Nov
30
2004
Court Rejects Appeal of Gay Marriage Law photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a national debate on the legality and morality of same-sex unions. The decision ended the legal fight…
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Bush Picks Kellogg CEO for Commerce Post photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush picked Carlos Gutierrez, the chief executive officer of cereal giant Kellogg Co., as commerce secretary Monday, working to build a new economic team to help sell second-term overhauls of Social Security and the tax code. The nomination was Bush’s first step in…
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Edwards Hints at Future in Farewell Speech photo
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – Beginning a three-day farewell tour as U.S. senator, John Edwards focused on the future Monday, vowing to help his wife during her treatment for breast cancer and carry on his own political activism. “One thing you can count on is that this fight is not over,” the former…
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Court Questions Possible Abuse of Pot Laws photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren’t really sick as it debated Monday whether the federal government can prosecute patients who smoke pot on doctors’ orders. The stakes are high on both the government level – 11…
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Bush Urged to Push for Intel Overhaul photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats and Republicans are urging President Bush to press holdout GOP lawmakers to get compromise legislation overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies passed this year. “I would challenge the president now,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. “He says he has political capital. He…
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Nearly a Month Later, Ohio Fight Goes On photo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Nearly a month after John Kerry conceded Ohio to President Bush, complaints and challenges about the balloting are mounting as activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson demand closer scrutiny to ensure the votes are being counted on the up-and-up. Jackson has been holding…
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Frost Said to Be Making Calls About DNC
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defeated Texas Congressman Martin Frost is among potential candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee who are telephoning members about the situation, a leading Democrat said Monday. “The following candidates are making phone calls to DNC members – Howard Dean,…
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Poll: Americans Want Roe V. Wade Upheld photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – A majority of Americans say President Bush’s next choice for an opening on the Supreme Court should be willing to uphold the landmark court decision protecting abortion rights, an Associated Press poll found. The poll found that 59 percent say Bush should choose a nominee who…
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Agency Urges Changes to Disability Act
WASHINGTON (AP) – An independent federal agency wants President Bush to propose changes in the nation’s landmark disability act, citing Supreme Court decisions it says have reduced the status of disabled people “to that of second-class citizens.” The National Council on Disability, which advises…
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Ala. Recounts Vote on Segregation Remnants
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Election officials began a statewide recount Monday after a measure to remove segregation-era language from the Alabama Constitution was apparently rejected narrowly by the voters Nov. 2. The proposed amendment would delete unenforced sections of the constitution that…
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Court Sidesteps Campaign Spending Case
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court passed up a chance Monday to revisit the constitutionality of campaign spending limits in a closely watched case from New Mexico. Justices, without comment, let stand a lower ruling striking down the city of Albuquerque’s spending limits as a violation of free… |
Nov
29
2004
No Sign of Deal on Intelligence Reform photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fate of an overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies rests with President Bush, who must exert more pressure on holdout Republicans if he wants compromise legislation to pass this year, a lead Senate negotiator said Sunday. “If the president of the United States wants this bill,…
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Poll: Most Oppose High Court Life Tenure photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Six in 10 Americans say there should be a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, according to an Associated Press poll. The survey found public support for an idea that has arisen periodically in Congress without ever making headway. Only one of the nine current…
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Rice Confirmation Hearings Postponed
WASHINGTON (AP) – At the White House’s request, confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state will not begin until Congress reconvenes in January, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. When President Bush nominated his national security adviser to…
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Inaugural Speeches Often Don’t Inspire photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ask not why so few inaugural speeches resonate long after they are given. History always will remember Abraham Lincoln’s appeal to the “better angels of our nature.” History probably has forgotten President Bush’s flowery declaration four short years ago that an “angel still…
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Review Finds Fla. Counties Voted for Bush
MIAMI (AP) – A newspaper’s review of ballots cast in three north Florida counties where registered Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans showed just what officials reported: The counties’ voters did on Election Day as they often do, voting for a Republican for president. The Miami Herald review…
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Newsview: Political Rhetoric Has Price photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush says politicians should say what they mean. But doing so can sometimes be an invitation to disaster, as Arlen Specter, John Kerry, John Snow and Bush himself can attest. Specter, who supports abortion rights, nearly cost himself the chairmanship of the Senate…
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Recount to Start on Alabama Amendment
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Election officials will begin recounting votes Monday on a narrowly rejected ballot measure that would have removed segregation-era language from the state Constitution. The amendment was defeated by 1,850, or .13 percent, according to the final vote tally. Alabama law…
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Bush Asks Americans to Volunteer, Give photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush issued a holiday-season call on Americans to volunteer and give to charity – “to share our blessings with the least among us.” He singled out for special praise those who have given time and energy to U.S. troops stationed around the world. “The greatest…
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New CIA Director Goss Rattles Some Cages photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – When former CIA Director George Tenet said his farewells at a two-hour ceremony this summer, a deputy noted that 40 percent of the agency’s staff had worked for just one chief. It was a symbol of Tenet’s endurance, seven years on the job, the second longest tenure of a director….
