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McCain: Obama's got mind-set :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (U.S., 23 articles)
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Former Vice President Al Gore made his debut appearance in the presidential campaign here Monday evening, offering a vigorous endorsement of Senator Barack Obama and urging Democrats to keep in mind the consequences of not taking the general election with grave seriousness. Sen. Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain and claiming his Republican rival has been getting a "pass" from the media. WASHNGTON - Barack Obama's campaign named new senior advisers on Monday, including former Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle as chief of staff to the presidential candidate's yet-to-be-chosen running mate. As the two main candidates for the US presidency - John McCain and Barack Obama - kick off their campaigns in earnest, pollster John Zogby takes a look at the key battlegrounds. Sen. Barack Obama hit back at Sen. John McCain's recent attempts to court women voters who flocked to Sen. Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid in droves. WASHINGTON - This year's campaign for president has provided an extended test of attitudes toward race and gender, two powerful and volatile forces in politics.
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Sense of Calm as Gay Couples Wed in California (U.S., 17 articles)
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In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage, based on a ruling of its highest court interpreting the state's Constitution. At least five county clerks around the state extended their hours to issue marriage licenses, and many same-sex couples got married on the spot. Many more are expected to follow in the footsteps of one of California's most iconic same-sex couples and apply for marriage licenses and exchange vows today the first day gay and lesbian marriages will be legal throughout the state.
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Oil reaches record, retreats on Saudi vow (U.S., 9 articles)
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Barring pinpoint spikes caused by specific events, such as the first Gulf War, the general public tends to overlook oil while fixating on the likes of the stock market, real estate, technology, commerce and even the Internet. WASHINGTON Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming. NEW YORK - Crude oil futures swung wildly on Monday, rising to a record and then tumbling as investors wrestled with whether they should put stock in Saudi Arabia's promise to boost production.
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New York Post (U.S., 16 articles)
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BAM 'S LAND OF LOSERS HIS PATHETIC ADVICE TO GRADS May 30, 2008 - FOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors. NUMBERS GAME THE ODDS FAVOR BARACK June 12, 2008 - PRESIDENTIAL politics, like football, chess and other rule-bound competitions, is simple in objective but complex in execution. FEMALE SWINGERS MCCAIN TEMPTS HILLARY VOTERS June 9, 2008 - WHAT do women want? That may end up the overriding question for the rest of this campaign.
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Post Politics Hour (U.S., 9 articles)
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Washington Post White House reporter Peter Baker was online Friday, Dec. 15, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest political news and The Post's coverage of politics. Get the latest campaign news live on s The Trail, or subscribe to the daily Post Politics Podcast. His books include "Democracy Derailed: The Initiative Movement & the Power of Money" Behind the Front Page: A Candid Look at How the News Is Made "and" The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point ": For a Neighbor, a Worrisome Drama in Pakistan (Post, Nov. 8) The transcript follows.
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Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley's Leadership (U.S., 19 articles)
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Although the focus has largely been on Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Gates ordered the naval hospital be included in the review to fully gauge treatment in the Washington region. A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic missteps and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the news media. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Army hospital in Northwest Washington, Gates also warned that senior military leaders could be disciplined based on the findings of the review group.
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'Press' host Tim Russert dies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Obituaries (U.S., 19 articles)
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Tim Russert, who rose from a blue-collar background in upstate New York to become one of the most famous faces in political journalism, died today of a massive heart attack after collapsing at the network's Washington Bureau. The NBC news personality's surprise death was announced by the network at about 2:40 p.m., prompting an outpouring of tributes from colleagues and competitors alike. In that sense, his case was sadly typical: more than 50 percent of all men who die of coronary heart disease have no previous symptoms, the American Heart Association says.
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Inflation warning after fuel deal (U.S., 9 articles)
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The business secretary has issued a warning about inflationary pay rises after tanker drivers working for Shell settled a pay dispute with employers. A Devon petrol station which charged $1.99 a litre for petrol has dropped its prices after coming under fire for cashing in on fuel shortages. Nearly 600 petrol stations in Devon and Cornwall ran out of supplies on the final day of a four-day industrial dispute by tanker drivers over pay.
