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11:37:13 PM How Daniel Snyder Can Immediately Improve the Redskins: Joe Gibbs
Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA

He has hired Bruce Allen as GM, son of the beloved former Redskins coach George Allen, who made it cool for Jim Zorn to strike up the 'Hip-Hip-Hooray' chant ... [more]

11:35:43 PM Browns new president Mike Holmgren will take a "little time'' to make
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

Plain Dealer Browns new president Mike Holmgren said Monday on a conference call that he hasn't yet made a decision on Eric Mangini's future and that he'll do so .... [more]

11:25:31 PM Questions about the Flight 253 attack, and what to do about Yemen, may
Salon - USA

Salon Clearly, if Mary Matalin can claim President Bush "inherited" 9/11 from the Clinton administration, Democrats should be able to blame Bush for the actions ... [more]

11:15:05 PM Illegal Immigration Fuels Spike in Prosecutions
Sphere

1 with 46.5 percent of the cases, followed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with 12 percent and the Drug Enforcement Administration with 9.5 percent, ... [more]

11:03:06 PM Teresa Heinz Kerry Treated For Breast Cancer
About - News & Issues (blog)

While John Kerry and John Edwards ran for office, Elizabeth discovered a lump in her breast and was eventually treated for metastatic breast cancer. .... [more]

10:44:20 PM White House Web Site Does Not Address Failed Terror Attack
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA

The White House press office told CNSNews.com at 4:30 pm EST that it was preparing to post the president's remarks from Hawaii as soon as possible. [more]

10:25:15 PM President Obama Says His Administration 'Will Not Rest' After Terror Attack
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

Breaking his silence on the attempted attack on Flight 253, President Barack Obama struck a tone of reassurance and vigilance, vowing that his .... [more]

10:24:01 PM Immigration Bill Could Change Virginia Policy
NBC Washington - Washington,DC,USA

By MICHELLE TETU An immigration reform bill introduced in the US House of Representatives could end a controversial immigration enforcement program used in ... [more]

10:16:31 PM Obama's choice of Janet Neopolitano is questioned
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

In late 2004 Kerik declined President Bush's offer stating that he had hired an illegal immigrant as a nanny. Kerik's legal problems were much worse than ... [more]

9:36:08 PM A White House intervention for bickering leaders of US intelligence
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By Greg Miller Reporting from Washington - The White House this month issued a classified order to resolve mounting frictions between the nation's ... [more]

9:26:38 PM Births, international immigration key to Iowa's slow population growth
Iowa Independent - Des Moines,IA,USA

By Lynda Waddington 12/28/09 2:33 PM From July 2008 to July 2009 Iowa's population increased by only 13869 residents, most of them newly born Iowans or ... [more]

9:18:42 PM Many Western nations have also taken stands against Iran's crackdown on ...
Voice of America

US President Barack Obama says the United States joins the international community in condemning "the violent and unjust" suppression of Iran's citizens. ... [more]

9:02:56 PM Ex-Bush Official: Privacy Campaigners Have Fought Explosive Detection
CBS News - USA

CBS News (blog) Stewart Baker, the second in command in President Bush's Department of Homeland Security, said the security system which allowed accused attempted plane ... [more]

8:35:28 PM White House:Obama To Detail Immediate Steps To Protect Travelers
NASDAQ - New York,New York,USA

White House spokesman Bill Burton gave reporters a brief preview of Obama's planned comments. "He will detail the two reviews he has ordered on the watch ... [more]

8:33:00 PM In defense of Janet Napolitano
True/Slant

The Secretary, after all, is a former attorney general and governor of Arizona, a border state with its enormous share of immigration problems. .... [more]

8:24:26 PM It's an all-Austin Democratic tiff for lieutenant guv
shooting ...

.... Travis County district attorney best-known for prosecuting on ethics charges such fellow politicians as Jim Mattox, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Tom DeLay. ... [more]

8:16:42 PM President and Michelle Obama dine out in style in Hawaii for the holidays
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Then, the following afternoon, on Christmas Day, President and First Lady Obama were seen visiting the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii. .... [more]

7:55:02 PM A Mass. mother's wish to be buried with son killed in Iraq could alter
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times John Kerry, D-Mass. "The disproportion between what this country owes her and what she is asking is just as large as can be," Frank said. ... [more]

7:32:32 PM Like White House, grow crops year-round with hoop houses, USDA help
Motors ...

