Obama visits heartland, seeks to reconnect with voters on jobs
McClatchy Newspapers - Fri Dec 4, 4:57 pm ETSCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Bill Clinton famously said he felt the pain of his fellow Americans.
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SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Bill Clinton famously said he felt the pain of his fellow Americans.
A bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage was rejected by New York lawmakers, a bruising outcome for national advocates in a state that was the site of one of the gay rights movement's defining moments four decades ago, and a huge victory for opponents who said it could influence votes elsewhere.
Los Angeles may never be a food town like New York, but we have made great strides, and hopefully, regardless of the economy, it will only continue to get better.
THE ISSUE: Climate Czar Carol Browner's defense of the manmade-global-warming argument. *** Michelle Malkin has all these Frankenstein scientists in the Obama camp pegged ("All the Prez's Climategate Deniers," PostOpinion, Dec. 2). Even with al...
Next week's Copenhagen summit on climate change already seems doomed to failure, and voices on both sides of the global-warming debate are trying to pin the blame on Climategate. "Climategate" refers to the leaking of vast numbers of e-mails and ...
Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston had a heated confrontation over Brad Pitt which ended up in a screaming match and tears, author Ian Halperin claims. He said the two superstar actresses met at a deserted Hollywood restaurant after Pitt and Aniston...
President Obama has extended a waiver for an additional six months delaying the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
Susan Reverby, professor at Wellesley College, has delved into the shocking and revealing Tuskegee syphilis study as a lesson to us today as we argue over health care reform. In her new book, "Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy" (University of North Carolina Press, 2009), Reverby looks at the study's racist history, explains how people experienced it and why the ...
Some years ago, Benjamin Lubelsky’s son asked him for help fixing his bicycle, a preferred mode of transport here among Jews and gentiles. Lubelsky, a Bobover Chasid, acquired the necessary parts and soon was fielding requests from neighbors for similar services.
Chelsea Clinton is engaged to marry her Jewish boyfriend of two years. Clinton, 29, the only daughter of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, became engaged over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, 31.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn’t believe him.
A analysis of Board of Elections data has determined that Charles Montgomery Burns, the nuclear power magnate immortalized in The Simpsons , would have won the recent NYC mayoral election, had it just been limited to write-in votes. A mysteriously-funded " grassroots" campaign to install Burns as Mayor succeeded in drawing 25 lovingly handwritten votes. But because those bleeding hearts at the ...
A guide to Tuesday's US Senate race. Polling places, video interviews and more.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Delay is rarely good for politicians trying to pass legislation. The possibility that Congress might not complete action on a major health care bill this year is another frustration for President Barack Obama and his allies.
Across the Emory University Quadrangle names—solemnly recited one after the other—recalled those who have lost their lives to AIDS. On the ground, the 800-panel AIDS Memorial Quilt commemorated those lives.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Desiree Rogers has always been known as a party host with style -- and an eye for details. Her condominium in Chicago’s upscale Gold Coast neighborhood was filled with Valerie Jarrett’s favorite foods and flowers when she threw a birthday party for the incoming senior presidential adviser 10 days after Barack Obama’s election.