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Rep. Bart Gordon's exit in 2010 alters politics for Tenn.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Bart Gordon's surprise retirement announcement Monday sent a political shockwave that started in Middle Tennessee but will be felt across the state and throughout the country.
Gordon, 60, D-Murfreesboro, the senior member of
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Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt
A police officer holds back protesters dressed in costumes during the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
COPENHAGEN (AP) The 10-day-old climate talks ran into disputes and paralysis
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Nasa, Google team up
Copenhagen - The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?
The answer is in space, experts say - both outer space and cyberspace.
Nasa, the
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AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) â Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change.The South Carolina Republican has joined forces with Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to drum up support for
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Copenhagen climate deal falls short
COPENHAGEN -- President Barack Obama last night announced that five major nations, including the United States, had together forged a climate deal. He called it "an unprecedented breakthrough," but acknowledged that it still fell short of what was
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Gordon's exit opens door for GOP outsiders
The race to succeed U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon could be one of the most important in the nation, as the scramble for Republican votes presents an opportunity for outsider conservatives to leave their mark on the state and the nation.
Six candidates have
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Senate Dems clear hurdle on health care
In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen John Kerry D-Mass., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Lieberman strongly rebutted charges
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Sen. Kerry to TW, Fox: Strike a Deal!
Could New Year’s Day be coming minus the Fox network TV stations and bowl games for millions of cable subscribers?
Fearing the worst in the continuing battle between Time Warner and Fox over whether Fox should get retransmission fees and how much, Sen.
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Senator Kerry's Wife Battling Cancer
Boston -- Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency.
The
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Teresa Heinz says she's fighting breast cancer
BOSTON -- Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency.
The
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Cuba's detention of contractor highlights secretive U.S. program
WASHINGTON — The detention of a U.S. government contractor in Cuba has put the spotlight on a secretive U.S. pro-democracy program that ballooned during the Bush administration but has faced persistent questions about its management and
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NH end of decade at a glance
A glance at New Hampshire news through the last decade:
-- State Supreme Court Chief Justice David Brock impeached on charges he allowed judges to stay involved in cases in which they had conflicts and tried to improperly influence a case; lawmakers
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Bill's coming due
A business that tried this approach would be criminally charged (“The payoffs mount,” Dec. 22). The taxes and fines start in 2010 and the insurance in 2014? Are people clueless or don’t they care?
Without newspapers (that aren’t biased), talk radio and
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Massachusetts mom fights to be buried with soldier son
Army Spc. Corey Shea died Nov. 12, 2008, in Mosul, with one about a month left on his tour of duty in Iraq. He was buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, about 50 miles from his hometown of Mansfield, Mass.
A grieving Anderson, 42,
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With a twist, race still a factor in Ala. election
Among those criticizing him are Joe Reed, founder and longtime chairman of the black wing of the state Democratic Party, and former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, who was that city's first black mayor.
Across the South, a legitimate black
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Time Warner Cable could OK arbitration with Fox
But News Corp turned down the proposal, arguing that the issue needs to be settled at the bargaining table.
In a letter to U.S. Senator John Kerry, Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Glenn Britt said his company will agree to interim steps to preserve
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Mediacom accepts extension in cable TV dispute
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowans will get to watch the Orange Bowl at home after all.
Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Mediacom Communications Corp. agreed to an eight-day extension of a negotiating deadline, meaning Sinclair won't black out its channels
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Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute
It was unclear how long the reprieve would last, however. That left fans looking forward to the Florida-Cincinnati bowl matchup in doubt about whether they would need to head to sports bars with a satellite TV hookup to cheer on their teams.
"It
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Foreign governments listed on Clinton charity documents
the disclosure a condition of his selection of Hillary Rodham Clinton for the post, and the two senior lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, D-Mass., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said when the first list was released in
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Cable TV standoffs threaten viewing costs, choices
DAVE CARPENTER,AP Business Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.