You can grow crops such as spinach, lettuce and carrots year-round, as does the White House, with plastic-covered hoop houses . You may even qualify for a ... [more]

7:18:27 PM Cantwell named rising political star for 2010
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Maria Cantwell, Washington's junior senator, has been named a rising political star for next year by The Daily Beast Web site. The Democratic senator from ... [more]

7:11:11 PM The New GOP Talking Point: Bush 'Inherited' 9/11
Air America

Those of us on planet earth know that the 9/11 terror attacks happened eight months after President Bush assumed office and that the 2001 recession ... [more]

6:53:36 PM A Look Back at Nine of 2009's Best Political Flubs, Gaffes and Laughs
ABC News - United States

From Obama's Oath of Office to Tom DeLay's Texas Two-Step on 'Dancing with the Stars'. By NITYA VENKATARAMAN Call them flubs, gaffes or simply nine of .... [more]

6:50:48 PM Marco Rubio surprises observers in Florida senate race
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

.... Crist is being seriously challenged in the state's primary for a senate seat vacated earlier this year by Mel Martinez, who retired after two terms. ... [more]

6:29:08 PM Obama vs. Bush on natl. security
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

But this Washington Post article, in particular, has drawn our interest: on the difference between President Obama's response and George W. Bush's. ... [more]

6:22:47 PM Caymans woos investors with immigration incentives
Reuters - NY,USA

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - The Cayman Islands are promising immigration incentives to keep foreign firms from quitting the Caribbean hedge fund ... [more]

6:18:56 PM Quick Fact: On CNN, Matalin falsely claims "Bush inherited" 9-11 attacks
and ...

Media Matters for America Perino previously stated that "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term." Matalin's claim about the 9-11 attacks ... [more]

6:16:06 PM White House opposes new Jerusalem-area construction
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House called on Monday for Israel to halt construction of new homes for Jews in East Jerusalem and urged Israel and the ... [more]

6:15:21 PM Taxpayer Robbery Gate
American Daily

Senator Barbara Boxer is an exception. She is ignoring the obvious and doing her best to divert attention from the scandal, circle the alarmist wagons, ... [more]

5:58:49 PM Poll: Webb-Allen Rematch In 2012 Would Be Close
TPMDC - USA

George Allen (R-VA) could still be a viable political name in Virginia, according to newly-released (albeit months old) polling data from Public Policy ... [more]

5:53:58 PM New Senate Climate Bill Would Send You a Monthly Check
Energy Collective

John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham announced a possible breakthrough in a Senate climate bill and right before everyone's ... [more]

5:31:49 PM Brazilian Airline TAM Linhas Aereas Taps Barroso As President
Wall Street Journal - USA

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aereas has confirmed Libano Miranda Barroso as president, TAM said in a statement Monday. ... [more]

5:28:12 PM Catholics set sights on immigration reform
Catholic Courier - Rochester,NY,USA

"The anticipation is immigration reform will be a hot topic in 2010," said Earl Eichelberger, director of human services for the New York State Catholic ... [more]

4:41:39 PM Florida's Econony Tops Tiger For "Story Of 2009"
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA

.... the announcement by US Senator Mel Martinez that he would not run for a second term, the state's population decline (the first time since World War II) ... [more]

4:27:34 PM Pentagon limits law's pledge to its wounded veterans
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA

But less than a year after President Bush signed the bill, the Defense Department interpreted the law in a way that reduced its scope and denied many ... [more]

4:25:01 PM House Resignations Compound Democrats' Troubles Ahead of 2010 Election
FOX News - USA

While House Republicans have 12 members stepping down, many to run for higher office, most of them are leaving behind seats in reliably Republican districts ... [more]

4:03:45 PM Senate Democrats urge White House to shelve cap & trade - at least for 2010
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Politico is reporting that some of the more moderate Democratic senators are asking the White House to drop the cap-and-trade legislation. .... [more]

3:18:41 PM GOP accuses White House of 'stonewalling' terror attempt inquiries
Lobbying World

The top Republicans on the House Homeland Security and Intelligence committees blasted the White House's response to a Nigerian man's attempt to bomb a ... [more]

3:09:38 PM Josipovic leads Croatia president voting
United Press International

Josipovic, who leads the opposition Social Democrat party, took 32.4 percent of the vote Sunday, the most of 12 candidates, making him the favorite in next ... [more]

2:59:27 PM Kerry's possible trip to Iran would be a boon to the regime
American Thinker - Berkeley,AZ,USA

The Wall Street Journal Reported the other day that Senator John Kerry was seeking permission from the Obama Administration to head to Tehran, ... [more]

