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In an editorial appearing in today’s New York Times, Michigan native and former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney writes Congress should not give the Big 3 a bailout.
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Cheney Faces Prisoner Abuse Charges
A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.
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CONTROVERSY: Michelle’s Best Assets
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From JANELLE JOLLEY at theroot.com:
My erstwhile African-American-studies-minored self would love nothing more than to publish a dissertation on why this piece in Salon, written by Erin Aubry Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times, is destructive, superficial and historically unsound. But what would be the point?
I would say how dare you continue the objectification of a black woman, but mostly what I want to do is scream in outrage. Click here for the full story.
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Perino: Bush Would Extend Unemployment Benefits
With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.
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Bill Clinton: I’ll Do “Whatever They Want”
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From The New York Observer:
Bill Clinton said he’d do “whatever they want” with respect to the vetting process and information he’d have to disclose to the Obama administration to help Hillary Clinton become Obama’s secretary of state.
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Pirates of East Africa
Somalia’s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women — even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.
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Jobless Claims Jump Unexpectedly To 16 Year High
New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year.
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Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Possible Homeland Security Sec.
Democratic officials say that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.
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RICKETTS: Obama’s Green Is The New Black
The challenge of a green economy is the next American frontier. Can Obama live up to his words about new energy?
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