Sharri Genens of Redondo Beach, Calif., was among the
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Sen. Kerry undergoing 2nd hip replacement
BOSTON - Sen. John Kerry returned to Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday for a second hip replacement.
The same doctor who replaced Kerry's right hip in August was operating to replace his left hip.
Kerry spokesman David Wade told The Associated
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Yale society's skull-turned-ballot box to be sold
NEW YORK — A human skull that apparently was turned into a ballot box for Yale's mysterious Skull and Bones society is going on the auction block.
Christie's estimates the skull will sell for $10,000 to $20,000 when it is auctioned on Jan. 22.
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Top Democrats head for exits, setting up GOP for 2010 midterm election gains
holding those offices. Several top-tier prospects immediately surfaced in Colorado as potential Democratic candidates for governor. In Connecticut, Democrats expect that state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will run in Dodd's place, providing them
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Nader sues U.S. Dems, others, in Maine state court
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is suing the Democratic National Committee and other groups in a Maine state court over the 2004 election.
Nader claims the Democratic party, the campaign of 2004 Democratic
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Words worth remembering | Michael Tomasky
"We haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is," Bush said during the 2002 news conference. "I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about
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Nader still fighting over alleged '04 conspiracy
MACHIAS, Maine (AP) -- It's been over five years since the election in which President George W. Bush won a second term. But Ralph Nader hasn't given up his desire to air an alleged conspiracy to keep him off the 2004 presidential ballot.
A lawsuit in
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PRES BILL CLINTON WITH SENATOR JOHN KERRY!
If you think the Democratic Party is not worried about the 60th vote in the Senate, all you have to do is watch the race for Senator Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Right now the two candidates - Brown (R) and Coakley (D) are tied. Look (below) who is
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Mike Leach Swift Boated? Spaeth Communications CEO Speaks
Last Friday I reported the same firm that oversaw the p.r. campaign of the Swift Boat veterans against John Kerry in 2004 was also advising Craig James in his public complaint to the Texas Tech administration about the disciplinary methods of Red
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Setting the record straight on Hillary
Ben Smith writes a cover story for Politico titled "Game Over: The Clintons Stand Alone." The piece is based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's "Game Change," the latest in an ever-expanding series of 2008 campaign books -- none of which, in my view,
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Senator: US should consider drone attacks in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate chairman said Wednesday that the U.S. should consider airstrikes, armed drones and clandestine operations in Yemen to defeat an emboldened al-Qaida force there.
The remark by Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, who
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Obama, Kennedys join fight for Mass. Senate seat
BOSTON—President Barack Obama and the family of Edward M. Kennedy pushed Thursday to keep a Democrat in the late senator's seat and protect a 60th vote needed to pass the health care bill that would be Kennedy's legacy.
The stepped-up involvement of
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Lynn Woolley: Why Senate race for Kennedy seat has Democrats in a panic
If there ever was a microcosm, the special election to fill a vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts is it. The liberal, Kennedy-family-approved state Attorney General Martha Coakley will likely win. But there's a chance she could lose to the upstart
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The Incredible Incompetence of Martha Coakley
Comrades in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, stay alert for a
telephone call from President Barack Obama. He "truly apologize[s] for intruding on your day," but
according to recent polls, Republican hopeful Scott Brown has
overtaken Democrat Martha
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Obama Puts Prestige On Line For Senate Candidate
BOSTON -- His agenda potentially imperiled by the outcome of a close U.S. Senate race, President Barack Obama focused his attention and prestige Sunday on Massachusetts Democrat Martha Coakley, whose bid to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has
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The New Republic: The Hot Seat
Democrats in Congress have a lot to juggle in the year ahead. If they want to avoid a slaughter at the polls, they'll need to boost job growth. Not only that, but Wall Street remains poorly regulated, and key allies are growing impatient for labor-law
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Obama's Agenda Hangs on Mass. Senate Race
(AP) This isn't what Democrats had in mind. The race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in liberal Massachusetts neared its conclusion with not only its outcome but also the fate of President Obama's agenda in question.
A win by
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Democrats play blame game for Mass. Senate loss
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A few months ago, the question was not who would win Massachusetts' open Senate seat, but which Democrat. Now it's which Democrats get blamed for losing it.
Unfriendly fire engulfed the party long before the polls closed Tuesday and
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Senators Welcome Brown to Capitol Hill
(AP) Sen.-elect Scott Brown came to Congress with celebrity swagger Thursday, attracting hordes of cameras while proclaiming Washington needs help because "we've sort of lost our way."
Still basking in the glow of his stunning victory in the
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Brown greeted like a movie star
WASHINGTON — The Republican state senator who shook the political landscape from Massachusetts to California this week descended on Capitol Hill to a celebrity's welcome Thursday as he introduced himself to a Congress he says has lost its
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Election energizes climate bill talks
WASHINGTON - Seeking to resuscitate stalled global warming legislation in Washington’s suddenly changed political climate, a bipartisan group of senators including John Kerry of Massachusetts has been conducting private talks this week with the White
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Obama share scare: Market drop shows vulnerability
One big reason investors scrambled to sell: Fear over a wave of populism that swept a Republican to an upset victory in the Massachusetts Senate race on Tuesday. When Obama responded on Thursday with a broadside against big banks, the market plunged.
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Fears Barack Obama will omit climate change from State of Union speech
Barack Obama will make the State of the Union speech on Wednesday. Photograph: Brian Kersey/Getty Images
Obama is being lobbied hard to send a strong signal that climate change remains at the top of his agenda and issue a forceful call to Congress to
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From John Edwards, lessons on celebrity and politics
I followed up by meeting with both John and Elizabeth Edwards at their home. She served sandwiches, as I recall, and then sat down to join us for one of those heavy policy discussions that mask formidable ambition. This was an impressive couple.
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US politician John Edwards and wife separate
They have been married 32 years.
Edwards, 56, unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 2008 and was the party's vice presidential nominee in
2004 in John Kerry's failed bid for the White House.
A statement from Elizabeth
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Senate Roll Vote on Fed Chief Ben Bernanke
The 70-30 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A "yes" vote is a vote to confirm the nomination. Voting yes were 47 Democrats, 22 Republicans and 1 independent. Voting no
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Rutland dad 'hopeful' on missing daughter in Haiti
RUTLAND — The Massachusetts father of a college student still missing in Haiti pleaded with the U.S. government to continue with efforts to find her.
An emotional Len Gengel spoked Friday outside his Rutland home and said the family is still hopeful
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(Mis)Reading the Tea Leaves
Ken Connor, Chairman, Center for a Just Society in Washington, DC
Anyone but Bush. This was a popular and oft-repeated phrase during the twilight of our 43rd president’s first term. People incensed by the war in Iraq, people offended at the idea of a
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Obama Pushes Nuclear Energy to Boost Climate Bill
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his
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Can Nuke Power Save Climate Bill?
(AP) President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his
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Lawmakers Pledge Action to Limit Election Spending
Lawmakers dismayed by a Supreme Court ruling freeing corporations and unions to spend more on elections say they will move quickly to try to stem a flood of such campaign expenditures. Possible short-term measures include requiring more openness about
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Afghan leader seeks Saudi mediation with Taliban
President Hamid Karzai listens as the media asks a question U.S. Senator John Kerry (not pictured) during a joint news conference announcing that there will be a run-off election on November 7th at the presidential palace October 20, 2009 in Kabul,
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Brown Is Sworn In as the 41st Republican
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Scott Brown, standing with his wife, Gail Huff, was sworn in to the Senate by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Scott Brown took his place in the Senate this evening, ending the 60-vote Democratic supermajority and
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US targets global violence against women
US politicians have called for a $US175 million aid package to combat violence against women and girls in poorer countries such as Haiti and Afghanistan.