2:45:38 PM US counterterrorism system works, claims Secretary Napolitano
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

"In fact, one of Napolitano's first orders was for ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) agents to stop workplace inspections to arrest illegal workers ... [more]

2:36:01 PM Cheers and Jeers: Monday
Daily Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA

President Bush packs up to leave the White House. Maintenance crews prepare for the arrival of the Obamas by working overtime to remove all the crayon .... [more]

2:22:03 PM Fannie and Freddie's End Run
FOXBusiness (blog)

With that move, ignored in the holiday rush, the White House deftly avoids a nasty, negative headline criticizing the two biggest basket cases in the .... [more]

1:56:37 PM China urges Hong Kong to heed democracy challenge
Reuters - NY,USA

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday called on Hong Kong to handle political reform effectively, just as opposition democrats in the ... [more]

1:46:07 PM Top 10 parents of the decade (notorious and otherwise)
Raleigh News - Raleigh,NC,USA

In October of 2001, President Bush began the war in Afghanistan. In March of 2003, he launched the second Iraq War. In this decade defined by terrorist ... [more]

1:15:52 PM Immigration numbers rise
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA

The announcement was made Sunday by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver. ... [more]

1:10:10 PM Blast in Pakistan...White House: airline security works...Suspect on UK
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

9&10 News KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say a bomb blast has struck a major Shiite Muslim procession in country's largest city. ... [more]

1:08:43 PM Tennessee Commerce President To Succeed Retiring CEO
Wall Street Journal - USA

By TESS STYNES Tennessee Commerce Bancorp Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Arthur Helf will retire Thursday and be succeeded by cofounder Michael Sapp, ... [more]

1:00:44 PM Texas prosecutor who brought down Tom DeLay to run for lieutenant governor
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Earle drew national attention in 2005 after filing campaign finance fraud charges against former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugar Land. [more]

12:08:04 PM Weak economy, high unemployment Fla.'s top story
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

Mel Martinez resigned in September, saying his only reason was a "desire to move on." Crist appointed his former top aide, George LeMieux, to finish out the ... [more]

12:06:13 PM ANTI-IMMIGRATION EFFORTS EQUAL PRO-SURVIVAL FOR OUR CIVILIZATION
NewsWithViews.com - Merlin,OR,USA

projections showing the impact of various immigration policies on America's population: “… a greater number of migrants arriving in the United States will ... [more]

12:03:05 PM China's Wen Tells Hong Kong Leader to Solve 'Contradictions'
Bloomberg

“When Chinese leaders openly say 'You have to do better with these things,' it's certainly a criticism,” Joseph Cheng, a politics professor at City ... [more]

12:01:31 PM "Reality must take precedence over public
Democratic Underground

.... that Al Gore claimed to have invented the internet, and that John Kerry's war record was fraudulent, is now convincing an increasing number of our ... [more]

11:38:28 AM Is Couric Right About Our Angry, 'Disrespectful' Nation?
FOX News - USA

So Tim, I'm wondering whatever happened to dissent is the highest form of patriotism, which we heard for eight years when President Bush was in office? ... [more]

11:12:44 AM POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Memo reinterprets health reform polls
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, listens as Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y., right, drives home a point while answering ... [more]

10:54:32 AM White House condemns 'suppression' in Iran
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House on Sunday strongly condemned "violent and unjust suppression" of civilians in Iran, following a fierce government ... [more]

10:51:54 AM Did Immigration Protests Burst the Housing Bubble?
The Procter & Gamble Company F4Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings ...

I was curious to see what happened at the peak of the housing market and it seems to have coincided with many of the immigration reform protests in the .... [more]

10:39:57 AM Decade in review State's news wasn't all serious
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By RICHARD DUNHAM Adam Larkey AP Tom DeLay cutting a rug on Dancing with the Stars left many of us scratching our heads. 1 First, kill all the lawyers. ... [more]

8:57:09 AM The Reviews
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced today that President Barack Obama has asked for two reviews, to figure out first, which agencies knew what about the ... [more]

8:53:18 AM Pelosi's immigration dodge
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

Two years ago, when Congress last debated immigration reform, it was hard to tell whether the Democrats who controlled the institution were looking for a ... [more]

8:07:34 AM White House Taps Cyber Security Czar
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Right before Christmas, the White House tapped Microsoft's long-ago chief security officer, the CEO of the non-profit Information Security Forum Howard ... [more]

