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Kaine: 'All of the above' on energy
Augusta Free Press
Kaine described his chief differences with expected Republican Senate rival George Allen as coming in two areas: “He doesn't believe that human activity affects the climate, and he ridicules the notion of alternative energy. [more]
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44 minutes ago.
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Feinstein Boxer Call for Review of Life-Saving Train Technology
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
Washington—US Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) this week called on the Federal Railroad Administration to review railroad industry efforts to implement lifesaving positive train control (PTC) technology. [more]
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1 hour ago
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Dramatic move as Senator John Kerry steps into Boston College dispute
Irish Central - NY,NY,UK
Senator John Kerry has made a dramatic intervention in the Boston College IRA tapes controversy. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Kerry (D-Mass.) urged the State Department to “work with the British authorities” in the hope that the [more]
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5 hours ago.
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Cowpens man accused of having sex with mentally challenged teen
Spartanburg Herald Journal
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office has charged George Allen Stepp Jr., 40, of 380 Coffer Lewis Road in Cowpens, with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. The victim told a school guidance counselor that Stepp assaulted her at his home. [more]
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6 hours ago.
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Boxer accuses Spirit Airlines of misleading public on new flying rules
U-T San Diego
Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza — AP California Senator Barbara Boxer accused the CEO of low-budget Spirit Airlines, which operates several flights out of San Diego International Airport, of a “deliberate attempt to deceive the flying public. [more]
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6 hours ago.
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Boxer Calls on Spirit Airlines to Stop Misleading Public on New Air
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
PoliticalNews.me (press release) Washington, DC – US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in a letter called on Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza to end the airline's deliberate attempt to deceive the flying public about the effects of a new Department of Tra [more]
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7 hours ago.
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Bipartisan Report Highlights Gaps, Recommendations For Health IT
Kaiser Health News
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a heart surgeon and co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit research organization in Washington. “Data has got to flow seamlessly throughout this system.” (Frist is a member of the Kaiser Family Foundation's Board [more]
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8 hours ago.
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Super Bowl 2012: Tom Coughlin Hall of Fame debate broken down by the numbers
SportingNews.com
Hall of Fame coaches Coughlin would top in Super Bowl titles: Bud Grant, John Madden, George Allen, Marv Levy, Hank Stram. Tom Coughlin 1995-2002 with Jacksonville, 2004-present with Giants: 2 Super Bowl rings, 2 conference championships, ... [more]
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10 hours ago.
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Corrections & Amplifications
Wall Street Journal - USA
Tom DeLay was House majority leader. In some editions on Friday, an Election 2012 article about Newt Gingrich's congressional career incorrectly said that Mr. DeLay became House speaker. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. [more]
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12 hours ago.
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Poll Shows Kaine/Allen, Obama/Romney Running Even in Va.
National Journal
George Allen, R-Va., and former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine run dead even. Obama leads Romney in the race for the commonwealth's 13 electoral votes by only one point, 45 percent to 44 percent, well within the poll's margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentag [more]
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12 hours ago.
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SCSO: Man Raped Mentally Disabled Teen
WYFF - Greenville,SC,USA
Spartanburg Sheriff's Office investigators said that George Allen Stepp, Jr. had intercourse with the teen even though she does not have the mental capacity to consent. Investigators said the teen knows Stepp because he lives in her neighborhood. [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Sen. Rick Santorum says he warned 'of a meltdown and a bubble in the
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PolitiFact He did sign, along with 19 others, correspondence on May 6, 2006, to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. It noted that government-sponso [more]
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13 hours ago.
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Newt Gingrich on Immigration, Marco Rubio & Latino Voters
Fox News
Q: You've been taking a lot of hits from Tom Delay now, Ann Coulter, some of these people that some would consider on the far right of the conservative spectrum. What is your response to the criticism from those ones, why do you think they're attacki [more]
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Friday, January 27
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MyFoxOrlando.com - Lake Mary,FL,USA
He previously worked for US Senator Mel Martinez, first as regional director and later as state director, from 2004 to 2009. Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Florida. He succeeds Timothy Lyons and is appointed for [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Reuters - NY,USA
By Ross Kerber | BOSTON (Reuters) - Senator John Kerry said on Friday he had contacted British officials, hoping to end their quest to subpoena confidential interviews of Irish Republican Army (IRA) veterans kept under seal at Boston College in ... [more]
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Friday, January 27
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The Conventional Wisdom Takes A Beating
Gingrich fails in his attempt to use Wolf Blitzer as the kind of tackle dummy he made out of CNN colleague John King in South Carolina, while 1996 candidate Bob Dole is joined by Tom Delay, Ann Coulter, Elliott Abrams and other Conservatives in a Mat [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Fox News (blog)
During which the Former Speaker was asked about the recent Ann Coulter and Tom Delay criticisms. He dismissed them as “the old order,” and specifically cited Coulter has having been “all over the map.” The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intoleran [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Lobbying World
The Hill (blog) Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is sharply criticizing Spirit Airlines for its response to new price advertising rules from the Department of Transportation. Spirit, a discount airline based in Florida, has protested DOT's requirement that a [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel (blog) “The next election is the most important in decades,” said former US Senator Mel Martinez. “Whether we replace President Obama with a true conservative will have ramifications perhaps for generations. Mitt Romney's strategy fo [more]
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Friday, January 27
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San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA
It's a safe Republican district, part of a redistricting strategy devised by felon Tom DeLay. Conaway's best accomplishment has been to maintain the foundation laid by his predecessor, Charlie Stenholm, a Democrat. Based on his record, Conaway could [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Healthcare IT News - New Gloucester,ME,USA
WASHINGTON – A think tank with a healthcare task force chaired by former Senators Tom Daschle, a Democrat, and Bill Frist, MD, a Republican, is advocating for improved and better-used health information technology. Among the group's recommendations i [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Journal of Commerce - Newark,NJ,USA
Barbara Boxer on Thursday urged the House to pass a surface transportation bill that has bipartisan support, so that controversial items, such as expanded domestic energy production, don't prevent the bill from passage this year. [more]
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Friday, January 27
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Politico - Washington,DC,USA
Politico He didn't bash it but directed all the kind words toward Senate Environment and Public Works chief Barbara Boxer. When MT asked him to clarify his Wednesday remark that Congress might not get a bill done, LaHood was more upbeat: “Hallelujah! [more]
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