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2010-09-09T12:25:58Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend....
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010Obama: Emanuel would be ‘terrific’ Chicago mayor
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T12:10:50Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his chief of staff would be a terrific Chicago mayor, but he expects Rahm Emanuel to hold off on deciding whether to enter the race until after the midterm elections....
Quran burning flap a distraction from Obama agenda
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T11:52:34Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran....
Obama concedes poor economy threatens Democrats
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T11:47:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is conceding that if the midterm election turns out to be mostly a referendum on the economy, "we're not going to do well."...
Gov’t: Spending to rise under health care overhaul
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T11:26:53Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's health care tab will go up - not down - as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest....
Laura Bush to speak at 9/11 memorial fundraiser
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T10:49:09Z
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Former first lady Laura Bush will speak at a National Park Service fundraiser in Pittsburgh on Friday, a day before joining Michelle Obama in rural Pennsylvania to remember the victims of Flight 93, which crashed there in the Sept. 11 attacks....
Rangel undeterred by ethics charges, grudge match
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T07:05:55Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- It sounds like a political grudge match for the ages: Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, battered by ethics charges and stripped of his chairmanship of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, defending his seat against Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of the legendary Harlem lawmaker Rangel ousted 40 years ago....
Clinton: Dems battling anger, apathy and amnesia
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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2010-09-09T04:22:02Z
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday it would be a mistake for voters to give in to "anger, apathy and amnesia" and deprive Arkansas of the Senate Agriculture chairmanship by defeating Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln....
Obama seeks to shore up support for Wis. Democrats
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
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2010-09-05T23:48:06Z
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- President Barack Obama hopes to improve the fortunes of suddenly imperiled Wisconsin Democrats as he celebrates Labor Day with the state's union workers on Monday....
US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
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2010-09-05T18:12:34Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations....
Official: Obama backing research tax credits
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
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2010-09-05T16:23:06Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday....
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie, GOP back Castle
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
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2010-09-04T20:07:04Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid....
Obama a Muslim? Rumors gain steam, defying facts
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
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2010-08-20T00:07:29Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- "President Obama is a Muslim." "He's not an American citizen." "He wasn't even born here."...
AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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2010-08-18T18:02:49Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama earned his lowest marks ever on his handling of the economy in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans now describe the nation's financial outlook as poor....
US weighs easing of Cuba travel restrictions
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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2010-08-17T20:56:18Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, in a test of the Castro regime's appetite for reform, is considering easing travel restrictions to Cuba, U.S. and congressional officials said Tuesday....
Are risks from WikiLeaks overstated by government?
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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2010-08-17T20:49:51Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Although the Pentagon warns that WikiLeaks could have blood on its hands for publishing classified U.S. war documents that name Afghan sources, history shows that similar disclosures have not always led to violence....
Pentagon: China’s military power growing
Monday, August 16th, 2010
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2010-08-16T21:32:07Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- China's drive to transform itself into a major military power is being pursued in a secretive manner that increases the potential for misunderstanding and military conflict with other nations, the Pentagon says in a new report....
AP-GfK Poll: Independent voters sour on Democrats
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
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2010-08-15T16:37:44Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Independents who embraced President Barack Obama's call for change in 2008 are ready for a shift again, and that's worrisome news for Democrats....
GOP senator suggests mosque will be election issue
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
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2010-08-15T16:03:47Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican senator is suggesting there could be political fallout from President Barack Obama's remarks about building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City....
Pentagon: Next WikiLeaks dump could be worse
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T19:36:43Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says it believes the next document dump by WikiLeaks will be even more damaging to national security and the war effort than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war files....
BP agrees to pay $50M for Texas refinery penalties
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T19:26:06Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beleaguered oil giant BP has agreed to pay a record $50.6 million fine for failing to correct safety hazards at its Texas City oil refinery after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers....
Obama to sign $600M border security bill Friday
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T19:14:56Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to show a commitment to stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, the Senate convened a special session Thursday and passed a $600 million bill to put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border....
Still Waters: Lawmaker remains popular at home
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T18:12:04Z
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Congressional ethics charges have tarnished Maxine Waters' reputation in Washington. But in the struggling, mostly Hispanic and black neighborhoods she represents, residents still hold the 10-term Democratic congresswoman in high esteem....
Senate passes resolution honoring ex-Sen. Stevens
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T17:45:47Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has expressed its "profound sorrow and deep regret" over the death of former Sen. Ted Stevens, a commanding presence there for four decades....
US: Firms must spell out workers’ benefit rights
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T17:19:09Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Your company just denied your disability claim. What do you do now? How long do you have to file an appeal? And with whom?...
Carbon pricing called key to coal pollution plan
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T16:06:52Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The key to developing technology to store coal plants' pollution underground is charging them for the carbon dioxide they release into the air, an administration task force says....
Kucinich to Gibbs: You’ve read the liberals wrong
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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2010-08-12T11:27:10Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democrat whose name was invoked by President Barack Obama's spokesman in an attack on the party's liberal wing says the White House doesn't understand deep public frustration over the troubled economy....
White House report claims $8B in Medicare savings
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
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2010-08-02T07:21:06Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new health overhaul law will start producing savings for Medicare right away, and over time add 12 years of solvency to the program's giant trust fund for inpatient care, the Obama administration says in a report to be released Monday....
High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
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2010-08-02T07:20:35Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you're remaining silent....
First lady urges Congress to act on school meals
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-02T03:20:27Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama urged Congress to pass legislation that calls for higher nutritional standards for school meals....
Fox gets front-row seat in White House press room
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T22:17:29Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fox News Channel has been granted a much-coveted front-row seat in the White House briefing room....
SPIN METER: Program risks $30B to save weak banks
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T18:18:35Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People are fed up with bank bailouts that risk taxpayer billions. The government's apparent solution: call them something else....
Palin focused on electing Republicans this year
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T17:48:44Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin says her political focus these days isn't on the 2012 presidential race, but on helping put more Republicans into office in the fall elections....
Pelosi `not nervous’ about Dems losing elections
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T17:45:15Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's "not nervous at all" about the possibility that Democrats could lose their House majority after the November elections....
Greenspan: Modest economic recovery ‘in a pause’
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T17:37:04Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he thinks the economy is having a modest recovery, but right now there's a "pause" in that recovery, so it feels like a "quasi-recession."...
Pawlenty’s Iowa swing may foreshadow 2012 bid
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T17:14:37Z
WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) -- Republican Tim Pawlenty, a potential presidential candidate, stood before the picture perfect backdrop of an Iowa farm, with eye-high corn stalks and a vibrant red barn at his back....
Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T16:30:17Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney is still in the hospital after heart surgery in early July....
GOP looks to erase Democrats’ comfy House majority
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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2010-08-01T09:33:08Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No fewer than 65 House seats across the country - an overwhelming majority held by Democrats - are at risk of changing political hands this fall, enough to bolster Republican hopes of regaining power....
Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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2010-08-01T02:53:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents....
Obama says he’ll call GOP’s bluff on deficit talk
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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2010-07-31T19:03:41Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it....
Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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2010-07-31T12:38:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses....
Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration
Friday, July 30th, 2010
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2010-07-30T20:55:28Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo....
Dems hope for first lady’s stardust in campaign
Friday, July 30th, 2010
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2010-07-30T16:18:26Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is the first to admit....
Kerry says he mishandled furor over yacht taxes
Friday, July 30th, 2010
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2010-07-30T10:02:51Z
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry says he always intended to pay taxes in Massachusetts on his $7 million yacht but concedes he mishandled the public furor over his decision to dock the vessel in tax-free Rhode Island....
Jill Biden plays to type in ‘Army Wives’ episode
Friday, July 30th, 2010
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2010-07-30T04:48:54Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives."...
House passes bill to boost commuter airline safety
Friday, July 30th, 2010
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2010-07-30T04:27:15Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year was approved by the House late Thursday....
Calls for Rangel to quit could escalate if no deal
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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2010-07-29T02:37:00Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he can quickly negotiate a plea bargain to prevent a congressional trial on allegations of ethical misconduct....
FBI director defends bureau over test cheating
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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2010-07-29T01:24:24Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureau's policies, discussing an embarrassing investigation that raises questions about whether the FBI knows its own rules for conducting surveillance on Americans....
For veterans bill, Republicans put budget ax aside
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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2010-07-28T23:44:47Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans who have spent months demanding spending cuts blanched Wednesday at their first opportunity to actually make them, instead joining Democrats in treating a bill to pay for veterans programs in 2011 as politically sacrosanct in an election year....
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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2010-07-28T18:17:32Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug....
Democrats attacking GOP as tea party
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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2010-07-28T10:05:59Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are planning to link the tea party and Republicans, overlapping the two groups to paint the GOP as a party of extremists and the grassroots activists as tools of the establishment....
Reid unveils pared-down energy and oil bill
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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2010-07-28T00:29:29Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a draft of energy and oil spill legislation Tuesday, having to settle for a far less sweeping bill than the cap on carbon emissions he had hoped for....
Hit list draws fire in wake of leaked US documents
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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2010-07-27T08:59:13Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to war, killing the enemy is an accepted fact. Even amid the sensation of the WikiLeaks.org revelations, that stark reality lies at the core of new charges that some American military commando operations may have amounted to war crimes....
House acts to improve Internet access for disabled
Monday, July 26th, 2010
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2010-07-27T00:18:48Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Monday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by approving legislation assuring that the disabled have full access to the Internet and television....
Nap Nanny recliners recalled
Monday, July 26th, 2010
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2010-07-26T11:08:02Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Portable baby recliners that are supposed to help fussy babies sleep better are being recalled after the death of an infant....
Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war
Monday, July 26th, 2010
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2010-07-26T05:24:33Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures....
In Ariz. Senate race, Hayworth hopes to slay giant
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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2010-07-25T02:18:15Z
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) -- J.D. Hayworth has a busy resume for his 52 years - college football player, sportscaster, congressman, talk-radio host, even an infomercial pitchman. He's hoping to add two more titles - giant-slayer and U.S. senator....
Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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2010-07-24T19:06:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines....
Gen. McChrystal retires in military ceremony
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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2010-07-24T11:10:34Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After 34 years in the Army, Gen. Stanley McChrystal left behind legions of admirers and the prospect his reputation as a ferocious fighter would one day eclipse the costly comments that appeared in Rolling Stone....
Rangel ethics charges create headache for allies
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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2010-07-24T11:09:58Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Friends and political allies of embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel are noticeably quiet after the disclosure that the 40-year House veteran and dean of the New York congressional delegation may face serious charges from a House ethics panel....
Democrats wary of motivation problem with liberals
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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2010-07-24T01:33:15Z
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Democratic Party has a motivation problem....
NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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2010-07-23T19:07:28Z
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Friday with a "physical response" if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend. The U.S. refused to back down....
Chamber backs tea-party-favorite Rubio in Florida
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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2010-07-23T09:39:38Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing Marco Rubio's bid for the Senate, pledging to help the tea party-favored candidate emerge from a tight three-way race in Florida....
W.Va.’s US Senate seat attracts 5 GOP candidates
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
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2010-07-22T16:59:25Z
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Five Republicans have filed paperwork to challenge West Virginia's popular Democratic governor for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd....
Obama to sign ‘improper payments’ legislation
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
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2010-07-22T10:12:29Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agencies would have to redouble their efforts to identify and recover billions of dollars lost annually to wasteful spending under a bill President Barack Obama was signing into law Thursday....
DOJ: Prosecutor firing was politics, not crime
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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2010-07-22T00:48:56Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges....
White House apologizes to ousted USDA worker
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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2010-07-21T18:56:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An embarrassed White House apologized on Wednesday to a black Agriculture Department employee who was ousted for her remarks about race, acknowledging that officials did not know all the facts when she was fired....
GOP Sen. Lugar to support Kagan for Supreme Court
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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2010-07-21T18:55:35Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Richard Lugar says he'll vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice....
Cameron rebuffs US, says no new inquiry on bomber
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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2010-07-21T08:13:08Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron was trying to shift the focus of his U.S. visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday, but hard feelings lingered after he turned aside calls for a fresh investigation into whether oil giant BP swayed Scotland's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber....
BP stealing thunder from Cameron’s US visit
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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2010-07-20T11:40:58Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy....
Paper: Gates, Panetta concerned about contractors
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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2010-07-20T09:09:44Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and CIA Director Leon Panetta are concerned about the role private contractors play in intelligence operations, according to a newspaper report....
Clinton urges review of decision to release Libyan
Monday, July 19th, 2010
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2010-07-20T00:08:36Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has asked the governments of Scotland and Britain to review the decision last summer to release the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie airliner bombing....
Obama to GOP: Restore unemployment benefits now
Monday, July 19th, 2010
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2010-07-19T19:28:42Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama took aim at Republican lawmakers Monday, accusing them of holding the public hostage to Washington politics by blocking extended unemployment benefits for millions of out of work Americans....
Abortion foes win a round in health overhaul
Monday, July 19th, 2010
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2010-07-19T10:23:03Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abortion foes have scored a victory and traditional allies of the Obama administration are grumbling about a decision to ban most abortion coverage in insurance pools for those unable to purchase health care on their own....
Biden says tea party not a racist movement
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
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2010-07-19T00:52:01Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The tea party is not a racist group, says Vice President Joe Biden, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views....
Biden didn’t take McChrystal attack personally
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
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2010-07-18T17:28:54Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he never viewed ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's mocking comment about him as a personal attack - but rather a reflection of policy disagreements over Afghanistan....
GOP, Dems woo wary voters in bid to control House
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
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2010-07-18T04:00:59Z
SCOTTSVILLE, Va. (AP) -- If Republicans are to harness enough voter anger to take control of the House this fall, they'll have to oust freshmen lawmakers such as Tom Perriello of Virginia, who won his seat two years ago by just 727 votes....
Paul defends Obama’s right to make Afghan calls
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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2010-07-18T02:23:02Z
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A constant critic of President Barack Obama, Republican Rand Paul on Saturday defended the president's right to make decisions on the war in Afghanistan without interference from Congress....
