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16 min ago | Politico

Sunday talk show tip sheet

Top administration and defense officials head to the Sunday talk shows to map out the next steps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, John Boehner, Republican

4 hrs ago | WNOL-TV New Orleans

RI car dealer wrestles with Chrysler bankruptcy decision, appeals to keep franchise

A poster in Jim Tarbox's office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: "Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph." It's a fitting slogan for Tarbox, whose business is suddenly in peril after Chrysler ended its franchise agreements with his two dealerships in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as part of its ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US News, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Auto Dealers, North Kingstown, RI, Providence Metro, Warwick, RI

8 hrs ago | Buffalo News

Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms

This June 15, 2009 file photo shows motorists passing by an alleged brothel in Warwick, R.I. In the frenzied rush after Rhode Island's budget passed in late June, state lawmakers were unable to agree on a compromise to close a 30-year-old legal loophole that permits prostitution so long as it happens indoors because many cash-strapped states have ...

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Related Topix: Providence Metro, Warwick, RI, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, Democrat

13 hrs ago | WBNS-TV Columbus

State Trooper Policy To Be Relaxed

The agency overseeing Ohio's state troopers said it will relax a new policy that warned employees they could face discipline, including being fired, for releasing unauthorized information.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, Democrat, US Governors, Columbus Metro, Columbus, OH

18 hrs ago | Times-Picayune

Alternative-diploma bill gets governor's signature

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed two bills Thursday that aim to reduce Louisiana's school dropout rate by lowering educational standards and creating a new "career track" high school diploma.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, Robert, LA

Fri Jul 03, 2009

CBS13/CW31

Governor Sets Date For Congressional Election

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set Nov. 3 as the date of a special election for the Congressional seat vacated by former U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Government, US Politics, US News, Ellen Tauscher, Democrat

Bloomberg Business News

Palin to Quit as Alaska Governor Amid `Politics of Personal Destruction'

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , the 2008 Republican Party vice-presidential nominee, said she is resigning her office by the end of the month.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Alaska Government, US News, US Politics, Dennis Hastert, Republican, US Governors, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election

KansasCity.com

States set to ring in Independence Day sans budget

Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place."This downturn, even more so than previous downturns, really is affecting every state right now," said Brian Sigritz, a staff associate with the National Association of ...

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Education Etc., US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, Ohio, Democrat

WLUK-TV Green Bay

VA silent on compensating for mistakes

An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Hepatitis, Medicine, Health, Murfreesboro, TN, US Politics, US News, Representative Harry Mitchell, Democrat

SignOnSanDiego.com

NY Senate challenger getting boost from Clinton

In this May 20, 2009 file photo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Carolyn Maloney, Democrat, Steve Israel, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Washington, DC, 2008 Presidential Election

KAAL

SoCal-to-Vegas route wins federal designation

LAS VEGAS - The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high-speed rail corridor, in a move that officials hope would signal increased cooperation between the regions on building speedier train travel.

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Related Topix: US Travel, Las Vegas, NV, Travel, Las Vegas Travel, Ray LaHood, US News, Republican, US Politics, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Oregonian

Navy investigates gay sailor's death in Calif.

The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Bob Filner, US News, Democrat

Alabama Live

Alabama governor candidate Ron Sparks wants lottery, gambling taxes

State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks fashioned a campaign platform for governor that calls for taxes on the gambling industry and the creation of a state lottery to provide tax cuts for Alabama families and college scholarships for their children.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Democrat, Artur Davis, Alabama, Alabama Government, Lottery, Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL

NBC4i.com

Tempers Flare As Lawmakers Try To Hammer Out Budget

Tempers flared Wednesday as a budget impasse over Gov. Ted Strickland's gambling proposal intensified, all but guaranteeing that Ohio lawmakers will need at least a second temporary budget before they can resolve their differences.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, Democrat, US Governors

San Diego Union-Tribune

Governor declares fiscal emergency

In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tax, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, Democrat, Arizona, Arizona Government, Mississippi Government, Mississippi

SF Gate

Biden announces rural broadband funding in Pa.

Vice President Joe Biden outlined a $4.7 billion loan and grant program Wednesday to develop the infrastructure needed to deliver broadband, or high-speed, Internet access to areas that are underserved or without access.

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Related Topix: Representative Kathleen "Kathy" Dahlkemper, US Politics, US News, Democrat

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WHDH

12 hospitalized in connection with E. coli in beef

At least 12 people, two of them suffering kidney failure, have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef suspected of having sickened people in nine states, federal health officials said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York, Rosa DeLauro, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Food Science

Athens Banner-Herald

Masses yearn to huddle in Liberty's reopened crown

It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds of steps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit.

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Related Topix: Walnut Creek, CA, US Politics, US News, Anthony Weiner, Democrat

WVLT-TV Knoxville

Republicans Haslam, Wamp combine to raise $5M

Two top contenders for Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial nomination say they have raised a combined $5 million through the six-month fundraising period that ends at midnight.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, Zach Wamp

CBS News

Henry Waxman Hospitalized

The Associated Press is reporting that powerful House Democrat Henry Waxman of California has been hospitalized.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Henry Waxman, Democrat, US News

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