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Landlords and Tenants Speak Out at Hearing on Proposed Rent Increases (U.S., 6 articles)
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Seven score and eight years ago, when he was stumping for the Republican presidential nomination, Abraham Lincoln wowed the crowd in the Great Hall at Cooper Union in the East Village. The speaker was Marvin Markus which regulates the rents for the city's one million rent-stabilized apartments. Q: You have mentioned that the burden is on renters to prove that any apartment damage found on move-out is not their responsibility, but that seems like backward logic.
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Mississippi River breaks through Illinois River levee (U.S., 9 articles)
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GULFPORT, Ill. (AP) The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved south into Illinois and Missouri. But even as the water jeopardized scores of additional homes and businesses, officials said the damage could have been worse if the federal government had not taken steps to clear flood-prone land after historic floods in 1993. GLADSTONE, Illinois (CNN) Residents of this small town in Illinois, like many others who live along the banks of the surging Mississippi River, raced against the clock Tuesday to erect a makeshift levee as rising floodwaters threatened
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Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police... (U.S., 9 articles)
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Shooting Two men were walking in the 2400 block of E. Monument St. about 10 p.m. Tuesday when someone fired shots, hitting one man in the left leg and grazing the other in the head. Shootings Two adult males were shot about 4:45 p.m. yesterday in the 400 block of N. Bouldin S the Ellwood Park/Monument neighborhood One man was shot in the chest and was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Robbery/arrests Three teenage boys were arrested late Saturday in connection with the armed robbery of a man, 64, in the 2900 block of Hargrove Alley less than 10 minutes earlier.
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David Davis to officially resign (U.S., 5 articles)
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A s MPs debated a new law that critics said curbed fundamental British freedoms, a riot erupted outside the House of Commons. Police with batons were pelted with bottles, sticks and firecrackers by demonstrators who were angry that the government was forcing through its plans despite prolonged and trenchant opposition. Those protests took place not last week - as the Labour government narrowly won Commons backing for plans to detain terrorism suspects for 42 days without charge - but almost 15 years ago.
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Health Care by the numbers :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (U.S., 8 articles)
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Healthy kids: Start summer by getting kids covered 300 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Goal for June 21 is to sign up 1,000 children for state's low-cost health insurance. A kid with a cold or other routine health concern shouldn't have to go to a hospital emergency room for care. Three hundred volunteers are needed that day to help enroll the kids in the program, which provides health coverage to uninsured children at reduced cost.
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B.C. Premier says NDP plan to 'axe the tax' is playing politics (U.S., 4 articles)
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B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell called the NDP campaign to "axe the tax which leader Carol James announced earlier Tuesday," disingenuous. Campbell said James' remarks show her party does not have a plan to deal with climate change, " There is a whole lot of confusion from the NDP. (CBC) Starting July 1, the province will introduce a 2.4-cents-a-litre tax on gasoline, based on a $10-per-tonne tax on greenhouse gas emissions.
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England rugby players face police investigation (U.S., 4 articles)
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The incident allegedly took place in a private room at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland in the early hours of Sunday morning after the defeat to the All Blacks on Saturday night. No formal complaint had been made and that unless someone was able to corroborate the allegation, it could "end up going nowhere". New Zealand police are investigating a "serious allegation" against up to four England rugby players after an alleged incident in a hotel room.
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Redskins' Run Brings Joy to Taylor's Father (U.S., 11 articles)
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Judge Dennis J. Murphy chastised attorney Michael Hornung, who represents Hunte, for statements about the case made to reporters Thursday and threatened to place a gag order on attorneys if the disclosures did not cease. Taylor died Nov. 27, a day after the defendants allegedly broke into his Miami home in what police have described as an attempted burglary. Taylor's relative, who asked not to be named, said family members were briefed by a detective in the case early Friday.
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Landis Attorneys Question Lab's Methods at Hearing (U.S., 6 articles)
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Attorneys for Floyd Landis began trying to paint a picture yesterday of incompetence at the French laboratory where the cyclist's urine was tested. While Floyd Landis s former manager prepared to enter rehab yesterday, a witness for Landis testified he had grave concerns about the evidence being used to prove the Tour de France champion's positive doping test. Landis contends poor testing methods are responsible for unreliable results that call into question the validity of the positive test from last year's Tour.
