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5 hrs ago | Cybercast News Service

Bill Clinton Urges Senate Dems to Pass Health Care

Former President Bill Clinton told anxious Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can't resist the toxic combination of exorbitant medical costs and nearly 50 million uninsured for much longer.

7 comments

Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Senator Ben Nelson, Frank Lautenberg, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

10 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

1,000 Workers Lose Jobs in ICE Crackdown

One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration has impacted more than 1,000 Minnesota workers.

27 comments

Related Topix: Video, US News

15 hrs ago | KREM-TV Spokane

FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect

Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.

66 comments

Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Hood, TX, Brooke Army Medical Center, Barack Obama

19 hrs ago | snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

New Dollar Coins a Conspiracy: Palin

Sarah Palin's latest conspiracy theory involves currency. According to the former Alaskan mayor, the new dollar coins with "In God We Trust" printed on their edge rather on their face or back, are a conspiracy by ... guess who?

103 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 09, 2009

MyFoxPhilly

Sources: Obama Near Decision on Troops

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to make room for the influx.

78 comments

Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, Fort Drum, US Army, US News, Barack Obama, Fort Drum, NY, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Kansas City Star

Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill

Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend.The issue could roil an already shaky Democratic effort to pass a health care bill by year's end for President Barack Obama.Democratic Sen.

24 comments

Related Topix: US Senate, Democrat, US News, Senator Ben Nelson, 2008 Presidential Election

Gouverneur Times

Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage

The move could set up the Americans a ' who relatives say were hiking and strayed across the border from Iraq a ' as potential bargaining chips in Iran's standoff with the West.

49 comments

Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Hillary Clinton, US News, Prison, UC Berkeley, California

WABC

Trolleys, subways and buses were running again in Philadelphia Monday.

Trolleys, subways and buses were running again Monday and riders were trickling back to the city's transit system after an early-morning contract agreement ended a crippling six-day strike.

10 comments

Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors, Robert Brady, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Nov 08, 2009

unelected.org | defyr

The Financial Crisis is Not Over

According to many economists, the real financial crisis has yet to peak. Inflation will play a large role in the future of the US Dollar with rare metal prices soaring. Gold is currently at $1100/oz while silver is at around $17/oz.

106 comments

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke

WSAV

Lawmaker Wants Probe Of E. Coli And School Lunches, Hfr

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

7 comments

Related Topix: George Miller, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Newsday.com

Hurricane Ida takes aim at Gulf Coast

A man watches waves caused by Hurricane Ida crash in the resort area of Cancun , Mexico , Sunday, Nov.

24 comments

Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ida, Natural Disasters, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana, MO, US Governors, Management

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Lone GOP Rep. to Vote For Health Reform Says Was "A Decision Of Conscience"

The lone GOP House member to vote for the House health insurance reform bill on Saturday night admitted on Sunday that his vote was one of "conscience."

148 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock, Health Insurance, Health, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price

Buffalo News

La. Gov. declares state of emergency ahead of Ida

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.

53 comments

Related Topix: US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ida, Natural Disasters, Alabama

WBT-AM Charlotte

Afghan president: No corrupt officials in new govt

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government.

31 comments

Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 07, 2009

www.chicagotribune.com | Hesed

White House warned Democratic strategist: No Fox

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

...

Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, said in an interview: "This approach is out of sync with my conception of what the Obama administration stands for and what they're trying to do. I think they'll think better of it and this will be a passing phase.''

232 comments

Related Topix: US News, Washington, DC

Philadelphia's WB 17

Pelosi says Obama visit to Capitol Hill inspired Democrats to pass health care bill

House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.

127 comments

Related Topix: US News, Barack Obama

www.politico.com | Hesed

Members Fear Their Jobs Are Next

Of all the numbers swirling around this week Capitol Hill this week – health care whip counts, CBO estimates, winning and losing margins in Virginia, New York and New Jersey – one stands out from the rest: 10.2 percent.

That’s the national unemployment rate. And lawmakers from both parties know that, if it doesn’t go down dramatically before next November, they could be adding to it themselves.

146 comments

Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Bob Corker, Shelley Berkley, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Debbie Stabenow

www.politico.com | Hesed

Dems See Lessons In Defeat Of Creigh Deeds

Faced with the choice of running as an unapologetic Democrat in a state trending toward his party or keeping his distance from Washington in the fashion of a generation of Southern Democrats, Creigh Deeds tried to do both.

The result: the worst drubbing a Virginia gubernatorial candidate has received since 1961.

11 comments

Related Topix: US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Governors, Tim Kaine, Joe Biden

www.politico.com | Hesed

Deeds Memo Damning In Hindsight

Back in June, pollster David Petts was the man with the answers. His candidate, Virginia Democrat Creigh Deeds, had just won a thumping, come-from-behind primary victory to win his party's nomination for governor.

The advice: Go negative on the Republican nominee, capitalize on his natural advantage with independents, and be wary of two fellow Democrats—incumbentGov. Tim Kaine and President Barack Obama.

The Democrat’s 17-point loss to Republican Bob McDonnell was the worst blow-out in a gubernatorial election in nearly a half-century.

56 comments

Related Topix: US News, Virginia, 2008 Presidential Election, US Governors, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama

Athens Banner-Herald

UN urges Karzai to fight corruption

The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.

20 comments

Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

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