Sunday, January 31, 2010

White House Presses Senate on Jobs Bill - Wall Street Journal


Aljazeera.net


White House Presses Senate on Jobs Bill

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Friday, January 29, 2010

US abandons plan to hold 9/11 trial in NYC - Boston Globe


National Post


US abandons plan to hold 9/11 trial in NYC

Boston Globe


NEW YORK - The Obama administration gave up on its plan to try the  »


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Thursday, January 28, 2010

After Obama speech, Democrats confused about path ahead - Washington Post


Globe and Mail


After Obama speech, Democrats confused about path ahead

Washington Post


The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza discuss President Obama's State of the Union speech and the Republican response by Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell. By Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray A day after President Obama c »


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

A Confident Speech to a Skeptical Audience - New York Times


The Hindu


A Confident Speech to a Skeptical Audience

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" By now, President Obama can hardly be under any illusions about the depth of the partisan divide as he seeks to reboot his presidency. Yet he still seemed surprised on Wednesday night when he could not get Republicans to ...


Obama's State of the Union address takes a harder tone

Washington Post


Obama speech emphasizes jobs, and the job he's done

Los Angeles Times


At This Obama Speech, Courtesy From Ascendant Republicans

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Sunny skies through Thursday; snow possible Friday - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Sunny skies through Thursday; snow possible Friday

Atlanta Journal Constitution


Skies will be sunny through Thursday, but a low-pressure system will bring rain into the state beginning Thursday night, and the rain could end as a wintry mix across north Georgia Friday night or early Saturday. ...


Area under wildfire warnings despite rain, flooding

The News Herald


Winter Weather Advisory

KOHD


Forecast: Snow possible Thursday

Knoxville News Sentinel


Fort Worth Star Telegram -The News-Press -Rome News Tribune


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Monday, January 25, 2010

Beirut: 90 feared dead as Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into Mediterranean - Telegraph.co.uk


Globe and Mail


Beirut: 90 feared dead as Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into Mediterranean

Telegraph.co.uk


Two British nationals were among the 90 passengers and crew on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut's international airport. By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East correspondent Ethiopian ...


Two Britons among 90 feared dead in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Times Online


Two Britons on crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane

BBC News


Crashed jet was 8 years old, leased from US firm

Reuters


ABC Online -Aljazeera.net -etravelblackboard.us


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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Late spending frenzy fueled Senate race - Boston Globe


Telegraph.co.uk (blog)


Late spending frenzy fueled Senate race

Boston Globe


Candidates and groups that supported them spent nearly $23 million on Tuesday's US Senate election, burning through nearly  »


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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Obama Assails Supreme Court Ruling On Political Advertising - Wall Street Journal


Christian Science Monitor


Obama Assails Supreme Court Ruling On Political Advertising

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Businesses, Unions Freed to Spend Big on Elections - New York Times


CNN International


Businesses, Unions Freed to Spend Big on Elections

New York Times


By AP The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bitterly divided Supreme Court vastly increased the power of big business and unions to influence ...


Court opens up election spending

Baltimore Sun


Supreme Court's Key Rulings on Campaign Finance

ABC News


Justices shift campaign-finance rules | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/22/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer


USA Today -San Francisco Chronicle -San Jose Mercury News


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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Obama Gets Voters' Message: It's Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - ABC News


Globe and Mail


Obama Gets Voters' Message: It's Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

ABC News


AP President Barack Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus... If there's any path out of the mess President Barack Obama found himself in on the first day of his ...


Democrats discuss pieces of sm »


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Analysis: GOP sees Mass. win as stop sign for Dems - Washington Post


The Guardian


Analysis: GOP sees Mass. win as stop sign for Dems

Washington Post


AP WASHINGTON -- Reeling from the loss of a long-held Massachusetts Senate seat, Democrats are rethinking the lessons of Barack Obama's 2008 election, with the GOP cheerfully suggesting they scale back their ambitions and agenda. ...


Analysis: Brown's win changes political narrative for 2010

CNN International


Revolution in Kennedy country

BBC News


Scott Brown drives his GMC pickup truck to US Senate victory

USA Today


San Francisco Chronicle -Detroit Free Press -Atlantic Online


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Obama in King's shadow a year after historic first - Dallas Morning News


Washington Post


Obama in King's shadow a year after historic first

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Hunger and Hope, Thirst and Frenzy Grip Haiti - New York Times


The Guardian


Hunger and Hope, Thirst and Frenzy Grip Haiti

New York Times


By AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Precious water, food and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the streets of this shattered city, where despair at times turned into a frenzy among the ruins. ...