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First-hand views from university (U.S., 4 articles)
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A student was so concerned about the low standards of English of fellow students on a postgraduate course that he walked out, writing off thousands of pounds that he had borrowed. Stuart Hill found himself to be the only native English-speaking student out of 27 people on an MSc course in economics and finance at the University of Southampton. Bitterly disappointing There were students who " could not even converse in basic English, let alone work at a masters degree level he says.
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New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise Against Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancers (U.S., 9 articles)
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It sounds counterintuitive, but people with a family history of colorectal cancer actually have a lower chance of cancer recurrence or death than people who don't, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. Of more than 1,000 advanced-stage cancer patients who were studied, those who had at least one parent or sibling with colon cancer were 28 percent less likely to die or have the cancer return after treatment, researchers found. Major strides made against cancer could be undone by the last five years of flat federal funding for cancer research, leading scientists say.
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Massachusetts Property Taxes (U.S., 4 articles)
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Voters in Canton have approved a $4.5 million tax override, the town's second override in the 28 years the state's Proposition 2 1/2 tax-limiting law has been in place. Even during difficult financial times, the people of Canton absorbed the information and made the decision to invest in their community said Bob Burr The complaint centered on an e-mail sent by the principal, using the school's system, urging parents to vote in April's election and support the Proposition 2 1/2 override on the ballot.
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InBev’s attempt to allay bid fears fall flat (U.S., 4 articles)
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The $14.95 Hottie, a microwave heat pack sold as a safer alternative to a hot-water bottle, caught fire in pensioner's bed. Banana group Chiquita said that the price of the fruit rose by 36 per cent last month against the same period a year ago. Mr Brito, who requested the meeting with Ms McCaskill as part of his campaign to win support in Washington for the proposed takeover, countered the criticism by pointing to InBev's plan to unleash the Anheuser brand on the world.
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CDC: Tomatoes eyed in salmonella cases in Illinois :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (U.S., 8 articles)
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A 28-STATE outbreak of salmonella poisoning caused by raw tomatoes has exposed once again the inability of the US Food and Drug Administration to protect the public from contaminated food, adulterated medicines, and defective medical devices. ATLANTA An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S health officials said Tuesday. (Toby Talbot/Associated Press) One part of Mexico - Baja California - has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials say has now sickened 277 people.
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Johnson in rethink on topping up NHS care (U.S., 4 articles)
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Alan Johnson announced a review of the rule that patients who want to pay privately for drugs are not allowed to have them administered as part of an NHS course of treatment. Mr Johnson denied that this presaged a change in policy but it reflects a growing conviction among ministers that the Government's policy would be shredded in any court hearing. At the weekend Nigel Edwards a respected commentator on the NHS, called the Government's position unsustainable.
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Horse racing is beauty, tragedy - (U.S., 8 articles)
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The Thoroughbred Safety Committee recommended Tuesday that steroids and toe grabs be banned and that new rules be implemented on the use of whips. Questions about breeding, medication, synthetic surfaces versus dirt and other safety issues have dogged the industry for some time, and a congressional panel has asked key players in the sport to testify this week about its direction. Arkansas, Michigan and Nebraska said their organizations don't track fatalities, and only one of Florida's three main thoroughbred tracks provided numbers.
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Latest Honda Runs on Hydrogen, Not Petroleum (U.S., 7 articles)
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LONDON - With oil prices near $140 a barrel, motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving their cars. In the meantime, car and parts makers, oil companies and even electricity generators are left guessing which way motorists will turn and what technology will win. A new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Honda production line in Japan on Monday and is headed to southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.
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News for Dallas, Texas (U.S., 6 articles)
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The dream scenario for someone selling his or her home is a long line of prospective buyers shouting at the top of their lungs in a protracted bidding war for the home. Though there are other avenues available, experts consider it critical that someone interested in selling a home locate a Realtor to make sure the matter runs smoothly. Here are some possible complications to closing: A contract almost always depends on the ability of the buyer to obtain a loan, which is another reason most sellers prefer a buyer who already has obtained a preapproval letter from a lender.