8:04:24 AM Percy Sutton, Harlem Political Pioneer, Dies at 89
ABC News - United States

The consummate politician, Sutton served in the New York State Assembly before taking over as Manhattan borough president in 1966, becoming the ... [more]

7:54:40 AM Court to consider case of man who faces deportation
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,Nebraska,USA

Ramez "Ray" Merheb, 23, is asking the Nebraska Court of Appeals to set aside his guilty plea, saying he entered it relying on an immigration attorney's ... [more]

7:25:42 AM Why does INTERPOL need immunity from American law?*
Beaufort Observer - Washington,NC,USA

President Bush in fact went so far as to gain agreement from nations that they would expressly not detain or hand over to the ICC members of the United ... [more]

7:09:39 AM The Cloning of Fannie and Freddie
Wall Street Journal - USA

It is probably cheaper to satisfy political demands than to operate under a set of more onerous regulatory requirements. And with the whole negotiation .... [more]

7:01:08 AM Airline terrorism and White House gate crashing
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Lost in the levity, and the snickering about the bush league behavior of the White House social secretary's operation and the breakdown in Secret Service ... [more]

6:47:35 AM Immigration reform in for a tough fight
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

By Gary Martin - Express-News WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's campaign promise to overhaul immigration laws next year faces an uphill battle in ... [more]

6:09:09 AM Not Another Terror Decade
Forbes - USA

The first President Bush got high marks for his foreign policy (he knew how to bring other countries together despite the chaos of the Soviet Union's .... [more]

5:27:43 AM Capps Statement on the Senate Abortion Compromise
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

I want to thank the Senators, especially Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA), who worked to maintain a common sense compromise approach to ... [more]

4:40:48 AM Matalin: Bush 'inherited' 9/11 attacks
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA

And President Bush dealt with it. And within a year of his presidency at this comparable time, unemployment was at 5 percent. And we were creating jobs. ... [more]

4:36:52 AM Attack Attempt Spurs Look at Air Security
Wall Street Journal - USA

"Customs and immigration officials find people doing illegal things getting off planes every day," said Philip Baum, who runs Green Light Ltd., ... [more]

4:29:35 AM Bush gets in on the grab
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA

Green Bay — Fourth-year cornerback Jarrett Bush never gave away anything with his attitude. He kept working, kept upbeat, kept smiling. ... [more]

3:25:56 AM China targets political foes after dissident trial
Reuters - NY,USA

In a speech on December 18 to security officials, published only on Monday, Yang singled out perceived threats from political foes of the ruling Communist ... [more]

2:59:19 AM Kerry, Tierney lost credibility by funding unneeded engine
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

But Senator John Kerry succeeded in slipping an appropriation for the engine into the $626 billion military appropriations bill Obama signed last Monday. ... [more]

2:37:29 AM After the Bailouts, Washington's the Boss
Wall Street Journal - USA

To prevent crumbling housing and credit markets from sinking the broad economy, the Bush and Obama administrations and the Federal Reserve spent, .... [more]

2:36:26 AM Jed Babbin: It's always the jihad
Washington Examiner

But President Bush -- who said again and again that we weren't at war with Islam -- didn't answer Erdogan. Bush should have said that by his statement, ... [more]

2:33:43 AM House bill would cut local immigration enforcement program
Washington Examiner

A bill introduced in the House would eliminate an immigration enforcement program used by Prince William and Loudoun counties,but experts say enforcement ... [more]

2:11:23 AM Senate sends controversial Justice, judicial nominees back to White House
Point of Law - New York,NY,USA

Also returned to the White House was the nomination of Edward Chen, a federal magistrate in San Francisco, to serve as US District Court Judge for the ... [more]

1:31:23 AM Falcons give president McKay new 5-year deal
FOXSports.com - USA

Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay has signed a new five-year contract that runs through June 2015. FOXSports.com's Jay Glazer was the first to report the ... [more]

1:22:47 AM Young man's accidental death on a Vermont dairy farm points up
immigration ...

vtdigger.org His immigration status is not a part of the investigation, according to Thomas. Though the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now ... [more]

1:07:29 AM Obama to probe security gaps that allowed terrorism suspect on plane
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Within hours of the White House attempt to calm the public, a new incident Sunday involving another Nigerian on the same daily flight from Amsterdam led to ... [more]

12:14:44 AM Obama defenders try to explain president's absence after failed terrorist
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Times (blog) Interestingly, many outlets like the New York Times highlighted the criticism President Bush received over the amount of time he would spend at his vacation ... [more]



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