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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 7:07 am ET
With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against distant Iran as well as Tehran's proxy armies on its borders.
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CNN - Wed Nov 25, 6:37 am ET
As Britain heads for its tightest election battle in years, politicians chasing the votes that could tip the balance are zeroing in on a new group of power brokers -- online moms.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 4:46 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin , the unsuccessful 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, sold at least 469,000 copies of her memoir in the first five days, according to Nielsen BookScan data.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 4:23 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The heads of health insurance and pharmaceutical trade groups were among those visiting the White House as President Barack Obama pushed Congress to overhaul health care, White House records show.
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Chicago Tribune - 2 hours 57 minutes ago
President Obama, center, with daughters Malia, far right, Sasha, second from the right, pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House today with the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, Walter Pelletier.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 3:14 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell , U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and onetime Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin were among those visiting the White House during President Barack Obama’s first seven months in office, according to records released today.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 3:05 am ET
Celebrities, major Democratic fundraisers and prominent Indian businessmen were among those scoring coveted invitations to President Barack Obama's first state dinner.
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consortiumnews.com - Wed Nov 25, 3:39 pm ET
Editor’s Note: In the Afghan War escalation and compromises on health reform, President Barack Obama is following Bill Clinton's old gambit of “triangulating” against the Democratic base, appeasing the powers-that-be in Washington by treating progressives as expendable while courting “centrists” in Congress and the press corps.
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Chicago Sun-Times - Wed Nov 25, 6:18 am ET
WASHINGTON--President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted their first state Tuesday night, including their closest friends from Chicago among the guests honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharon Kaur, with Chicago songsters Jennifer Hudson and Kurt Elling performing.The glitzy dinner -- planned for months by White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, another ...
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MSNBC - Wed Nov 25, 12:35 pm ET
Which president started the tradition?
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Politico via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:54 am ET
The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.”
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HuffingtonPost.com via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 11:22 am ET
Read Jeff Cohen's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
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Washington Post - Wed Nov 25, 12:00 am ET
Terry McAuliffe, the millionaire businessman who ran unsuccessfully for Virginia governor this year, is negotiating with investors and a U.S. automaker to lure a factory to southern Virginia -- raising speculation that the ambitious Democrat is not done with state politics.
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CBS Sports - Wed Nov 25, 10:46 am ET
So the NFL will require teams to employ 'independent' neurologists or neurosurgeons to monitor concussions. Of course, if these specialists are paid by teams, their opinions won't be unbiased, Mike Freeman says.
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The Huffington Post - Wed Nov 25, 12:54 am ET
What's Your Reaction? Maureen Dowd's New York Times column this week details the fall of outgoing White House council Greg Craig, and drops an interesting tidbit concerning Caroline Kennedy's senate bid along the way.