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St. Sabina parishioners, cardinal meet :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Religion (U.S., 5 articles)
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Rev. Pfleger to return to St. Sabina with no restrictions 'He'll be back at St. Sabina, but he has to stay out of presidential politics. The South Side parish of St. Sabina exploded with shouts of joy and a standing ovation Sunday morning at the news firebrand Catholic pastor Rev. Michael Pfleger would be returning June 16. Cardinal Francis George temporarily removed the outspoken priest from his parish last week following comments Pfleger made about then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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Fire Officials: Swamp fire only 20% contained (U.S., 5 articles)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. Milder-than-expected weather on Saturday gave fire crews hope that they could rein in a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate. Thousands of people stayed away from their homes in the Butte County town of Paradise, but some were allowed to return Saturday to assess damage. The remaining 50 families forced to flee their homes over the weekend by a huge forest fire east of Halifax were allowed to return home Monday afternoon.
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New York City Council Bans Bottled Water From Its Offices and Events (U.S., 5 articles)
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With a day's worth of bottled water - the recommended 64 ounces - costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year depending on the brand, more people are opting to slurp water that comes straight from the sink. The lousy economy may be accomplishing what environmentalists have been trying to do for years - wean people off the disposable plastic bottles of water that were sold as stylish, portable, healthier and safer than water from the tap. Heather Kennedy an office administrator from Austin, Texas, said she used to drink a lot of bottled water but now tries to drink exclusively tap water.
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Justice system 'needs to change' (U.S., 4 articles)
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Major changes are needed to restore public confidence in the criminal justice system in England and Wales, a year-long review has concluded. A panel of criminal justice experts is calling for the government to back a network of young offender "academies" to try to stop re-offending. Until just recently, the courts that process arrested children were closed on weekends, making it necessary for children taken into custody to be detained for 48 hours or even longer before seeing a judge.
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Older psychiatric drugs could be fatal for seniors: FDA (U.S., 4 articles)
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Doctors are regularly prescribing two powerful psychiatric drugs to elderly dementia patients despite a safety warning in 2004, the BBC has found. File On 4 commissioned research company Medix to question a group of GPs in the UK about their prescribing habits. Prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday.
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Texas officials fear polygamist sect might flee :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (U.S., 4 articles)
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AUSTIN, Texas Child welfare authorities are warning that members of a polygamist sect could flee Texas jurisdiction now that a court has found the state's removal of their children was improper. Texas Child Protective Services lawyers argued Tuesday that if the custody orders are rescinded, parents could take the children out of the state and " no Texas court would have any authority to enter any orders to protect these children. An appeals court ruled last week that the state failed to show that the youngsters were in any immediate danger, the only grounds under Texas law for taking children from their parents without court action.
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Bill Promotes Universal College Loans (U.S., 4 articles)
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Responding to reports that some lenders have stopped offering federal loans at community and other colleges, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday to prohibit lenders from picking and choosing among institutions. Senators Patty Murray and Christopher J. Dodd introduced the proposal after an article in The New York Times identified several lenders that had stopped offering federally guaranteed loans at community colleges and some four-year institutions. " Lenders offering loans backed by taxpayer dollars shouldn't be able to discriminate against certain schools or students Ms. Murray said in a statement.
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ABC News: AS SEEN ON TV: Managing Debt and Reporting Credit Card Fraud (U.S., 4 articles)
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John LaPerch of New Milford, Conn., pours through the half dozen unpaid credit card bills $78,000 of debt that keep him up at night. LaPerch is like the millions of Americans who, at the height of the housing boom, watched the value of their homes go up, along with the number of sweet deals arriving in his mailbox. Travis Plunkett explained, " In many cases, consumers didn't simply use home loans to pay down their credit card debt.
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Countrywide revelations muddle housing rescue (U.S., 4 articles)
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The package, which also includes tighter regulation for government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and an array of tax breaks, could come to a Senate vote this week and stands a good chance of drawing substantial bipartisan support. Rep. Barney Frank the Financial Services Committee chairman in the House, called the emerging package "a very good basis for some negotiations" but said there "are still a couple of important points" of disagreement. J. DODD, the Connecticut Democrat who spent months on the presidential campaign trail earlier this year, may be forgiven for getting a little exasperated when people welcome him back to Washington.
