Many California jobs 'saved' by
stimulus funds weren't in jeopardy
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Sacramento Bee [California], by Phillip Reese
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 6:25:49 PM
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Up to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, a Bee review has found. California State University officials reported late last week that they saved more jobs with stimulus money than the number of jobs saved in Texas – and in 44 other states. (Snip) That certainly was not the way Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger described it at a news event with Vice President
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Bikini record set in Johannesburg
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South Africa Press Association, by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 6:25:44 PM
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A new Guinness World record has been set in South Africa for the most women to parade around in a bikini, organisers say. Kellogg’s Special KR’s Sarah Mansfield said 287 bikini clad women descended upon Melrose Arch in Johannesburg on Saturday to help break the record for the “World’s Largest Bikini Parade”. “Decked out with smiles, sunglasses and even heels, these confident and fun-loving women of all ages, shapes and sizes paraded down 1,690 meters
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'Time to consider global tax'
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 6:21:45 PM
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Scotland - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis, and urged world finance officials meeting on Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries it was time to consider a global financial levy, such as a tax on transactions or an insurance fee, that
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The 'No' list: 31 Democrats so far
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Politico, by Patrick O'Connor & Charles Mahtesian
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 6:07:10 PM
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With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 31 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 6:00 p.m., according to a Politico analysis. Just nine more ''no' votes would be enough to sink the bill if Republicans maintain, as expected, a solid front of opposition. Still, Democratic sources are signaling that they have secured the majority of the caucus and expect
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Some US Muslims fear
backlash after army base shooting
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Reuters, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 6:00:43 PM
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Washington - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas. (Snip) Andrew Grant-Thomas, deputy director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, said reporting about the incident had unduly emphasized Hasan's ethnicity and religion.
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House poised to pass
historic health-care reform bill
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McClatchy Newspapers, by David Lightman
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 6:00:39 PM
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WASHINGTON -- With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care. Obama met for half an hour with House Democrats as the all-day debate was starting Saturday morning, and compared the health care effort to Democrats' championing of Social Security and Medicare. "Now is the time to finish the job," Obama said later in
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Bipartisanship erupts between
George W. Bush and Bill Clinton;
they cancel joint LA, NY appearances
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Los Angeles Times, by Mark Z. Barabak
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Posted By: goblin- 11/7/2009 5:58:45 PM
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George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who some may remember as previous presidents who disagree on many things, today agreed and abruptly pulled out of a joint public appearance scheduled for this winter in Los Angeles. The money was no doubt good but it seems the 42d and 43d presidents grew unhappy with the confrontational way the event was being promoted. The politically dissimilar pair have also dropped out of a similar later appearance in New York
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Take a Look at Hasan's Old Mosque
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New York Post, by Stephen Schwartz
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Posted By: quidnunc- 11/7/2009 5:55:43 PM
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What interpretation of Islam influenced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? (Snip) We've also learned that, before his transfer to Ft. Hood last year, Hasan served as a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and regularly attended Friday prayer at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md. The Silver Spring clerics have issued formal statements condemning the carnage at Ft. Hood.
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Turnbull gets ovation
for slamming PM
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Australian Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 5:54:46 PM
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Kevin Rudd is running an ''extraordinarily vain'' government that is handing over Australia's immigration program to people smugglers, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. Mr Turnbull was speaking at the Victorian Liberal Party's state council today where about 300 delegates gave him a standing ovation for a speech about the weakening of Australia's border control. ''Our borders should be secure, they were secure. We recklessly unpicked the policies of the previous government that worked, and as
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Unique homecoming to
Vietnam for US commander
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Associated Press, by Ben Stocking
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Posted By: NuGoddess- 11/7/2009 5:51:04 PM
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DANANG, Vietnam – On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Le piloted the USS Lassen on Saturday into Danang, home of China Beach, where U.S. troops frequently headed for R&R during the war, which ended on April
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November 9, 1989 ‘luckiest
day’ of German history
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur, by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 5:45:39 PM
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a personal account of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, which she called the “luckiest day of recent German history”, in a video broadcast released yesterday. The chancellor, who grew up in former East Germany, said the news came at the end of a regular Thursday. “As I came home from work, from the Science Academy, I heard (East German Politburo member Guenter) Schabowski announce that
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Giant dominoes form
tribute to Berlin Wall's fall
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Associated Press, by David Rising
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 5:34:12 PM
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BERLIN — Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades. Many of the upright 7.5-foot-high (2.3-meter-high) plastic foam dominoes carried messages, including "We are one people." The approximately 1,000 dominoes stretching for 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) will be toppled Monday as part of wider celebrations of
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Spray-can vandals face
prison under crackdown
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Sydney Morning Herald [AU], by Lisa Carty
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 5:34:10 PM
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Children carrying spray-paint cans without a legitimate reason could face six months in jail under a revolutionary graffiti crackdown by the State Government. It is the first time courts will have the power to jail youths for merely carrying a can of spray paint. The tough new measures come as Premier Nathan Rees - sickened by the crimes of paint-spraying vandals - decides to take a zero-tolerance approach to vandals
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Cantor Calls for Inclusive Party,
Criticizes Limbaugh Rhetoric
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Bloomberg, by Lorraine Woellert
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Posted By: viola- 11/7/2009 5:33:49 PM
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The second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, Eric Cantor, criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate and said his party needs to be inclusive. “The Republican Party in its roots is a party of inclusion and we ought to be promoting that and making sure that voices are heard,” Cantor, of Virginia, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend.
