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Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010 3:01:26 PM CST
AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.
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Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign (AP)
Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:37:09 AM CST
AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.
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Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010 7:30:34 PM CST
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.
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Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did (Huffington Post)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:36:59 AM CST
Huffington Post - With Reporting By Julian Hattem
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Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent Crime (Time.com)
Friday, July 30, 2010 5:40:00 PM CST
Time.com - The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country
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Conservatives doubt Sherrod’s case against Breitbart (The Upshot)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:06:31 PM CST
The Upshot - Shirley Sherrod caused liberals to rejoice Thursday by telling a San Diego audience that she'll "definitely" sue conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart. But are things so bad for Breitbart, a media provocateur who appears to thrive off controversy? Despite posting the misleading clip of Sherrod that led to her resignation, Breitbart hasn't apologized and continues using [...]
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Rod Blagojevich's Trial: A Look at the Court's 12 Jurors (Time.com)
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:40:00 AM CST
Time.com - A brief look at the six men and six women who are tasked with deciding whether the guilt or innocence of the ex-governor of Illinois and his brother
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Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) (Huffington Post)
Friday, July 30, 2010 8:04:07 AM CST
Huffington Post - House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks.
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'As long as is necessary' terror bill (Politico)
Friday, July 30, 2010 6:53:40 PM CST
Politico - It would boost legal authority to delay reading terrorism suspects their Miranda rights.
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Waters chooses ethics trial (Politico)
Friday, July 30, 2010 6:27:08 PM CST
Politico - She has chosen an ethics trial rather than accepting charges made by an ethics subcommittee.
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban (AP)
Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:40:39 AM CST
AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.
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Army: Rising suicide rate reflects risk-taking (AP)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:30:42 PM CST
AP - An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend reflects a rise in risky behavior including drunken driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010 3:24:29 PM CST
AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who put the lives of police officers in danger as part of a "national war" on delinquency.
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Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks (AFP)
Saturday, July 31, 2010 10:38:56 AM CST
AFP - US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday.