Sunday, January 31, 2010

CNN names Candy Crowley Sunday morning anchor - Baltimore Sun (blog)


Daily Mail


CNN names Candy Crowley Sunday morning anchor

Baltimore Sun (blog)


Crandy Crowley was introduced Sunday morning as the new anchor of CNN's State of The Union. She will succeed John King, who moves on to become the weeknight replacement for Lou Dobbs. Crowley, one of the most respected correspondents in Washington, ...


Manchester City eye Barcelona forward Thierry Henry

IMScouting


Manchester City keep eyes on Thierry Henry who stays out in the cold at Barcelona

Daily Mail



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Friday, January 29, 2010

Obama, Republicans face off at Baltimore retreat - Los Angeles Times


Washington Post


Obama, Republicans face off at Baltimore retreat

Los Angeles Times


The president repeatedly defended his policies and accused House Republicans of distorting his positions for political gain. By James Oliphant Reporting from Baltimore - President Obama went toe-to-toe with some of his fiercest critics today, ...


FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP Rep. tangle over numbers

Washington Post


Obama, Republicans Spar at GOP Event

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

GOP Slams State of the Union Address for Little Attention to National Security - FOXNews


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GOP Slams State of the Union Address for Little Attention to National Security

FOXNews


Republicans are slamming President Obama for glossing over national security in his State of the Union speech, and omitting any reference to how his administration is handling terror detainees. Republicans are slamming President Obama for glossing over ...


Snap judgment on Obama speech is gener »


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Obama's first State of the Union: What he will say vs. what he should say - Los Angeles Times


CBC.ca


Obama's first State of the Union: What he will say vs. what he should say

Los Angeles Times


So tonight Barack Obama gives his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress before millions at home muttering back at their TV's and a predictably partisan audience of House and Senate members following or ignoring the signals of ...


Obama Returning to Familiar Themes in State of the Union, With Goals Unmet

FOXNews


What Obama Will Say (and Won't Say) in the State of the Union

Atlantic Online


Hopes abound for State of the Union address

San Jose Mercury News


USA Today -Christian Science Monitor -WWMT


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

AP Sources: Obama to Seek Freeze on Part of Budget - ABC News


WNCT


AP Sources: Obama to Seek Freeze on Part of Budget

ABC News


AP President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling middle class families, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington. ...


Obama to seek spending freeze to trim deficits

San Jose Mercury News


Analyst view: Obama to seek 3-year freeze on domestic spending

Reuters


Obama wants to freeze discretionary spending for 3 years

CNN International


Los Angeles Times -Kansas City Star


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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Republicans trying harder to unseat Missouri Democrat Ike Skelton in Congress - Kansas City Star


Telegraph.co.uk (blog)


Republicans trying harder to unseat Missouri Democrat Ike Skelton in Congress

Kansas City Star


WASHINGTON | As last week's political shock wave from Massachusetts rolls across the country, Missouri's heartland could begin to feel the impact. Will it be strong enough to topple Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, one of the most senior ...


McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party's Health Plans

New York Times


Mass. Voters to Washington: Now Play Nice

CBS News


Did Scott Brown Win Because of Independents?

Independent Political Report


Denver Daily News -Asheville Citizen-Times -CU Columbia Spectator


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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Late spending frenzy fueled Senate race - Boston Globe


Globe and Mail


Late spending frenzy fueled Senate race

Boston Globe


Candidates and groups that supported them spent nearly $23 million on Tuesday's US Senate election, burning through nearly  »

Friday, January 22, 2010

Scott Brown's Senate win boosts GOP campaign efforts - Washington Post


CBC.ca


Scott Brown's Senate win boosts GOP campaign efforts

Washington Post


Emboldened by Scott Brown's stunning win in Massachusetts, Republicans are convinced this is their year to climb out of the political abyss and capture congressional seats and governor's offices held by Democrats ...


Differing strategies on health care considered

Boston Globe


GOP candidates latch on to Scott Brown

Los Angeles Times


Brown Victory Gives Republicans Second Wind on Capitol Hill, Campaign Trail

FOXNews


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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Supreme Court ruling could boost TV ad business - Reuters


New York Daily News


Supreme Court ruling could boost TV ad business

Reuters


NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The US Supreme Court's loosening of restrictions on political ad spending by corporations and others will bring some joy to hard-hit local television stations and make it even more likely that 2010 will be a record year ...


Big Donors Plan Boost in Campaign Spending

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Republicans Oppose Obama's Plan for Panel on the Deficit - New York Times


CBC.ca


Republicans Oppose Obama's Plan for Panel on the Deficit

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" Top Republicans on Wednesday were hostile toward President Obama's plan to create a bipartisan commission on cutting projected deficits, raising doubts about the prospects of a main piece of his budget strategy. ...


For California Democrats, GOP upset in Mass. is a cause for worry

Los Angeles Times


Brown's victory in Mass. senate race hardly a repudiation of health reform

Washington Post


Four Reasons Obama's Bank Tax Still Has a Chance

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Massachusetts race wasn't a referendum on health-care reform - Washington Post


The Guardian


Massachusetts race wasn't a referendum on health-care reform

Washington Post


The biggest political issue in the country today is the Democrats' health-care reform proposal, which will need 60 votes to overcome a Senate filibuster. That crucial 6oth vote was up for grabs in Tuesday's special election in ...