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Berlin all fired up for wall-to-wall partying
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Times [U.K.], by Peter Millar
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 5:28:58 PM
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THE elderly lady with her shopping bag stood and stared at the armed policeman politely but firmly preventing her from crossing the 8ft-high barrier built across the street. “It’s like having the Wall back,” she said tetchily. But with a smile. The policeman smiled back. Stretching away on either side, a chain of 1,000 wall-like slabs daubed with graffiti form a new 1.2-mile barrier from the Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz — now once again
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A calculated cool-down
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Tampa Tribune, by Patrick Bohlen
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Posted By: Hazymac- 11/7/2009 5:13:08 PM
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On Oct. 21, 13 of the nation's leading professional agricultural, biological, chemical and geological organizations sent a joint letter to the U.S. Senate urging it to adopt policies that would limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. "Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver," they wrote. At the same time, a recent
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Drinking eight cups of tea a day
'reduces heart attack and stroke risk'
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Telegraph [UK], by Chris Irvine
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 5:10:55 PM
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Drinking up to eight cups of tea a day offers ''significant health benefits'', including a lower risk of heart attack and stroke, according to research. Caffeinated drinks including tea, coffee and cocoa have a positive effect on mental function, increasing alertness, wellbeing and short-term memory, according to the study. (Snip) ''Black tea, in particular, contains polyphenols, which are natural plant antioxidants. These have beneficial effects on many biochemical processes in the body''
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Spat over 'Muslim terrorists'
halts 9/11 marker
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 5:03:29 PM
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Hartford, Conn. - A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by ''Muslim terrorists.' Town officials in Kent are balking, saying it would be inappropriate to single out a religious group in a project on town property and paid for with taxpayers' money. (Snip) Town leaders agree that Muslim terrorists were
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Obama Weighs In as House
Debates Health Overhaul
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New York Times, by Carl Hulse and Robert Pear
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 11/7/2009 4:28:40 PM
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WASHINGTON — President Obama exhorted Democrats on Saturday to approve a sweeping overhaul of health care and to “answer the call of history” as the House began debating legislation that would transform the nation’s health insurance system. Democrats quickly took a significant step toward passage of the plan by surmounting a key procedural hurdle in approving the rules for debate. Despite a sharp party divide over how strictly to limit spending for abortions, leading Democrats
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For Russia’s Communists,
Ousting Putin Is a Priority
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New York Times, by Yulia Taranova
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 4:27:02 PM
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MOSCOW — Along with the perennial calls for “land for farmers” and “factories for workers,” Communists who marched in Moscow on the Saturday anniversary of the 1917 revolution offered a slogan of more recent vintage: “Russia without Putin.” As the Nov. 7 holiday approached, leaders of Russia’s Communist Party — with 13 percent of the electorate the country’s largest opposition faction — have made it clear that they prefer President Dmitri A. Medvedev to his
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Couple flee to save their
unborn baby from social workers
after girl, 17, is told she is not
clever enough to look after her child
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Daily Mail [UK], by Alison Smith Squire
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Posted By: Freya- 11/7/2009 4:25:36 PM
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A heavily pregnant woman and her fiance have gone on the run after social workers threatened to take away their baby at birth. Kerry Robertson, 17, and Mark McDougall, 25, had been told that she was not bright enough to raise their child and that they would have to give him up. It was another blow for the couple, whose wedding this year was halted just 48 hours before the ceremony
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N.C. congressman too
rushed to find airport parking
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Gaston Gazette [NC], by Staff
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Posted By: goblin- 11/7/2009 4:14:27 PM
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A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his SUV at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte's airport. The Gaston Gazette reports Wednesday that Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry parked his Ford Explorer straddling a curb in a parking lot at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Sunday.
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Earth to economists:
Recession isn't over
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CNN/Money, by Carla Fried
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 4:12:41 PM
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Last week’s stream of economic data points to the emergence of a great divide. On the positive side, annualized third-quarter GDP was up 3.5 percent compared to the prior quarter. (Keep in mind that this is an ''advance'' estimate from the Dept. of Commerce. Stay tuned for revisions.) But consumer spending for September fell 0.5 percent. That’s the biggest dip since December 2008
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What 1,000 extra pages
of bureaucracy looks like
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Washington Examiner, by David Freddoso
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 4:06:16 PM
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As Democrats expand their health insurance reform bill from 1,000 to 2,000 pages, Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee expand their chart outlining how the new health insurance system will look. It ain't pretty. As you can see on the click-through, the chart describing the old bill is contained within the small yellow rectangle in the middle.
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Ft. Hood: The Largest
'Terror Act' Since 9/11?
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Fox News, by Walid Phares
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Posted By: Liberty7- 11/7/2009 3:54:38 PM
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The Fort Hood killings, perpetrated by Major Malik Nadal Hasan a psychiatrist by training, no matter what the judiciary reports conclude is, for now, the largest single terror act in America since 9/11. This quantitative finding will take into consideration dramatic change in the data released by authorities. However, the most important matter confronting us now is that we must not fail to properly analyze Hasan's possible motives.
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Sarah Palin's speeches were
ready but never seen -- until now
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Los Angeles Times, by Andrew Malcolm & Mark Milian
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 3:53:42 PM
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A year ago Wednesday, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by while her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain, delivered his concession speech outside the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.Turns out Palin would have liked to give a little speech too, thanking some folks, graciously wishing the best to the Barack Obama winning ticket and introducing with effusive praise the man who plucked her from the political obscurity of Anchorage and thrust her, unprepared but eager, onto
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