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Brazil's leader welcomes Ahmadinejad with hug, urges West to work with Iran on nuclear dispute

Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Eliot Engel, Democrat

4 hrs ago | 5NEWSonline.com

Sens. Reid and Dodd may pay a price for their clout on health care, financial regulation

Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

1 comment

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Rob Simmons, Republican

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Cleveland.com

Gov. Ted Strickland grants clemency to 78 people

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lucas County convicted murderer Willie Knighten Jr. will be home for Thanksgiving thanks to Gov.

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Related Topix: Ted Strickland, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Ohio, Ohio Government, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Moore won't seek reelection

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore confirmed Monday a decision not to seek a seventh term in 2010.

19 comments

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Dennis Moore, Democrat, Kansas, Johnson County, KS, Nancy Pelosi

The State

Boeing plant could boost state's defense industry

Boeing's decision to build an assembly plant in South Carolina for its new 787 Dreamliner could spark development of the state's defense industry.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US Senate, Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Charleston Metro, Charleston, SC, North Charleston, SC

The Boston Globe

Congress focuses its anger on Fed

Suddenly, the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding.

38 comments

Related Topix: US News, Ben Bernanke, George Bush, W., US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican

KWQC-TV Davenport

Expert: 'Mismatch' to blame for school race gap

A researcher says a "cultural mismatch" between teachers and students is partly to blame for a huge racial disparity in Illinois school discipline.

1 comment

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jesse Jackson, Democrat, Decatur Metro, Decatur, IL

Sun Nov 22, 2009

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs

Residents from the seven-county area surrounding the Thomson, Ill, prison would be "excellent candidates" for up to 1,400 of the jobs generated in the deal's first year, according to the report by the president's Council of Economic Advisers.

34 comments

Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Thomson, IL, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Mary Fallin Marries Oklahoma City Attorney

U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin has married Oklahoma City attorney Wade Christensen. The Oklahoman newspaper reports the couple married Saturday at an Oklahoma City church in a ceremony attended only by family.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma City Metro

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

Mammogram guidelines spark debate

Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

79 comments

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, Breast Cancer, Republican, Marsha Blackburn, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

WTOL-TV Toledo

Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates

A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sherrod Brown, US Senate, Democrat

KSRO-AM Santa Rosa

Report: Kennedy barred from communion by bishop

Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights.

321 comments

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Free Republic

Key Dem breaks with Obama on trials

House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton on Friday said the Obama administration may be making a big mistake by trying in U.S. criminal courts the men accused of planning the Sept.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Ike Skelton, Democrat, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Straits Times

Push for Taiwan arms sales

SUPPORTERS of Taiwan in the US Congress on Friday pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would almost certainly anger China.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican

The Detroit News

Military schools get few minority names

Annapolis, Md. -- As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

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Related Topix: US News, Nydia Velazquez, US Politics, Charles Rangel, Democrat, Sweden, World News, Japan, West Point, NY

SF Sentinel

Speaker Pelosi Terms Afghan President Hamid Karzai an Unworthy Partner

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Democrat, Barack Obama

The Boston Globe

Diane Patrick to endorse Capuano

Patrick said Capuano has the experience. Governor Deval Patrick is remaining neutral in his party's ongoing four-way primary for US Senate, but neutrality only goes so far in the Patrick home: the governor's wife, Diane, plans today to endorse US Representative Michael E. Capuano for the Senate seat.

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Related Topix: Deval Patrick, US Governors, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, Democrat, Martin Meehan, Representative Niki Tsongas

KMIR

GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.

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Related Topix: US News, Non-Profit, US Politics, Republican, Darrell Issa, US Senate, Chuck Grassley

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Lynn Woolsey

FOX 4 Now - WFTX Home

Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, US Politics, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Democrat, Byron Dorgan, Jerry Costello

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