"Every day, too many women and girls across the globe endure horrific acts of violence," said
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Politicking toward the middle
Big Freddy was deep into his newspaper when I joined him for our midmorning head-to-head.
"You've obviously found something interesting," I said.
"The hoopla over Scott Brown taking the people's seat back from the Kennedys," Freddy said.
"Well, it was
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Column: It's our job to laugh at the madness of politics
"... born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."
This quotation has become my personal mantra. Just keep repeating it, Barbara, and your head won't explode.
Scott Brown has just been sworn in as our U.S. Senator, and already he a.)
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The Voters Of PA-12 Will Choose A New Representative Through A Special Election
The important practical question following the death today of Congressman John Murtha is what happens to the House seat he held on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania’s 12th District. The good news, so far as I can tell from early reports, is that Ed
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Murtha's Death Sets Stage For Marquee House Race
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat -- and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're
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Murtha's death sets stage for marquee House race
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat — and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open
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US climate skeptics seize on blizzard
AFP - US opponents of climate change action are seizing on a record snowfall in Washington in hopes of killing legislation to curb carbon emissions, which already faced uncertain political prospects.
Environmentalists have launched a swift
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George Will: GOP Looks Away From South, Dixieland
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Giddy since their election of a senator from Massachusetts, Republicans have visions of political sugarplums dancing in their heads. Their arithmetic of optimism begins with the fact
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Obama Taps Envoy to Islamic Group to Improve Ties (Update2)
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama named a new special envoy to the world’s largest Islamic organization in a bid to forge closer ties with the Muslim world.
Rashad Hussain, who currently serves as White House deputy associate counsel,
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Senator Kerry in Quatar: Its All the Fault of Israel and The West
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Sen. Evan Bayh won't run again
WASHINGTON — Sen. Evan Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday that he won’t seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat.
“To put it in words I think most people can understand: I love working
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Kerry: Taliban arrest due to US-Pakistan effort
Sen. John Kerry says the capture of the Taliban's top military commander is proof of a "stronger cooperative effort" between the United States and Pakistan.
Sen. John Kerry says the capture of the Taliban's top military commander is proof of a
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Taliban leader’s arrest a new blow to insurgents
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The capture of the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 commander by a joint CIA and Pakistani team dealt a fresh blow to insurgents under heavy U.S. attack and raised hopes that Pakistani security forces are ready to deny Afghan militant leaders a
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Creating history: Reshma Saujani to run for US Congress
This could be history in the making for the Indian American community. Yale-educated lawyer Reshma Saujani, 34, is taking on nine-term incumbent Carolyn B Maloney, 60, in a high-profile Democratic primary race. A nimble, unorthodox thinker, Saujani is
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Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates pledge to serve
Now, as Patrick kicks off his re-election campaign, the Democrat’s making clear again he’s not going anywhere if he wins a second term this fall. And he’s not alone in making the pledge.
His top political rival, Republican and former state fiscal
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Respect our law, Malaysia tells US and Australia
"If Australia and the US are civilised nations, then they should not question our actions," Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
"The court process has started so it is strange to ask the executive (of a country) to interfere with the
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I wonder how many Democrats have asked this
Rawnsley reveals that another victim of the prime minister’s wrath was Bob Shrum, a respected American political consultant and speechwriter, who had worked for Brown for years. When Brown was accused of plagiarising phrases used by Al Gore and Bill
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Kirk seeks more fed security $$$
Hours before she addresses the national fishermen's rally on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Mayor Carolyn Kirk will be lobbying the federal government to add Gloucester to its list of high-risk urban terrorist targets.
If successful, the
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John McCain's last rodeo? GOP rival
J.D. Hayworth, a conservative Republican challenging the longtime senator for the seat the Barry Goldwater once held, suggests that McCain is "really a moderate.''