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Son’s Iraq Experience Shapes Lawmaker photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rep. Duncan Hunter says his son, a Marine artillery officer who has served in Iraq, asked him for two favors. One was to fix his Ford Bronco. The other was to stand firm in opposing an intelligence bill that would strip authority from the Pentagon. Hunter didn’t repair the…
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Suit Seeks Provisional Ballots Re-Examined
CLEVELAND (AP) – A watchdog group sued Friday to try to stop Cuyahoga County’s elections board from rejecting thousands of provisional ballots until they are hand checked against voter registration cards. People for the American Way Foundation said the board wrongly relied only on computerized…
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Nov
29
2004
With his permission, I have posted Zoltan Abraham’s excellent essay on DailyKos.
Rob
“I have been saying for some time now that the Bush administration is exhibiting all of the characteristics of a wife-batterer. National policy, both domestic and foreign, is being formulated with the mindset of a domestic abuser. Letâ??s look at some of these traits:
Persistent lying: An abuser can lie with such conviction that you begin to doubt the evidence of your own eyes. Black is white. Up is down. Truth is falsehood. Weâ??ve seen a lot of that in the last four years. Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Saddam had ties to al-Qaeda. Our nation is in a time of unprecedented job growth.”
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Nov
28
2004
Ukraine Parliament Calls Election Invalid photo
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s parliament declared the country’s disputed presidential election invalid Saturday amid international calls for a new vote, fueling what has become a political tug-of-war between the West and Moscow over the future of this former Soviet republic. The elections…
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Iraq Government Won’t Postpone Elections photo
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – The Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date “nonnegotiable.” Insurgents stepped up attacks, blasting U.S. patrols in Baghdad and killing a U.S. soldier north of the…
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New CIA Director Goss Rattles Some Cages photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – When former CIA Director George Tenet said his farewells at a two-hour ceremony this summer, a deputy noted that 40 percent of the agency’s staff had worked for just one chief. It was a symbol of Tenet’s endurance, seven years on the job, the second longest tenure of a director….
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Oil Spill Threatens Del. River Wildlife photo
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, creating a 20-mile-long slick that killed dozens of birds and threatened other wildlife, federal officials said Saturday. Private contractors were called in to…
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Mine Blast in China Traps 187 Workers
BEIJING (AP) – A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine on Sunday, trapping at least 187 miners, the government said. The accident occurred in the state-owned Chenjiashan coal mine in Shaanxi province at 7:20 a.m. when more than 200 workers were underground, the official Xinhua…
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Official: FARC Sought Bush Assassination photo
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombia’s main rebel group asked followers to mount an assassination attempt against President Bush during his visit to Colombia last week, Defense Minister Jorge Uribe said. There was no evidence Saturday that rebels even tried to organize such an attack. Uribe told…
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Wal-Mart Lowers Expected Sales Gains photo
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Weaker-than-expected holiday shopping forced Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Saturday to cut its projected sales increase for November by more than half, an ominous announcement for retailers as their busiest time of year begins. The world’s largest retailer estimated that the…
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Man Gets Extra Fingers and Toes Removed photo
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – For Tirso Furcal, having a sixth finger projecting from one hand and an extra toe on each foot made life in his impoverished country, the Dominican Republic, even more difficult. The condition made walking painful, caused the stone-polisher frequent injuries and blocked his…
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Celebs Shun Once-Famed Hollywood Parade
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The biggest stars at the Hollywood Christmas Parade this year will be the marble ones under the feet of spectators. The annual parade, which winds past the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was once a tradition as rich and famous as the celebrities who graced its floats: Jimmy Stewart,…
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No. 1 USC Pounds Notre Dame, 41-10 photo
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Matt Leinart made a strong pitch for the Heisman Trophy, and Southern California overcame a sluggish start to move within one win of a perfect regular season. Leinart passed for a career-high 400 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns Saturday night, leading the…