Republican Scott Brown Defeats Democrat Martha Coakley in Mass. Senate Race

ABC News


In stunning upset, Brown tops Coakley for Senate seat

Boston Globe


Centrist, and Yet Not Unified

New York Times


OregonLive.com -Boston Channel.com -Houston Chronicle


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Monday, January 18, 2010

For mixed Haitian American families, getting home can be an odyssey - Washington Post


Sydney Morning Herald


For mixed Haitian American families, getting home can be an odyssey

Washington Post


Haiti was rocked on Jan. 12 by the largest earthquake ever recorded in the area. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince. See earthquake damage to port facilities that have made bringing ...


Tight airspace, poor communications hinder aid effort

CNN International


Aid Flow to Haitians Improving

Voice of America


Haiti aid agencies warn: chaotic and confusing relief effort is costing lives

The Guardian


Aljazeera.net -BBC News -ABC Online


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Obama stumps for a desperate Democrat in Massachusetts - MiamiHerald.com


Times Online


Obama stumps for a desperate Democrat in Massachusetts

MiamiHerald.com


BOSTON â€" President Barack Obama put it right on the line Sunday for the people of Massachusetts - the entire Democratic agenda ranging from expanded health care to fighting big banks may rest on whether they vote Tuesday to send a ...


Hoping It Won't Be Needed, Democrats Craft Backup Plan on Health Care Bill

New York Times


Obama stumps for Coakley; Scott Brown holds counter-r »


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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Who's ahead, Brown or Coakley? Depends on the poll - Boston Globe


Financial Times


Who's ahead, Brown or Coakley? Depends on the poll

Boston Globe


No one could blame a Massachusetts voter for being confused about which way the electorate is leaning these days. A raft of polls over the past two weeks have offered widely varying snapshots of voter sentiments looking ...


Candidates Make Weekend Push in Crucial Massachusetts Senate Race

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Democrats Accuse Brown of 'Radical' Ties as Senate Election Nears - FOXNews


Financial Times


Democrats Accuse Brown of 'Radical' Ties as Senate Election Nears

FOXNews


GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown and his supporters are firing back at Democratic senators for accusing him of being a "far-right" politician backed by "right-wing radicals" by virtue of his ties to the conservative tea party movement. ...


Obama said to eye Massachusetts campaign visit [Update]

Los Angeles Times


Health stocks may rise if GOP wins in Massachusetts

Reuters


Obama's health care run faces new obstacle: Massachusetts

USA Today


Washington Post -NECN -WNYT


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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Who's running Haiti? No one, say the people - Reuters


Sydney Morning Herald


Who's running Haiti? No one, say the people

Reuters


PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate Haitians turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals and refugee camps on Thursday in the absence of any noticeable response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake. ...


British nationals repatriated from quake-hit Haiti

BBC News


Haiti earthquake: law and order breaks down

Telegraph.co.uk


Time running out as aid fails to reach Haiti

The Guardian


Xinhua -Voice of America -AFP


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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Quake's toll felt heavily in USA - USA Today


Sydney Morning Herald


Quake's toll felt heavily in USA

USA Today


For Martine Poitevien, it was the sort of news that many Haitian Americans feared after the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake rocked the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. ...


Obama quake response seeks to avoid Bush pitf »


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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Raasch: Palin, Fox continue long media trend for conservatives - Battle Creek Enquirer


Washington Post


Raasch: Palin, Fox continue long media trend for conservatives

Battle Creek Enquirer


In truth, it was a dog bites woman story when we learned Sarah Palin would be joining Fox News. Where else would a conservative with a best-seller, notoriety and big ambitions land? MSNBC, where she is regularly lampooned? ...


Palin's Fox News gamble

The Week Magazine


Palin's Fox debut: Politician or pundit?

AZ Central.com


Sarah Palin: Fox News move widely discussed in US media

BBC News


FOXNews -Opposing Views -Plain Dealer


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Monday, January 11, 2010

White House says Obama not offended by Reid remarks - WLOS


ABC News


White House says Obama not offended by Reid remarks

WLOS


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama was not offended by racial remarks that have brought Republican c »


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Sunday, January 10, 2010

GOP Chairman Pressures Reid on Obama Remarks - New York Times


Reuters


GOP Chairman Pressures Reid on Obama Remarks

New York Times


Michael Steele, the Republican Party chairman, c »


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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Friday, January 8, 2010

Lawmakers Want More Security Changes Out of Terror Plot Review - FOXNews


Reuters


Lawmakers Want More Security Changes Out of Terror Plot Review

FOXNews


President Obama's push to revamp the terror watch list, improve airport screening and hold the intelligence community more accountable for tracking suspects does not go far enough, some lawmakers say, arguing that more specific steps need to be taken ...


Obama takes steps to bolster security

Los Angeles Times


Report on failed Christmas terror attack released

CNN


Factbox: Christmas Day bombing plot: Who knew what, when?

Reuters


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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Analysis: Dodd Retirement May Help Banking Bill - ABC News


The Guardian


Analysis: Dodd Retirement May Help Banking Bill

ABC News


AP Freed from his liberal base and moneyed donors, Sen. Chris Dodd can now cast himself as the honest broker in negotiations over a massive W »

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sen. Dodd set to announce retirement - msnbc.com


Reuters


Sen. Dodd set to announce retirement

msnbc.com


AP AP WASHINGTON - Sen. Christopher Dodd, a five-term Democrat whose political stock began f »

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Obama's day: Talk of terror - USA Today


Media Matters for America (blog)


Obama's day: Talk of terror

USA Today


Good morning from The Oval. This will be a day dominated by the threat of terrorism. The group will also discuss "security enhancements and intelligence-sharing improvements in our homeland security and counterterrorism operations," according to the ...


President to Meet with Advisors on Security

WSAV-TV


President Will Push Today for Intelligence Community to Constantly Ch »


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