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Indictment: Broadcom ex-CEO built drug warehouse :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (U.S., 4 articles)
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Henry T. Nicholas III pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges. One indictment details what authorities claim was one of the largest stock-option backdating cases in United States history while Mr. Nicholas led the company. A pair of indictments unsealed Thursday charge the 48-year-old with conspiracy and securities fraud in an alleged scheme to backdate stock options that ultimately forced Broadcom to write down $2.2 billion in profits last year.
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Paterson Has More Surgery on His Left Eye (U.S., 4 articles)
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By BRENDAN SCOTT June 17, 2008 ALBANY - Paterson administration officials huddled with lawmakers yesterday, scrambling to craft legislation to block the release of hundreds of killers, robbers and thugs who have been improperly sentenced. The state is currently detaining the violent felons - and monitoring thousands more on parole - in violation of an April ruling by the state's highest court. Paterson's relatively brief inaugural speech was light on specifics - understandably, perhaps, given the events of the previous week.
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Daley to Kennedy: Keep fighting brain tumor :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 4 articles)
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday at Duke University Medical Center, a day after undergoing risky surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his brain tumor and give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work. The 76-year-old senator was expected to stay at the North Carolina facility for about a week before returning home to Massachusetts for further treatment. The sole surviving son of America's most glamorous and tragic political family was diagnosed last month with a malignant glioma, an often lethal type of brain tumor discovered in about 9,000 Americans a year.
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Tributes to children found dead (U.S., 4 articles)
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The mother of two children gassed to death by their father says they were "beautiful little angels" and "a reason for living". Two children and their father found dead in a car in an isolated beauty spot died from carbon monoxide poisoning, police have confirmed. Brian Philcox is thought to have taken his children to the beauty spot in the Conwy Valley and gassed them.
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Kidman to help Australian tourism (U.S., 4 articles)
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Australia is hoping to boost tourism by launching a campaign on the back of Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman's new film, which is set in the Outback. X-Men star Hugh Jackman will co-star in the movie, titled Australia, which is set on the eve of World War II. The movie's release in November would offer the tourism industry "one of its greatest promotional opportunities in many years", he added.
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Authorities Say Hedge Fund Manager Is on the Run (U.S., 4 articles)
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Former hedge fund manager Sam Israel III, who authorities believe staged his death last week by abandoning his car near a bridge over the Hudson River, is considered the latest member of the fraternity of fugitive financiers. Mr. Israel's 2006 GMC Envoy was found abandoned on the Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson River on June 9 with "suicide is painless" written in the dust on its hood. Mr. Israel pleaded guilty in September 2005 to charges of conspiracy and fraud after squandering millions of dollars and producing fake audits of the hedge fund's performance to hide losses.
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Prosecutor: Entwistle checked sex website after slayings (U.S., 4 articles)
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The jury at the trial of a British man accused of the murder in the US of his wife and baby has been shown his daughter's blood-stained clothes. Neil Entwistle from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, denies murdering his American wife Rachel and Lillian. The court has heard that Mr Entwistle's DNA was found on the grip of the.22 Colt revolver used to kill his wife and daughter.
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Surgeon general seeks plan to prevent premature births (U.S., 4 articles)
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In a collision of science and demographics, Massachusetts has emerged as the nation's most prolific producer of twins, triplets, and other multiple births. One in eight babies - well over half a million a year - are born premature, a toll that has risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping. The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries plans this week to begin testing shellfish harvested from federal waters that may have been affected by red tide.
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Parked cars hog the road, bicycle riders complain (U.S., 4 articles)
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The usually half-full rack at Variety/E Channel Meridian Club building on Wilshire was packed, forcing Peggy Archer of LAist to tie her bike at a meter. Yokohama, Japan, got a free concert powered by volunteers pedaling on refurbished bicycles from nonprofit "ARCHSHIP" The man drove up to a Stanwood home Monday and threatened a man with a baseball bat, saying, $ Were going to settle this, according to court documents filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.
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