from a border camp that has been closed down. Full Story »
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Banks repay bailout funds, but it doesn't mean they'll lend
McClatchy Newspapers – 48 mins agoWASHINGTON — A day after Citibank and Wells Fargo announced that they'd soon repay taxpayer bailout money, General Motors said Tuesday it would follow suit, raising questions about the health of banks and whether the government should recycle the incoming funds to spark job creation. Full Story »
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Running For Congress With Family In The White House
CQPolitics.com – Tue Dec 15, 2:48 pm ETIf Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, a Democrat, runs for the Senate next year, as is widely expected, he would be seeking the seat formerly held by his father, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Full Story »
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Politico – Tue Dec 15, 1:55 pm ETFlorida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson said Tuesday that the war in Afghanistan is “futile” and vowed to vote against the Pentagon’s appropriations bill to protest President Barack Obama’s decision to send more U.S. troops there. Full Story »
Poll: Action on climate will heat up economy, jobs
AP – Tue Dec 15, 11:04 am ETMore Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy than say such measures will hurt it. It's a sign the public is showing more faith in President Barack Obama's economic arguments for limiting heat-trapping gases than in Republican claims that the actions would kill jobs. Full Story »
Mullen: Most of surge troops will arrive by August
AP – 2 hrs 48 mins agoThe top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August. Full Story »
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