In an interview on the FOX Business Network, the senator's rival in the Republican
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Senate roll call on tax breaks for new hires
The 70-28 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed a jobs bill offering tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 13 Republicans and 2 independents. Voting no were 1
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State Department seeking 3.2 billion dollars for Pakistan for 2011 : Clinton
Addressing the Senate appropriations committee, Clinton said the money would be utilised to combat extremism, promote economic development, strengthen democratic institutions, and build a long-term relationship with the Pakistani people.
This includes
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Senator Dikembe Mutombo Blocks Record Amount Of Legislation
From The Onion...
Sen. Dikembe Mutombo (R-CO) showed that he is still one of the most dominant big men in Congress Thursday, blocking a record 16 bills in one legislative session.
The 7-foot-2 senator, who broke the record previously held by Sen.
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Report: Key senators would nix 'cap and trade'
WASHINGTON—Three key senators are writing a new climate bill without a broad "cap-and-trade" approach to reducing carbon pollution, leaving behind what has been the central feature in the debate over climate legislation for years, The Washington Post
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How the G.O.P. Goes Green
It is early evening on Capitol Hill, and I am sitting with Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, who, along with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, is trying to craft a new energy bill one that could actually win 60 votes. What is
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John Edwards epilogue: How did most of the press miss the affair and should campaign staffers have talked?
once before, in 2004, ended up on the Democratic ticket as John Kerry's running mate, and was a known quantity to many top Democrats.
Over the past few weeks, the world has learned quite enough about John Edwards - from the lies he told in trying to
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US Senator Kerry backs sanctions against Iran
Kerry said he was "absolutely" in favour of sanctions against Iran, noting that "the most biting and important sanctions would be those on the energy side", the Jerusalem Post reported online.
Israeli President Shimon Peres had previously asked Kerry,
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Kerry: Game Of Retrans Chicken Must End
"This game of chicken being played again and again between cable companies and broadcasters with consumers in the crosshairs must come to an end," said Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee, who
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FCC asked to intercede in Cablevision, Disney fight
A leading U.S. senator Wednesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to intercede in the retransmission dispute between Cablevision and Disney."I ask you to urge the parties to stay at the negotiating table and continue transmitting ABC
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Report: Rep. Delahunt won't run for re-election
WASHINGTON Massachusetts Rep. William Delahunt has decided not to run for re-election.
The seven-term Democrat told the Boston Globe that his decision had nothing to do with politics. He said he had been considering leaving for several years but
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Hoyt: Obama's immigration failure
Ihave known Barack Obama since 1986, when we were both community organizers. I am still organizing on the streets of Chicago, and what I see in the Latino community makes me fear that the president is oblivious to the pain wrought by our broken
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Cablevision Will Accept Binding Arbitration With ABC Disney, Calls for Return of ABC to Viewers In Time for Oscars
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Poll: Obama loses on interrogation
Republican attacks against the Obama administration’s handling of the attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day are working, according to a new poll out Monday, even though the president’s overall ratings on national security remain high.
Fifty-seven
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White House hosts meeting on energy, climate
More than a dozen senators met with Obama, four Cabinet members and White House energy adviser Carol Browner. Obama called the closed-door meeting to urge the lawmakers — who including several swing votes from both parties — to pass global warming and
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Obama and senators seek climate compromise
President Barack Obama convened a meeting of more than a dozen Democratic and Republican senators this afternoon to discuss energy and climate legislation. Unlike some other recent White House bipartisan policy summits you may recall recently, there
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FCC: Retrans Framework Under Review
The issue of retransmission consent and whether that process needed fixing was a running theme during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Comcast/NBCU deal Thursday.
Leading the pack was Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who weighed in during the
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AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry says he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride." The Massachusetts Democrat says in an interview with The Associated Press that legislation he'
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Senators resist Obama over projects in health bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
The Senate-approved health measure lawmakers hope to send to
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Senate, Obama spar over health plan’s pet projects
Washington (ap) — A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama’s health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.
The chief executive of the Catholic Health
