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UTU attorney grilled in confirmation hearing
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UTU attorney grilled in confirmation hearingWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's nominee to head the agency that regulates the railroad industry said he would be "proactive" in addressing shippers' allegations of pricing abuses by freight-rail companies, and indicated that a l...
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Warning...Toke !
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Quit acting so crazy , man. Chill, brother. Your fears are imagined. Super-Strong 'Skunk' Pot Linked to PsychosisPosted Feb 6, 08 12:21 PM CST in Science & Health, Arts & Living, World | Share Newser(Newser Summary) Seizures of a super-strong strain of marijuana nicknamed "skun...
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A little good news for Iraq, Aghanistan, and Gulf War Vets...finally!
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Although for more than a few...it's a gesture that I consider too little too late. But here it is: New GI Bill sending veterans to school this fall July 31, 2009 3:33 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He'll end it on the campus of Columbia Unive...
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Time ta shed those guzzlers... Bucketbrain, take note!
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House Votes to Add $2 Billion to Cash for Clunkers (Update1) By Angela Greiling Keane July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House approved an emergency measure to add $2 billion to the cash for clunkers automobile purchase program after a burst of demand exhausted most of the initial $1 billion in less than...
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Well Boo Fucking Hoo
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Exxon, Shell post worst earnings in yearsSlumping global demand threatens to slow exploration and produpdated 9:33 a.m. ET, Thurs., July 30, 2009NEW ORLEANS - Oil giants Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday added to the industrys worst midyear showing in years, stung by slumping global e...
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Rail reform deal unlikely before recess
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Rail reform deal unlikely before recessWASHINGTON - Sen. John Thune, S.D., ranking Republican on the surface transportation subcommittee, said it will be a stretch for key lawmakers and industry groups to get a deal in principal on reforms in rail regulation before the Senate breaks for its Augus...
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Drunken Mormon calls Obama a racist
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Fox News' Glenn Beck Says Obama Is 'Racist'Beck: The President, Whose Mother Is White, 'Has Problem With White People'Watch Beck's Statement Via YouTube ClipNEW YORK (CBS) Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during...
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Senate confirms two to NMB, NTSB
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Senate confirms two to NMB, NTSBWASHINGTON The Senate has confirmed Democrat Harry Hoglander to a third term on the three-member National Mediation Board, and Democrat Deborah Hersman to a second term on National Transportation Safety Board. Hersman will chair the NTSB. Hoglander first joined...
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Hide your legally bought, owned, and registered guns!
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Because if ya don't... Congress wants 'em! And ya won't get any of 'em back! No wonder everybody's stockin' up on ammo! July 23, 2009 Measure to Expand Gun Rights Falls Short in Senate By BERNIE BECKER and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday turned aside the latest attempt by gun...
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We jus' havin' beer and smokin' out here mom!
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Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, and police officer Sgt. James Crowley should be headed to the White House soon for a beer with the president.Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairn...
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Changin' plans he is!
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That's the way it seems ta those in the know... Obama, candidate Obama that is, was against taxing enployer-provided health care benefits. Now that we elected him, and he's the president, his tune's changed. Maybe not right now, but any day now, expect those bennies you pay for, out of your wages BEFO...
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King George almost invaded Buffalo
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Report: Bush Mulled Sending Troops Into N.Y.NYT: Advisors Urged Troops Arrest a Group of Terror Suspects in Unprecedented Use of Military PowerWASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what...
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Eat crow...please!
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And never steal any musician's songs...without using the magic word! Jackson Browne, Republicans settle lawsuit July 21, 2009 11:20 AM EDT LOS ANGELES - Jackson Browne has settled a lawsuit and received an apology from Sen. John McCain and the Republican Party over use of his song "Running on...
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Let's go back ta "Bayou La Batre" and see...
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...what's happening since Hurricane Katrina wiped the place off the map. One thing: Obama Selects Alabama Doctor as Surgeon General Regina Benjamin poses for a portrait in the waiting room at her temporary clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., in 2008. (AP Photo/The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fou...
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You may yet see the smirk slapped off this face...
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Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agencys director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and H...
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More Palin than not!
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From the Los Angeles Times What is it about Sarah Palin? The departing Alaska governor doesn't just line people up on different sides of an issue; she turns them against each other. Meghan Daum July 9, 2009 When Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Alaska governor, I did what any self-respecting...
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I hate ta cry 'foul!' but I can't help it...
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...and although I did vote for Obama...some things he proposes are unrealistic. Really. Like this 'health-care reform' thing. I'd like ta see 'universal' health care for every American. But...ya wanna tax me again...when I already pay damn near all the costs of my employer-provided health-care...
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Al Franken Wins
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Judge: Franken Won Most Votes In Minn. Senate Race(AP) Click to enlarge After a statewide recount and seven-week trial, Franken stands 312 votes ahead. Franken actually gained more votes from the election challenge than Coleman, the candidate who brought it. (File) Al Franken For Senate1 of 1Clo...
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Obama taps UTU attorney for STB
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Obama taps UTU attorney for STB WASHINGTON -- President Obama July 6 nominated UTU Associate General Counsel Daniel R. Elliott III to become a member of the three-person U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and to be designated the agency's chairman upon Senate confirmation. Elliott becomes the...
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Robert S. McNamara, Defense Sec'y. during Vietnam...
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...debacle dead. Finally. McNamara, defense chief during Vietnam War, dies July 06, 2009 2:11 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as "terribly wrong," d...
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Wail'in Palin....BOO HOO!!
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He just can't steer clear of trouble
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Former D.C. Mayor Barry Charged With StalkingWASHINGTON (AP) Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged do...
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Repug Family values....
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What kinda guy takes off and don't tell his family where he's going over FATHERS DAY?? He goes hiking on "Naked Hiking day". Wonder what his Boy/child friend looks like? His cell said he was in Atlanta. Atlanta? aint no where near the Appalation trail. Posted on Tue, Jun. 23, 2009Sanford ba...
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Does this mean we're not welcome in Iran?
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Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology June 27, 2009 1:57 AM EDT WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran has escalated into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime s...
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