WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress on Thursday to "act boldly and act now" to fix an economy growing perilously weaker. Leading lawmakers set an informal goal of mid-February for enacting tax cuts and government spending that could cost as much as $1 trillion. Democrats ...
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WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is considering dissolving a White House-based homeland security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and will restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. The White House Homeland Security Council will remain for a while at ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois : As a state panel recommended Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich be impeached for abuse of power, his Senate pick told lawmakers he didn't strike any agreement with the scandal-plagued governor to win the plumb position. Burris' testimony under oath was one of the key requirements ...
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Haifa, Israel — The immediate fate of a battered Gaza seemed to hang in the balance, as negotiations for a cease-fire ramped up among Israel, Egypt and Hamas, with the United States and other Arab countries active on the sidelines. As the diplomats negotiated, Gazans — their food supplies ...
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Of all the countries the European Union is fighting for in the Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis, none is more needy than Bulgaria, the EU’s poorest member. The country’s own historical dependence on Russia is to blame. Suspension of natural gas supplies from Russia’s OAO ...
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Something's missing here. It's hard to put your finger on it, but there's no denying it's there. The final game in college football's 2008 season will be played tonight, and it's somewhat anti-climatic. It shouldn't be, but it is. Somewhere, in all of this mess, there should be a few more games ...
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(AP) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama sheriff who made $212,000 in the last three years by feeding inmates what a judge said were skimpy portions was released from prison Thursday after submitting a plan pledging to feed them better. Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett profited legally from a ...
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