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  • Obama Tells Lawmakers to Decide Whether Long-Term Deal Possible Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:33PMPresident Barack Obama told lawmakers they have until tomorrow to decide whether they can reach a deal to cut the deficit or settle for a way to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling before U.S. borrowing authority expires Aug. 2, two Democratic officials said.
  • First Thoughts: Always darkest before the deal Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:03PMWith the clock ticking on debt ceiling, the news appears grim. Moody’s says it’s reviewing a possible downgrade of the government’s AAA bond rating.
  • Neighbour from hell jailed 18 years for cyber ‘campaign of terror’ Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:02AMIn Canada, neighbours hacking into each other’s computers is common practice, but using it for harm is not.
  • Giuliani Tests the Waters Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:39AMThe former New York mayor is considering another run for the presidency, but which Rudy will show up?
  • Minnesota Wi-Fi hacker gets 18 years in prison for terrorizing neighbors Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:51AMMinnesota hacker Barry Ardolf was sentenced to an 18-year term in a federal prison this Tuesday.
  • Relationship between Obama and Boehner builds at critical moment Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:18AMThe president and the Speaker are getting closer heading into a key moment in budget negotiations. Read more...
  • Obama Campaign Snapshot -- 69 Weeks to Election Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:59AMSeven days before the first major FEC filing deadline for the 2012 campaign, the Obama campaign hasn’t given as much as a hint of its haul during the 2nd quarter. When will the numbers come, and will they exceed the campaign’s $60 million goal?
  • Obama: Bleak jobs picture shows need for debt deal Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:59PMUS President Barack Obama said Friday that bleak jobs figures injected new urgency into weekend talks with his Republican foes on an elusive deal to cut spending and avert an early-August debt default.
  • How Foolish Is The Notion That Obama Will Replace Biden On The 2012 Ticket? (Very.) Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:40PMEarlier this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) had to shoot down the idea that he would be asked by President Barack Obama to be his 2012 running mate, after a laughably sourced New York Post story floated the rumor.
  • Libya and War Powers Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:27AMThe war against Libya may violate the US constitution, but once again the empire moves ahead with the military option.
  • Could Obama drop Biden? Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:25AMThe notion that a sitting president will swap out his running mate is both timeless and unlikely.
  • Biden congratulates Kosovo president on agreements with Serbia, urges good-government efforts Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:36PMWASHINGTON - Vice-President Joe Biden has told Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga that the U.S. welcomes agreements his government signed with former ruling power Serbia at a European-sponsored conference on Saturday.
  • My Commitment Ceremony With Obama Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:39PMDavid Shneer fell in love again with the president after attending, along with his husband of 15 years, the recent White House’s pride party.
  • GOP Blinks First in Budget Stare Down Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:39PMTwo weeks ago, federal budget talks stalled as Republicans walked out of a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) flatly stated "tax hikes are off the table" when it came to budget talks.
  • Obama to Host Twitter Town Hall Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:29PMThe White House, @whitehouse, will host its first Twitter town hall. Wednesday, the medium is the message. Sure, President Obama may use his 2 p.m. ET Twitter event to move the ball rhetorically on the deficit talks, but his hosting of the first ever White House town hall on the popular micro-blogging social media site is well worth noting. From the official White House guidance: "Twitter co ...
  • John McCain: American people ‘don’t want compromise’ on deficit Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 2:18PMArizona Republican Sen. John McCain told CNN Sunday that the American people “don’t want compromise” on any deficit reduction deal that includes a tax increase.
  • At Ideas Festival, Clinton feels Obama’s pain Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:06AMFormer President Bill Clinton offered lessons from his presidency for the currently polarized and unproductive state of American governance at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Saturday. He pointedly compared the current standstill in Washington over raising the federal debt ceiling to the temporary closure of the government during his presidency in 1994. read more
  • White House salaries slide up Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:21PMThe 2011 White House salary report is out, and it shows that 141 people are paid more than $100,000 a year in President Barack Obama’s White House. Another 201 people on the staff of 454 are paid more than between $100,000 and $50,000.
  • Joe Biden visits Las Vegas looking for Teamster support Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 9:31PMVice President Joe Biden credits organized labor with helping him win a U.S. Senate seat and the vice presidency. Now he’s looking for Teamster support to return him and President Barack Obama to the White House in 2012.
  • Europe Is Taking The Lead In Plans To Tax Speculators Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:00PMOut of the ashes of the 2008 financial crisis, an idea that progressives have been kicking around for decades – a financial transactions tax (FTT) – took on new life.
  • Obama presses for Congress to stop stalling Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:41AMWASHINGTON (AP) — In prodding Congress to act swiftly to avoid a government default on its financial obligations, President Barack Obama has Isaac Bassett and a long history of procrastination conspiring against him.
  • 120 Comments Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:16PMRussell Schmidt will perform at the Salt Lake International Jazz Festival on Friday. With the untimely death of the Park City Jazz Festival, the Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival stands as the largest music festival devoted to jazz in the Beehive State.
  • Biden-Led Talks Seek to Slash Budget Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:26AMCrunch time looms as talks resume in hopes of reaching pact by July 4.
  • Report: Area has slow climb to recovery Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:33AMThe Charlotte region will return to its pre-recession employment peak by mid-2014, years before beleaguered metros such as Cleveland, Detroit and Las Vegas, a new report found.
  • St. Joseph Hospital pays full taxes Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 1:00PMSt. Joseph Hospital pays full taxes Unlike two other health care organizations in the city, St. Joseph Hospital has long paid full property taxes on its medical offices. That piece of information came last week from Melissa Sears, vice president of strategy and business at St.
