Sunday, January 31, 2010

Taylor Wins Grammy Best Album; Beyonce Wins 6 - ABC News


Times Online


Taylor Wins Grammy Best Album; Beyonce Wins 6

ABC News


AP Musician Taylor Swift reacts to winning Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Beyonce became the most decorated female on a Grammy night as she ...


Taylor Swift wins historic Grammy for best album

Reuters


Taylor Swift Wins Album Of The Year Grammy For Fearless

MTV.com


Fashion at the Grammys: Rocking the Red Carpet

Washington Post


USA Today -Entertainment Weekly -The Star-Ledger - NJ.com


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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan - Washington Post


The Guardian


Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan

Washington Post


AP NEW YORK -- A letter and a speech may have doomed plans to bring the Sept. 11 terror trial to New York. The letter written by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Washington earlier this month set a whopping $200-million-a-year ...


New York Times reports plan to move trial out of NYC

News 10 Now


Terrorism trials could move away from Manhattan

Los Angeles Times


US government weighs other sites for 9/11 trial

Reuters


Boston Globe -The Age -CBS News


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Friday, January 29, 2010

Senate Backs Bernanke For Second Term At Fed - New York Times


Reuters


Senate Backs Bernanke For Second Term At Fed

New York Times


By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday backed Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term running the Federal ...


Senate confirms Bernanke for second term as Fed chairman

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Senate Approves Bernanke as Fed Chairman

BankInvestmentConsultant.com


Bernanke gets a second term as Fed chairman

Los Angeles Times


TheStreet.com -Houston Chronicle -Vermont Public Radio


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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Obama's day: Florida follow-up to big speech - USA Today


Globe and Mail


Obama's day: Florida follow-up to big speech

USA Today


Good morning from The Oval. On this day 23 years ago, the space shuttle Ch »


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

President Obama's Promises: A Look Back at the 2009 Address to Congress - ABC News


Washington Post


President Obama's Promises: A Look Back at the 2009 Address to Congress

ABC News


Middle-class Americans need immediate tax relief, President Obama will say tonight in his first, official State of the Union address to a country weary of wars and the economic downturn. The president orders a hold on non-security ...


Struggling families, wounded troops Obama's guests

Washington Post


In State of the Union, Obama will try to revive message

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Obama Talks of Restoring Security for Middle Class - New York Times


Boston Globe


Obama Talks of Restoring Security for Middle Class

New York Times


President Obama on Monday unveiled a package of modest initiatives intended to help the middle class. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and PETER BAKER WASHINGTON â€" President Obama vowed on Monday to “reverse the over »


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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Walmart to Cut 11200 Sam's Club Jobs, Cornell Says - Bloomberg


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Walmart to Cut 11200 Sam's Club Jobs, Cornell Says

Bloomberg


Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, will eliminate about 11200 jobs at its Sam's Club membership warehouse clubs as it hires an outside company to demonstrate products. ...


Wal-Mart to Drop 10000 Jobs

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Poll: Voter anger fueled Brown victory in Mass. - Washington Post


Telegraph.co.uk


Poll: Voter anger fueled Brown victory in Mass.

Washington Post


AP WASHINGTON -- Voter discontent with the direction of the government, economy and the health care overhaul helped send Republican Scott Brown to his Senate victory in Massachusetts, a poll says. About 63 percent of Massachusetts voters in Tuesday's ...


Report: Reid, Pelosi Consider New Strategy to Pass Senate Health Bill

FOXNews


Dems Mum on How to Keep Pushing Health Overhaul

New York Times


Salvaging Health Care After the Massachusetts Upset

Daily Finance


Long Island Press -Barron's -Newsday (subscription)


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Friday, January 22, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Poll: Most Americans want more GOP support on health care - USA Today


CBC.ca


Poll: Most Americans want more GOP support on health care

USA Today


WASHINGTON â€" A 55% majority of Americans say President Obama and congressional Democrats should suspend work on the health care bill that has been on the verge of passage and consider alternatives that would draw more ...


Pelosi: Not Enough Votes to Pass Senate Health Bill in House

FOXNews


Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill

Houston Chronicle


Shaken by Massachusetts Loss, Democrats Regroup for November Election

ABC News


Newsweek -Reuters -CNN International


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

How Important Is Today's Senate Race in Massachusetts? - ABC News


Globe and Mail


How Important Is Today's Senate Race in Massachusetts?

ABC News


There's big turnout so far at the polls in Massachusetts today as voters select a new senator to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. On the b »


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Monday, January 18, 2010

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Message Lives On - ABC News


Los Angeles Times


Martin Luther King Jr.'s Message Lives On

ABC News


On Monday, America will celebrate -- if that's the right word -- Martin Luther King Day. Today, there are two generations of Americans who are too young to person »


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Obama to give church talk, stump in Massachusetts - Washington Post


Reuters


Obama to give church talk, stump in Massachusetts

Washington Post


AP WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will attend church services with his wife, Michelle, and speak to the congregation about helping the people of Haiti. Later Sunday, the president flies to Massachusetts to campaign for Democratic candidate Martha ...


