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Friday, September 3, 2010

Senate upset erases Alaska seniority

Joe Miller
By Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart...

Dems accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio gov. candidate

By Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News...

Wary of tea party, Delaware GOP attacks Senate candidate

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog...

Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers

In this July 28, 2010 file photo, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory...

Obama’s campaign manager waits for a call about 2012

By Steven Thomma / McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — David Plouffe’s days of spending time with his family may be nearing an end again. President Barack...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Nancy Pelosi promises veterans ‘a future worthy of their sacrifice

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the American Legion national convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
By Don Walker / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told members of the American Legion...

Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash

Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, right listens to a potential voter at the VFW post in West, Texas, Wednesday.
By Associated Press
McGREGOR, Texas — Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart...

More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Worried about the...

White House defends Obama’s ‘mainstream’ religion

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama is a "committed, mainstream Christian"...

NH GOP Sen candidates debate AZ immigration law

By Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. - A Republican U.S. Senate candidate in New Hampshire is making the immigration debate a central issue of the...

Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system

In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON —Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Obama, Netanyahu condemn killings as talks open

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after delivering a statement outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Opening Mideast talks just after fresh violence, President Barack...

Obama salutes Bush as ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ declared over

MY FELLOW AMERICANS: President Obama delivers a speech on the end of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ from the Oval Office.
By Herald wire services
WASHINGTON - Opposed to the Iraq war from the start, President Obama yesterday formally...
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Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian displayed...

Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?

President Barack Obama, seen from the Rose Garden, delivers a primetime televised address marking the the end of combat mission in Iraq from the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday.
By Associated Press / Fact Check
WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama’s declaration Tuesday of...
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Poll: Charlie Baker closing in on Gov. Deval Patrick

Local Politics
by Laura Crimaldi
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker is surging in the race for the Corner Office,...
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Time to pack it in, Tim Cahill

Howie Carr
by Howie Carr
Deval Patrick cannot win without Tim Cahill. Tim Cahill cannot...

Driver’s death ‘mind-boggling’ tragedy

Peter Gelzinis
by Peter Gelzinis
Domino’s will deliver 7 million pizzas this week. The only...


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