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11:40:26 PM Obama "Likely" to Speak About Flight 253
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

White House sources tell ABC News the President will "likely" speak publicly about the alleged attempted terrorist attack on Flight 253 in the next few days ... [more]

11:28:03 PM The Great Christmas Ornament Scandal, Part 2
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The image of Warhol's "Mao" purported to add further evidence to insistent claims that the president is actually the Manchurian candidate — a callous secret ... [more]

10:40:48 PM President Obama shoots some hoops Sunday morning
Hawaii News Now

KAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) - After starting his day with a workout at a gym on Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, President Obama spent about an hour playing basketball ... [more]

10:20:18 PM Ticket Replay: His own White House misspills President Obama's name on ...
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The White House this week released a copy of a new agreement between the United States and Russia on how to re-start the START arms reduction treaty talks ... [more]

10:18:58 PM Janet Napolitano says there's no evidence of a wider terrorist plot
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Michael Cutler, a former federal immigration and customs official, also said the father's complaints should have rung alarm bells. ... [more]

10:18:53 PM Support Airport Officers This Holiday Season
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

But, thanks to former President Bush, transportation security officers have been second-class employees in the federal government for eight years. ... [more]

10:17:36 PM Democrats pose threat to President Obama's cap-and-trade climate Bill
The Times - London,England,UK

.... the Senate Majority Whip, and John Kerry, the Massachusetts Senator who is in the process of drafting a climate change Bill favoured by the White House. ... [more]

9:40:39 PM Wife Of Former Nigerian Military President Dies
Wall Street Journal - USA

By Obafemi Oredein Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES IBADAN, Nigeria (Dow Jones)--Maryam Babangida, 61 years old, wife of Nigeria's former military President Ibrahim ... [more]

9:31:32 PM White House says America on 'Verge' of Health Care Reform
Voice of America

The White House says the American people are on the "verge" of health-care reform. One big hurdle remains before the needed legislation can be signed into ... [more]

9:26:41 PM Immigration Reform Advocates Make Push as Health Care Debate Winds Down
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA

Though there is some skepticism over whether Congress will be willing to take up immigration reform early next year so soon after a tough health care debate ... [more]

8:54:35 PM News Interrupts Obama's Hawaii Vacation
CBS News - USA

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Today marks day three of Barack Obama's first Hawaiian vacation as President of the United States. ... [more]

8:51:02 PM Midday open thread
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA

And President Bush dealt with it and within a year of his presidency within a comparable time, unemployment was at 5 percent. Obama orders a review of watch ... [more]

8:13:20 PM GOP Plays Soft on Terrorism Card Again
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

During the 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry tried to do an impossible political summersault and out Bush Bush on terrorism. ... [more]

8:00:58 PM Investigators Cross Globe Looking for Details on Plane Bombing Suspect
FOX News - USA

The White House said Mutallab ended up on the list after his father, Umaru Mutallab, a well-known banking executive, went to the US consulate office in ... [more]

7:29:54 PM President Obama orders security review after attack on Flight 253 by
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Samuel Goldsmith President Obama orders a review of airport security after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (inset) snuck explosives onto Northwest Flight 253 ... [more]

7:03:02 PM Israel: 16200 Jewish Immigrants Arrived In 2009, First Yearly Increase In
CBS News - USA

CBS News The quasi-governmental Jewish Agency handles immigration to Israel. In a statement, it said in 2008, almost 14000 Jews came to live in Israel. ... [more]

7:02:35 PM White House orders review of “No Fly” list
FOXNews

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the President wants to make sure the lists are kept up to date and are frequently reviewed. ... [more]

6:41:29 PM Homeland Security Jane Napolitano - No Clue About Terrorist Attempt
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA

President Bush kept Americans safe. If Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab had brought down the airliner he was on, the second sentence that says, "But not President ... [more]

6:26:05 PM Senate Dems Push, With Little Resistance, Their Version of Health Overhaul
FOX News - USA

Arlen Specter, a Republican turned Democrat, said the bill could've been better if Republicans had participated in the process. "If some of the Republicans ... [more]

5:41:41 PM Wanted man taken into custody
The Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA

“He's also facing several warrant charges and being held for an immigration hold to be deported.” The Hayward man was wanted for sex crimes, said Hill, ... [more]

5:20:31 PM Let the Kim Regime Collapse
Wall Street Journal - USA

There have been reports of protests and riots, with many North Koreans publicly burning their newly worthless currency—a rare sign of political dissent for ... [more]