  • Gazette.Net: Officials celebrate broadband network milestone Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 1:20PMELKRIDGE Declaring broadband Internet access essential for private sector growth and to link schools, hospitals and other institutions across Maryland, federal, state and local elected officials gathered at a Howard County warehouse this week to formally celebrate a milestone in the years-long effort to extend high-speed service to rural communities.
  • POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday, June 17, 2011 Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 8:22AMThe CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world....
  • Joe Biden’s Secret Meeting with the Pope Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 1:04PMLate last week, the White House released a photo of Vice President Joe Biden meeting with Pope Benedict during a recent trip to Italy. The meeting, which was unannounced and appeared on neither man’s official schedule, took Vatican watchers by surprise. But many were even more thrown by the Vatican’s silence about the papal audience. [...]
  • Election-Year Blogging Examined Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 9:19AMAn analysis of blogs in the 2008 presidential election finds significant differences in how Democrats and Republicans use blogs.
  • House GOP seeks another $30 billion in cuts from agencies Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 8:15AMWASHINGTON -- Republicans controlling the House announced plans Wednesday to cut $30 billion from the day-to-day budgets of Cabinet agencies, doubling down on cuts to domestic programs just weeks after a split-the-differences bargain with President Barack Obama.
  • Joe Biden visits St. Louis area Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 2:24AMBiden joined Gov. Jay Nixon in Berkeley, one of the north St. Louis County suburbs hit hardest by the Good Friday tornadoes.
  • House GOP: $30B in further agency spending cuts Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 1:33AMRepublicans controlling the House announced plans Wednesday to cut $30 billion from the day-to-day budgets of Cabinet agencies, doubling down on cuts to domestic programs just weeks after a spli...
  • House GOP plans to make $30 billion in further agency spending cuts Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 11:58PMThe announcement comes weeks after agreeing to a bargain that would have split the difference between the two parties.
  • Sarah Palin fails to name any influential journalists working today Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 8:33AMWhen quizzed by an NBC reporter during the White House Correspondents Dinner at the weekend the former Republican vice presidential candidate froze.
  • Auto-tune stars dish on fame Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 3:54AMThe Gregory Brothers, who created the series ‘Auto-Tune the News,’ perform at the Ohio Union Performance Hall Monday night. A lot of musicians become famous for their own singing. The Gregory Brothers are famous for making other people sing.
  • Steelers Prez Stiff-Arms Rashard Mendenhall over Bin Laden Tweets Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 8:14PM*Rashard Mendenhall is making headlines with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden’s death. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back on Monday tweeted: “What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side…” Mendenhall didn’t hold back, [...]
  • Public eye - Sunday, April 10, 2011 Sunday, April 10, 2011 @ 4:11AMTea Party continues search for candidate Indiana’s loosely knit Tea Party organizations are hoping to endorse a candidate for a seat in the U.S. Senate in the 2012 Republican Party primary election later this year.
  • U.S. Human Rights Report on Georgia Saturday, April 9, 2011 @ 10:13AMDespite some significant human rights achievements in 2010, main concerns remain about reported cases of abuse of prisoners, arbitrary detentions, selective application of law and pressure on businesses, according to the U.S. Department of State’s annual human rights report , released on April 8.
  • portclintonnewsherald Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 9:52PMhttp://www.portclintonnewsherald.com en-us Copyright 2011, portclintonnewsherald SaxoTech Online Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:13 -0400 15 http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20110408/NEWS01/110408002/0/updates01 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A German maker of mounting systems for solar ...
  • Putin orders officials to ignore WTO regulations Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 9:15PMRussia’s exasperation over its long-delayed WTO membership spilled out into the open again yesterday when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered officials to ignore the trade body’s rules until the country is admitted.
  • Putin: Russia would not use WTO rules until a member Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 5:43PMST PETERSBURG, Russia, April 8 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would not abide by any World Trade Organisation rules until it became a member and was free to slap duties on cheap machinery imports from China.
  • White House raps Congress on budget stalemate Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:24PM(AP:WASHINGTON) The White House said Tuesday it was still confident Republicans and Democrats could reach an agreement to fund the government through the end of the year and avoid a shutdown, while admitting frustration at the pace of negotiations.
  • Obama calls Boehner to White House to talk budget Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:23PMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has summoned the top Republican in Congress to the White House on Tuesday for talks aimed at averting a government shutdown this weekend. Negotiations ha...
  • Obama calls Boehner for budget talks Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:17PMWASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has summoned the top Republican in Congress to the White House on Tuesday for talks aimed at averting a government shutdown this weekend. read more
  • Obama calls Boehner to White House to talk budget Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:13PMWashington— President Barack Obama has summoned the top Republican in Congress to the White House today for talks aimed at averting a government shutdown this weekend.
  • Obama calls Boehner to White House to talk budget Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 3:07PMProspect of government shutdown looms large on the horizon as time to negotiate runs low
  • POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday, March 31, 2011 Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 9:37AMThe CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world....
  • EKU, Centre College compete to host 2012 presidential debate Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:00AMThe competition between Eastern Kentucky University and Centre College to host a general election de
  • Christie headlines $10M fundraiser Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 1:21AMThe NRCC annual fundraiser pulls in millions more than last year.
  • Obama: Libya Isn’t Iraq Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 3:11PMPresident Barack Obama used the eight-year-old Iraq War to explain how the U.N.-backed mission to protect rebels in Libya, not overthrow Col. Moammar Gadhafi, wont result in a prolonged U.S. engagement.