US Republicans vow to rain on Copenhagen parade
AFP - 55 minutes agoRepublican lawmakers critical of efforts to battle climate change vowed to fly next week to the Copenhagen summit to undercut President Barack Obama's promises of strong US action.
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Pakistan and the War
New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 5:08 pm ETPakistan’s civilian and military leaders must finally be persuaded that this is not just America’s war, but rather it is central to their survival.
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EPA moves on climate as Congress stalls
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 11:13 pm ETThe Environmental Protection Agency on Monday cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases without new laws passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama's commitment to act on climate change as a major summit opened in Copenhagen.
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McChrystal: Bin Laden Key To Al Qaeda Defeat
CBS 3 Philadelphia - Tue Dec 8, 10:49 pm ETThe general in charge of the war in Afghanistan says capturing Osama bin Laden is the ultimate key to defeating the al Qaeda terror network. General Stanley McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that bin Laden is an "iconic figure" whose very survival eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks serves as a recruiting tool for al Qaeda. U.S. intelligence officials believe bin Laden is in hiding in ...
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Obama using grab-bag approach to fight recession
Rocky Mount Telegram - Wed Dec 9, 3:15 am ETWASHINGTON — Franklin Roosevelt, confronted with the worst economic crisis in the nation's his...
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Broidy Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Wed Dec 9, 2:58 am ETElliott Broidy, a leading investor in the Israeli economy and major donor and activist in the Los Angeles Jewish community, pleaded guilty on Dec. 3 to the felony charge of rewarding official misconduct, according to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
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Questions on potential traffic near Bush library
11 News Houston - Tue Dec 8, 11:10 am ETAn independent engineer has raised potential traffic concerns for the area near George W. Bush's planned presidential library in Dallas. DALLAS -- An independent engineer has raised potential traffic concerns for the area near George W. Bush’s planned presidential library in Dallas. Joseph T. Short, president of Lee Engineering, was hired by University Park to review a traffic study commissioned ...
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China's rise named decade's most read news story
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 9:50 pm ETThe rise of China as an economic superpower was the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the attacks of September 11, according to an analysis by a U.S.-based media tracking group.
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Baucus Disclosure Highlights Patronage Power
New York Times - Mon Dec 7, 9:46 pm ETSenator Max Baucus acknowledged last weekend that he submitted his girlfriend’s name for possible nomination to be a United States attorney.
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Rutgers Football
The Times of Trenton - Tue Dec 8, 10:11 pm ETAssociateed Press/BCS BCS executive director Bill Hancock says 'a playoff works in a hypothetical world, but in a real world, it’s very difficult.'
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Bailout Refund Is All About Pay, Pay, Pay
New York Times - Mon Dec 7, 9:36 pm ETWith Bank of America trying to recruit a new chief executive, it needed to repay the bailout moneys so it would be able to offer a competitive compensation package.
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David Wilkins to address graduates at fall commencement
The Index-Journal - Wed Dec 9, 2:21 am ETDavid H. Wilkins, former United States Ambassador to Canada and a native of Greenville, will deliver an address to about 224 degree candidates at Lander University’s December commencement ceremonies, 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, in the university’s Horne Arena.
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Rell fights for unemployment benefits
The Daily Campus - Wed Dec 9, 2:19 am ETWith the Connecticut unemployment rate now at almost 9 percent, Gov. M. Jodi Rell is calling for immediate action on the part of Congress to extend unemployment benefits. According to Rell spokesman Rich Harris, the main problem lies with the expiration of the federal stimulus law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), coming on December 31 this year.
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Obama to propose using TARP for jobs creation
CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 8:27 am ETPresident Obama will propose using some of the $200 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to support creating jobs, White House officials confirmed Monday.
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Chicago man charged in Mumbai terror attack
Chicago Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 8:03 am ETProsecutors say terror suspect scoped out targeted Mumbai sites months before '08 raid Months before a team of terrorists killed 170 people in coordinated attacks in Mumbai, a Chicago man was conducting surveillance of the hotels and other locations that would come under assault, prosecutors here said Monday.
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Empty threats
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Wed Dec 9, 1:08 am ETActivists say comments by the mayor and U.S. attorney are bluster that shouldn't affect new sanctuary city law
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Documents Reveal New Information About Destruction of Torture Tapes
Tue Dec 1, 3:00 am ESTTruthOut - By Alex Abdo - Dec. 01 (News) - The new records obtained ...
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Army Suicides Hit Record and Will Likely Continue to Rise
Thu Nov 19, 3:00 am ESTTruthOut - By Yana Kunichoff - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Suicides ...
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CIA Secret Prison Found
Wed Nov 18, 3:00 am ESTABC News - Nov. 18 (News Report) - "It obviously took a lot ...
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Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
Mon Nov 16, 3:00 am ESTThe Independent - By Johann Hari - Nov. 16 (Opinion) - In the mosques ...
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