Extent of Haiti destruction clear

BBC News


Searching among a Haitian cathedral's ruins

Los Angeles Times


If Haiti is to `build back better'

MiamiHerald.com


Washington Post -CNN International -Boston Globe


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Friday, January 15, 2010

Democrats scramble in Massachusetts to retain Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat - Washington Post


Washington Post


Democrats scramble in Massachusetts to retain Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat

Washington Post


BOSTON -- Shaken by polls showing Republican Scott Brown surging in the Senate race that could decide the fate of President Obama's agenda, Democrats on Friday scrambled to shore up the battered candidacy of Martha ...


Eyes are on President Obama to set Martha Coakley's ship right

Boston Herald


Obama to Campaign for Senate Candidate in Massachusetts

New York Times


Obama to Make Pitch as Massachusetts Senate Contest Tightens

BusinessWeek


Boston Globe -W »


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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Chaos at Haiti airport calmed by Air Force - CNN


Times Online


Chaos at Haiti airport calmed by Air Force

CNN


Aid planes have been arriving in Haiti, but the airport was ill-equipped to handle the extra traffic. Washington (CNN) -- Haiti's Port-au-Prince airport, now critical for the quick delivery of supplies and ...


Web sites offer help for reuniting families separated by Haiti earthquake

Washington Post


Aid Efforts Face Obstacles in Quake-Ravaged Capital

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Arriving Port-au-Prince, Earthquake Damage Can be Seen Everywhere - Voice of America


Times Online


Arriving Port-au-Prince, Earthquake Damage Can be Seen Everywhere

Voice of America


Photo: AP A woman stands in the rubble of her home the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 Jan. 2010 As rescue operations accelerated to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, correspondent Brian Wagner flew into Port-au-Prince ...


Dominican Republic aid to Haiti eases historic tensions

CNN


Haiti death toll could rival tsunami

ABC Online


Race to find Haiti quake victims

Aljazeera.net


Xinhua -New York Times -Washington Post


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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

How Harry got his groove back - San Francisco Chronicle


Telegraph.co.uk


How Harry got his groove back

San Francisco Chronicle


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spent the weekend trying to finesse the news that he told "Game Change" authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in 2008 that he believed Barack Obama could win the White House as he was a "light skinned" African ...


Reid's Race Comments: Was There Truth In His Comments?

ABC News


Harry Reid's Race Problem

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Reid Is Under Fire for 2008 Remarks - Wall Street Journal


ABC News


Reid Is Under Fire for 2008 Remarks

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Senate leader Harry Reid apologizes to Obama for racial remarks - Kansas City Star


Kansas City Star


Senate leader Harry Reid apologizes to Obama for racial remarks

Kansas City Star


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., apologized Saturday for newly revealed racial remarks he made about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, comments that could hurt his re-election hopes. Reid referred to Obama, ...


Senate's Reid tells Obama he regrets racial remarks

Reuters


Reid apologizes for 'Negro' remark about Obama

The Virginian-Pilot


Top Obama  »


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Friday, January 8, 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

White House to detail security gaps in attempted airliner bombing - Washington Post


CBC.ca


White House to detail security gaps in attempted airliner bombing

Washington Post


The White House is preparing to release Thursday a declassified version of a report detailing the security gaps that  »

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sen Dodd Faces Tough Choices To Pass Financial Overhaul - Wall Street Journal


Washington Post


Sen Dodd Faces Tough Choices To Pass Financial Overhaul

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Obama Meets With Security Advisers - New York Times


CBC.ca


Obama Meets With Security Advisers

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" President Obama is convening a meeting of his national security team on Tuesday afternoon at the White House, bringing together nearly two dozen advisers for their first face-to-face meeting since an ...


Obama Meets With Security Team

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Yemen: Forces Killed 2 al-Qaida Members - Voice of America


Times Online


Yemen: Forces Killed 2 al-Qaida Members

Voice of America


Yemeni security officials say their forces killed two members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the group US officials say is threatening foreign interests in Yemen. France joined the US and Britain in closing it embassy because of the security ...


Media reflects on Yemen crisis

BBC News


Yemen Says It Killed Militants as Three More Embassies Shut

New York Times


Yemen Security Forces Kill Two Al-Qaeda Suspects

Bloomberg


Aljazeera.net -Reuters -ABC News


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