New York Times:
The president has apparently rejected the most extreme choices being discussed on troop levels in the eight-year-old war.
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New York Times:
A piece of the stimulus program Congress passed earlier this year is helping the mayor burnish his credentials with the business community.
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New York Times:
Mr. Mashek was a reporter and columnist for nearly half a century for U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe and other publications.
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New York Times:
Even politically vulnerable Democrats in Congress said the party’s losses in two governor’s races this week were not big influences on their decision on health care.
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Slate Magazine:
The Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago, but few of the news stories marking the anniversary have explained the event's full significance. The Cold War had been raging for a quarter-century before the wall went up on Aug. 13, 1961. How could its collapse, on Nov. 9, 1989, have heralded the Cold War's demise?[more ...] (Read More)
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Washington (dts) - US-Präsident Barack Obama hat angesichts des Amoklaufs in der US-Militärbasis Fort Hood angeordnet, die Flaggen im ganzen Land auf Halbmast zu setzen. Gleichzeitig rief der Präsident Medien und Bevölkerung dazu auf, keine voreiligen Schlüsse zu ziehen, da die Ermittlungen zum Vorfall noch andauern würden. (Read More)
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Submitted by Competent
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There's a common saying that you never pay attention to your electricity provider unless the lights don't come on. Well, it's the same thing with the various regulatory systems throughout the world. For the most part, they tend to be invisible, unless there's a problem.Unfortunately, over the past year the financial regulat (Read More)
New York Times:
The move suggested that President Obama and Democratic supporters of the bill will have serious problems assembling the votes needed to enact it when it comes to the Senate floor.
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Submitted by Jgmize
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A contribution from Ryan Lanham:Recently the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article suggesting that universities are fairly conservative when it comes to the capacity to change in the face of financial crisis. Not much of a surprise. In other breaking news, Wales still wet, and head lice found in kindergartens. Ind (Read More)
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Metaphors Are Nonpartisan. In The Tenacity Question David Brooks Raises Questions About President Obama'S Desire To Pursue The War In Afg
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Washington Reuters - A Key U.S. Senate Environment Committee Approved A Democratic Climate Change Bill On Thursday That Would Require Indust
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New York Times:
Senator Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat, is calling on the Obama administration to block the use of stimulus funds for a utility-scale wind farm in West Texas that would make use of turbines manufactured largely in China.
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