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598,000 jobs lost as jobless rate hits 7.6% in January
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598,000 jobs lost as jobless rate hits 7.6% in January (The following story by Edmund L. Andrews appeared on the New York Times website on February 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON The country moved into its second year of uninterrupted job losses last month, with companies shedding another 598,000 jobs and th...
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Infrastructure stimulus: 400,000 jobs
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Infrastructure stimulus: 400,000 jobsWASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden said Feb. 6 that more than 400,000 jobs will be created over the next two years nationwide if the nation invests in improving and upgrading our nations infrastructure, including mass transit systems, highways, bridge...
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A great day in Republican history
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Feb 6 1911 Ronald Reagan, who appeared in such films as Jap Zero, Girls on Probation, and Bedtime for Bonzo, born in Tampico IL.
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They speak Latin in Latin America
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Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 62 today. AP
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Maybe it's a cell phone relay thing...
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Iran's small satellite raises alarms February 03, 2009 9:44 PM EST WASHINGTON - Iran's successful launch of its first satellite into orbit suggests a strong desire to become both a space and nuclear power, as well as growing technological prowess toward that goal. Iran used a multistage rocket i...
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Brother can you spare a dime?
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Too bad it was allowed back in the union
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Feb 1 1861 Texas secedes from the Union, becoming independent once again. Since the articles of statehood passed by the U.S. Congress give Texas this right, it is perhaps the only state whose secession was legal.
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Damn I thought Tom Cruise...
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...or Roy Orbison! But nope. Just Governor [still] Rod Blagojevitch. Ill. Senate Begins Trial as Governor Hits TV Shows Ill. senators convene impeachment trial, governor chooses to hit TV circuit to defend himself ...
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SarahPAC (maybe she can solicite funds from RepubLimits.com)
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Palin Launches Political Action CommitteeAlaska Governor Stirring Speculation About 2012 Presidential RunKenneth Millstone NEW YORK (CBS) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin answers questions from the media at the meeting of the National Governor's Association at Independence Hall on Dec. 2, 2008, in P...
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Is Bill O'Reilly mentally ill?
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Buyers Remorse
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Palin Fan Mistakenly Buys Effigy With NooseWEST HOLLYWOOD (AP) The mannequin of the Republican vice presidential candidate made headlines after Morrisette hung it from his roof as part of a Halloween display last October. CBS Related LinksKCBS Local Coverage A Sarah Palin supporter has suffere...
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The evolution of a failure
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She may be out of the race, but she's still around!
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And has a book deal in the works... Yep, her! (rpphotos/newscom) Can Sarah Palin read? Chris Matthews isnt sure By Jimmy Orr | 01.23.09 Well this was a little snarky. While discussing Alaska Governor Sarah Palins possibility of a book deal on Friday night, MSNBCs Hardball host...
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Haven't we heard this already?
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Iran: Obama must seek 'new' Mideast foreign policy January 21, 2009 6:07 PM EST CAIRO, Egypt - Iran said Wednesday it is "ready for new approaches" from President Barack Obama as, across the Islamic world, countries cautiously welcomed his promise of mutual respect between the U.S. a...
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Ted Kennedy back in the hospital
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Ted Kennedy Has Apparent Seizure At Obama LuncheonWASHINGTON (AP) A stretcher and ambulance are seen outside the hall where President Barack Obama was having a luncheon with the nation's politicians on Jan. 20, 2009. WBZSen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling a brain tumor, became ill at a post...
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Amtrak booked up
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Amtrak Trains Booked For InaugurationPHILADELPHIA (AP) With the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama scheduled tomorrow, options for getting to Washington are running out. Unless you already have a ticket, don't count on taking the train. Amtrak spokesman Mark Magliari says nearly e...
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I won't be anywhere near 30th St. Station
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Whistle-Stop Tour Headed For WashingtonPHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) Barack Obama's road to the White House isn't a road at all, the President-Elect and his family have boarded the "Georgia 300" train at 30th Street Station and the Whistle-Stop Tour to Washington D.C. is underway. Mr. Obama la...
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Freight-rail tax credit bill re-enters House
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Freight-rail tax credit bill re-enters HouseA freight-rail tax credit bill is back on Capitol Hill, www.progressiverailroading.com reports. On Jan. 7, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) introduced the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009 (H.R. 272), which is co-sponsored by...
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Remembering Emperor Norton I
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Emperor Norton Joshua Abraham Norton (February 14, 1819 - January 8, 1880) quietly ditched England as a young man, traveled through the Cape of Good Hope, and settled in America with forty thousand dollars. He opened a successful business selling mining supplies to gold prospectors, and the land h...
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Today in Bush Family foreign policy
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Jan 8 1992 George Bush, sick with the stomach flu, decides not to excuse himself at a Tokyo state dinner. He vomits in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister while cameras are rolling, to the great amusement of everyone except the Prime Minister
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1st it was the teen pregnancy and up coming shot gun wedding....now this....
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Palin daughter's fiance's mother arrestedDec. 19, 2008 08:46 AM McClatchy Newspapers WASILLA, Alaska - A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska state troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged w...
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Al Franken won?
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Minn. Officials To Say Franken Won Senate SeatMINNEAPOLIS (AP) 1 of 1Related StoriesFranken Takes 225-Vote Lead In Minn. Recount (1/4/2009) Senate Caucus Could Block Attempt To Seat Franken (1/2/2009) Franken Takes Lead In Minn. Senate Race (12/30/2008) The state Canvassing Board was posed to...
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Countdown to 1/20/09 continues
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Another shrub? Dubya wasn't too much of a foul stench?
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Well then, start campaining right now. For Jeb. Not Zeb! Jeb, as in Bush. He'd be 'perfect' for the job after O'bama ruins everything else left of these divided United States. According ta Bush the Elder. Read it. Draw your own conclusions. Me? I hear strains of "O Canada, O Canada..." ...
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