Court OKs 2nd Gitmo prisoner’s move to Algeria
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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2010-07-17T23:05:13Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the U.S. to send two Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to Algeria even though they want to remain at the prison camp because of fear they might be tortured at home....
Clinton on key Afghan mission as US war fears grow
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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2010-07-17T15:39:32Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As concerns grow about the war in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to South Asia on a mission aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old conflict....
Iranian defector could spend rest of life in fear
Friday, July 16th, 2010
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2010-07-17T02:42:18Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the moment, the Iranian scientist who returned to his homeland claiming he was abducted by the CIA is a national hero and a prime player in Tehran's propaganda war with the U.S....
US analyst, wife sentenced for spying for Cuba
Friday, July 16th, 2010
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2010-07-16T21:11:25Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 73-year-old great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for quietly spying for Cuba for nearly a third of a century from inside the State Department. His wife was sentenced to 5 1/2 years....
Obama: Voters to decide who caused ‘this mess’
Friday, July 16th, 2010
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2010-07-16T11:36:15Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama acknowledges that the fall elections could amount to a referendum on his stewardship of the nation's affairs....
Abductee or defector, nuke scientist back in Iran
Friday, July 16th, 2010
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2010-07-16T05:23:34Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Iranian scientist who defected to the U.S. returned home amid an escalating propaganda war between Tehran and Washington but without $5 million that a U.S. official says he had been paid for "significant" information about his country's nuclear programs....
Senate Democrats propose $14 billion budget cut
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
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2010-07-15T22:06:53Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate stepped forward with a plan Thursday to cut $14 billion from his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. That's double the $7 billion cut sought by House Democrats....
Obama to promote electric vehicles in Michigan
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
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2010-07-15T07:06:13Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing fresh criticism of his handling of the economy, President Barack Obama travels to Michigan on Thursday to promote investments in the electric vehicle battery industry, a sector the administration sees as a bright spot in the sagging recovery....
Cheney recuperating after heart surgery last week
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
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2010-07-15T01:33:39Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney disclosed Wednesday that he has undergone surgery to install a small pump to help his heart work, as the 69-year-old enters a new phase of what he called "increasing congestive heart failure."...
New WH report claims more jobs from stimulus bill
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
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2010-07-14T15:56:36Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House asserted Wednesday that the $862 billion stimulus law has been even better for the economically-struggling country than previously advertised....
Senate hearing finally set for intelligence chief
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
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2010-07-14T07:26:23Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a high-stakes national intelligence stare-down between congressional Democrats and the White House, Sen. Dianne Feinstein blinked....
Tea party favorite loses GOP runoff in Alabama
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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2010-07-14T02:15:09Z
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A mainstream Republican has rolled past a tea party activist in the GOP runoff for a southeast Alabama congressional seat that Republicans hope to reclaim....
Defector do-over? Iran scientist wants to go home
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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2010-07-14T01:35:47Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program....
Missing Iranian scientist surfaces in Washington
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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2010-07-13T15:09:20Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S., has taken refuge at a Pakistani embassy office in Washington and is planning to return to his homeland, the State Department said Tuesday....
Official: 12th person detained in Russian spy case
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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2010-07-13T12:06:50Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has detained a 12th person in connection with the Russian spy ring, but the man is not being charged with a crime, according to a federal law enforcement official....
New offshore oil moratorium not focused on depth
Monday, July 12th, 2010
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2010-07-13T02:31:13Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration issued a new moratorium Monday on deep-water offshore drilling that no longer bans operators by the depth of water they're operating in and stresses new evidence of safety concerns, hoping the revised ban will pass muster with the courts after the initial one was rejected....
From texting to apps, using cell phones for health
Monday, July 12th, 2010
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2010-07-12T18:48:29Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What if my blood sugar's too high today? Is it time for my blood pressure pill? With nagging text messages or more customized two-way interactions, researchers are trying to harness the power of cell phones to help fight chronic diseases....
FEC filing shows Palin gave $87,500 to candidates
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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2010-07-12T01:12:27Z
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin's political action committee contributed at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Elections Commission....
Obama spokesman says Democrats could lose House
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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2010-07-11T20:01:42Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's party could lose its House majority in this fall's elections, his spokesman said Sunday, perhaps trying to jolt Democratic voters with the specter of GOP lawmakers rolling back White House policies....
Holder: US to watch Arizona for racial profiling
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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2010-07-11T14:18:56Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department hasn't ruled out filing a second lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration law if evidence shows racial profiling at work, Attorney General Eric Holder says....
Struggling states seeking more aid from Washington
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
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2010-07-11T01:17:15Z
BOSTON (AP) -- Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washington to step up with more help, some say even if it means adding to the nation's red ink....
Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
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2010-07-10T13:11:24Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them receive federal benefits....