Boston mayor: Dem loss in Mass. Senate race would be win for those who want ...

Los Angeles Times


MA Senate Race: Final Push

FOXNews (blog)


Senate race at a sprint

Worcester Telegram


Boston Globe -Newsday (subscription) -Air America


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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Special election brings bounty of ads for media - Boston Globe


Washington Post


Special election brings bounty of ads for media

Boston Globe


With the special election set for Tuesday, both Scott Brown's (above) and Martha Coakley's campaigns have stepped up ad spending. (Scott Brown) By Jenn Abelson and Johnny Diaz Tuesday's election may be too close to c »


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Friday, January 15, 2010

Relief Bodies Seek Routes to Avert New Disaster in Haiti - New York Times


The Hindu


Relief Bodies Seek Routes to Avert New Disaster in Haiti

New York Times


PARIS â€" With relief flights snarled at Port-au- Prince airport, international relief agencies struggled Friday to find alternative routes for aid in the face of survivors' angry criticism that no help is getting through, ...


Desperate Haitians Await Aid Following Quake

Voice of America


Rescue workers race against time to stem tide of tragedy in Haiti

CNN International


Aid struggles to reach Haitians

Aljazeera.net


ABC Online -Telegraph.co.uk -Ha'aretz


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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Relief effort intensifies in quake-hit Haiti - CNN International


Times Online


Relief effort intensifies in quake-hit Haiti

CNN International


US soldiers unload gear as they arrive at Port-au-Prince's airport to take part in relief effort. (CNN) -- Doctors, medicine and specialist rescue teams from around the world began to arrive in Haiti Thursday, as the earthquake-battered country faced ...


Live: Haiti earthquake

BBC News


Haiti earthquake: International teams begin rescue operation

The Guardian


Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead

New York Times


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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Haiti quake: The worst of places for a big tremor - BBC News


Telegraph.co.uk


Haiti quake: The worst of places for a big tremor

BBC News


It was immediately obvious that Tuesday's quake in Haiti would be an app »

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Bomb Kills Professor in Tehran - New York Times


Hurriyet Daily News


Bomb Kills Professor in Tehran

New York Times


PARIS â€" A bomb attached to motorcycle killed an Iranian professor of nuclear physics outside his home in northern Tehran on Tuesday, the state-run Press TV broadcaster reported on its Web site. The authorities c »


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Monday, January 11, 2010

Prop. 8 trial begins today - San Francisco Chronicle


Kansas City Star


Prop. 8 trial begins today

San Francisco Chronicle


The nation's first trial on same-sex couples' right to marry - and the voters' power to forbid those marriages - begins today in a San Francisco federal courtroom that will serve as a forum for two diametric »

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Senate's Reid tells Obama he regrets racial remarks - Reuters


BBC News


Senate's Reid tells Obama he regrets racial remarks

Reuters


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized to President Barack Obama on Saturday for comments he made during the 2008 presidential campaign that critics find raci »


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Friday, January 8, 2010

Obama Refocuses on Jobs After Weak Labor Report - ABC News


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Obama Refocuses on Jobs After Weak Labor Report

ABC News


AP President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, where he spoke about the economy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) His agenda altered by the Christmas bombing attempt, ...


U.S. to give $2.3 billion in clean-tech credits

San Francisco Chronicle


Obama Tries to Turn Focus to Jobs, if Other Events  »


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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Obama takes responsibility for terror prevention failure - Los Angeles Times


Reuters


Obama takes responsibility for terror prevention failure

Los Angeles Times


The president, sharing an internal investigation into the foiled Christmas attack, c »


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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sen. Dodd announces retirement with dignity -- and honesty - Washington Post


Globe and Mail


Sen. Dodd announces retirement with dignity -- and honesty

Washington Post


Sen. Christopher Dodd's retirement announcement on Wednesday had that rarest of traits in modern politics: a note of honesty. "There's nothing more pathetic, in my view, than a politician who announces they're only leaving public life ...


Smackdown For the Senate Takes a Twist

New York Times


Departures Shake Democrats

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Dorgan says he will not seek re-election in 2010 - USA Today


Kansas City Star


Dorgan says he will not seek re-election in 2010

USA Today


WASHINGTON (AP) â€" North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan said Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, a surprise announcement that dealt another blow to Democrats already struggling to protect their Senate majority. ...


Biographical Information on Sen. Byron Dorgan

New York Times


Democrat Sen. Dorgan plans to leave Senate

Reuters


Sen. Dorgan to Retire at End of 2010

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