4:18:59 PM US Covers Fannie, Freddie Losses During The Holiday Season
My Bank Tracker Bank News

If you were unaware that the White House removed the $200 billion bailout cap on mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until 2012 don't be ... [more]

3:51:31 PM Saginaw exhibit captures the young faces of immigration
MLive.com - MI,USA

... of Bridgeport looks at photographs at the “Becoming American: Teenagers & Immigration” exhibit at the Castle Museum, 500 Federal Ave. in Saginaw. ... [more]

3:46:52 PM The 10 biggest stories of the decade in Tampa Bay
Creative Loafing Tampa - Tampa,FL,USA

... Schiavo became a symbol for the Christian conservative wing of the GOP — including a staffer for then newbie Senator Mel Martinez, who wrote a memo ... [more]

3:16:09 PM Gibbs: Senate Health Bill Closer to Obama's Goal on Abortion Funding Issue
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

I asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs off-camera after our interview this morning on "This Week" which health reform bill comes closer to ... [more]

3:05:39 PM Percy Sutton, civil rights activist, attorney and NY political figure dies
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com Jesse Jackson, lawyer for Malcolm X and prominent figure in New York politics and a fixture in the Harlem community, Percy Sutton died late last night at ... [more]

2:31:41 PM ICE official has been on both sides of immigration fence
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,Nebraska,USA

Jerry Heinauer, director of the Nebraska Service Center for US Citizenship and Immigration Services, will retire at the end of December. ... [more]

2:18:34 PM The White House's Never-Ending Chutzpah
Yeshiva World News

In an act that can be described as nothing short of chutzpah, America has called on Israel to “explain” the elimination of three terrorists responsible for ... [more]

12:17:35 PM Teresa Heinz undergoes surgery for breast cancer
Food Consumer - Manitowoc,WI,USA

John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, underwent lumpectomies on both breasts at Massachusetts General Hospital in early October after she ... [more]

12:12:39 PM They still don't love us
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Chávez's first supernatural sighting came at the United Nations in 2006, when the Venezuelan leader took the podium after President Bush gave a speech and ... [more]

11:55:47 AM As America faces a tough holiday season, the President hit's the beach.
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

With a fallen economy, a terrorist attack, and a bleak Christmas with job loss ratings soaring throughout the country, its no wonder President Obama took a ... [more]

11:43:32 AM The 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA

Still, with Mel Martinez is gone, the 67-year-old Nelson is our only hometown senator. 15. Harris Rosen, hotelier. (17 t h ) This homegrown success story ... [more]

10:56:51 AM Health reform bill delivers on a key promise of President Obama
The Gloucester County Times - Woodbury,NJ,USA

The Senate bill also establishes a commission that would have considerable power to promote cost reductions, even in the face of political pressure from ... [more]

10:19:18 AM Statement on Appointment of White House Cybersecurity Coordinator
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

“The President's appointment of Howard Schmidt as Cybersecurity Coordinator is wise and much needed. Cybersecurity is a vitally important aspect of our ... [more]

9:41:38 AM Buckle your seat belt for 2010: From Albany to Washington, expect tough
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News National Democratic leaders, including President Obama's political staff, are worried about losing control of the House of Representatives, and with good ... [more]

9:14:12 AM Decade in review: Fake news, political comedy sketches gained real clout
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

FILE 2004/The Associated Press John Kerry sat down with Jon Stewart for his first national television interview to refute charges that he overstated his war ... [more]

9:11:43 AM Terrorists belong in the US courts
TheDay - New London,CT,USA

As the CIA warned former President Bush before he spoke, that "intelligence" came from a known pathological liar seeking American citizenship. ... [more]

9:09:00 AM Bomb plot complicates Gitmo plan
The Free Lance-Star

The White House had no comment on how Abdulmutallab's history might impact future prisoner releases or official dealings with Yemen. ... [more]

9:07:23 AM Unlicensed driver arrested
Contra Costa Sun - Orinda,CA,USA

Police searched Grado, and the driver, George Allen Breuss, of Willows. Police later found a glass marijuana pipe and fresh pot in the left front pocket of ... [more]

8:51:43 AM Obamas enjoy private, secure Hawaii vacation
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Alex Brandon, AP By Michael Tsai, The Honolulu Advertiser While President Obama has kept a decidedly low profile during his Hawaii vacation, his security ... [more]

8:44:57 AM Silver Lake man released from immigration detention
Arlington Herald - Arlington,WA,USA

It upheld a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals in Virginia saying Eman did not establish a clear probability that he would be persecuted if he ... [more]

8:08:27 AM A Democrat's defection to the GOP: What does it really mean?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Those constituents get their say in November, Obama's first midterm election, when history suggests the White House party loses seats in Congress (except ... [more]

7:47:09 AM Create a reasonable resolution
Daily Comet - Thibodaux,LA,USA

Neither President Obama nor former President Bush have been able to solve all the world's problems, so keep things in perspective. And anything having to do ... [more]

7:38:24 AM Croats choose 3rd president to lead nation to EU
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Davor Gjenero, a political analyst, said the president "hasn't got the type of political powers to make any serious political damage. ... [more]

7:29:45 AM Bernard Schoenburg: Vigils aim to inform Schock and public
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA

“We are trying to convince Congressman Schock that he should support immigration reform,” said SHELLY HEIDEMAN of Pleasant Plains, as she and others held ... [more]

7:04:36 AM Will Shanahan roam Redskins sideline?
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Clearly, this was back to ``the future is now,'' the late George Allen's motto when he arrived in 1971 and turned the moribund franchise into a consistent ... [more]

6:31:22 AM Hoekstra lashes out at Obama over failed terrorist attack
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA

By Stephen C. Webster Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, is hoping the foiled attack on Northwest Airlines ... [more]

6:14:40 AM A Feast of the Holy Innocents for modern times
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA

US immigration policies and local enforcement agents have targeted many in Western North Carolina, leading to deportations, wrenching many families apart ... [more]

6:09:01 AM Tempo picks up in the political tango over Senate seat from Missouri
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

By STEVE KRASKE and DAVE HELLING The latest electoral tango — the likely pairing of Democrat Robin Carnahan and Republican Roy Blunt in a race for a seat in ... [more]

5:58:35 AM Decade in Review: 2004
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA

By Kathryn Gregory John Kerry visited West Virginia twice in two months during his unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2004. CHARLESTON, W.Va. .... [more]

5:40:39 AM Thunder's Nenad Krstic posts first double-double
NewsOK.com

12/27/2009 Remember George Allen's Over-the-Hill Gang, the Washington Redskins of the early 1970s? Allen's response to criticism that he had too many ... [more]

5:09:02 AM Protesters Rally Outside President Barack Obama's Kailua Vacation Rental
KHON2

Immediately after a briefing with top security aides, President Barack Obama and first-lady Michelle left their Kailua vacation home around 6:30am for day ... [more]

5:05:59 AM White House asks for privacy for first…
Buzz Log - Sunnyvale,CA,USA

“Maybe there will still be a fight. Pacman versus Mayweather and Paulie M on the same ring. …” “Well folks, it's all about obumer, all the time. ... [more]

4:36:48 AM Berry Tramel: Youth hasn't stopped Thunder's progress
NewsOK.com

By Berry Tramel Comments 0 Remember George Allen's Over-the-Hill Gang, the Washington Redskins of the early 1970s? Allen's response to criticism that he had ... [more]

4:36:41 AM Editorial: California will benefit from health reform
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer weren't just standing on the sidelines while the intense health care negotiations were taking place. ... [more]

4:01:34 AM Ticket Replay: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Uncle Teddy Kennedy: 'Rock of
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Los Angeles Times (blog) "He was known to the world as the Lion of the Senate, a champion of social justice, and a political icon," said Schwarzenegger, a well-known Republican in a ... [more]

3:15:31 AM About the Senate's healthcare vote
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

But other experts say that Congress is free to send tax money wherever it wants -- and that Nelson's move was simply been good politics. I'm 55. ... [more]

2:29:26 AM Crime Incidents Database with Map
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA

Both men were charged with resisting arrest without violence and are being held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Deputies were sent to the area ... [more]

1:23:42 AM Immigration reform
Green Valley News - Green Valley,AZ,USA

Unfortunately, until we have serious, comprehensive immigration reform there is no “right way” that works for those seeking family reunification or those ... [more]

1:09:42 AM President receives early morning briefing on air security
Honolulu Advertiser

President Barack Obama this morning convened a secure conference call with Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan and National .... [more]

12:50:51 AM Xmas bomb bid complicates Gitmo plan
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

“I don't think I ever saw that throughout President Bush's time in the White House. I could call directly to the director of the CIA or the [National ... [more]

12:13:46 AM Political protests met with violence
Washington Times

In other unrest, about 50 plainclothes hard-line activists interrupted a speech by the popular former President Mohammad Khatami and beat some in the ... [more]



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