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Cavaliers Stomp Bulls, 96-74 photo
CLEVELAND (AP) – LeBron James scored 26 points to become the youngest player in NBA history to reach 2,000 in a career, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 96-74 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. At 19 years, 272 days old, James is 277 days younger than Kobe Bryant was when he set…
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Nov
27
2004
Bush: Validity of Ukraine Vote in Doubt photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election, and warned that any European-negotiated pact on Iran’s nuclear program must ensure the world can verify Tehran’s compliance. “The only good deal is one that’s verifiable,”…
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Suit Seeks Provisional Ballots Re-Examined
CLEVELAND (AP) – A watchdog group sued Friday to try to stop Cuyahoga County’s elections board from rejecting thousands of provisional ballots until they are hand checked against voter registration cards. People for the American Way Foundation said the board wrongly relied only on computerized…
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Newsview: Big Spending Is Congress Habit photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ronald Reagan, in his 1988 State of the Union address to Congress, hefted a 1,000-page, 14-pound spending bill and warned lawmakers against sending him more “behemoths” like this. “And if you do, I will not sign it.” Last Saturday, Congress passed a spending bill of more than…
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Bush Seeks Funds for Abstinence Education photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that the approach gets kids to refrain from sex. Congress last weekend included more than $131…
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Wash. Facing Gubernatorial Recount photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – For Dino Rossi, a 42-vote lead was enough to declare victory in the Washington governor’s race. Christine Gregoire, however, begged to differ. And so, with a slim margin and a candidate unwilling to concede Wednesday, the state probably has another recount – a third – to look…
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Feds to Investigate Voting Irregularies
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress’ investigative agency, responding to complaints from around the country, has begun to look into the Nov. 2 vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines. The presidential results won’t change, but the studies could lead to…
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FBI Interviews Halliburton Whistleblower photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – An Army whistleblower who raised concerns that the Pentagon improperly awarded business to Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company has been interviewed extensively by the FBI and is gathering documents to help agents. Army Corps of Engineers contract officer Bunnatine…
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Top-Giving Action Groups Favor GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) – The top-giving corporate political action committees didn’t hedge their bets in the fall elections despite the narrow division between the GOP and Democrats in Congress. They favored Republican candidates 10-to-1. Of 268 corporate PACs that donated $100,000 or more to…
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‘Foreigner’ Flier at Issue in N.J. Vote
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) – A native of India who lost a bid for a local township committee seat by 12 votes after fliers accused him and his running-mate of accepting contributions from “foreign nationals” is hoping a recount will reverse the outcome. A recount takes place Monday in the race pitting…
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Lawmakers Argue Over Tax-Return Snooping
WASHINGTON (AP) – A skeleton crew of lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep the government from shutting down as House Democrats lambasted Republicans over a provision passed last week that both parties agreed was a turkey. The dispute was over language buried in a $388 billion spending bill letting…
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Ceiling Collapse Evacuates Ill. Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – At least four people were injured Wednesday when netting across the open atrium of a six-story government building collapsed and tore down stones that crashed through the ceiling of a room below. The netting was weighed down by snow and ice, the result of a storm that… |
Nov
26
2004
Bush Seeks Funds for Abstinence Education photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that the approach gets kids to refrain from sex. Congress last weekend included more than $131…
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Bush Spends Thanksgiving at Texas Ranch photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush spent a down-to-earth Thanksgiving Day at his ranch eating leftovers and riding his mountain bike – a world away from Baghdad, his secret destination a year ago. Bush also called members of the military stationed around the world, most of them deployed to the…
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Wash. Faces Likely Gubernatorial Recount photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – For Dino Rossi, a 42-vote lead was enough to declare victory in the Washington governor’s race. Christine Gregoire, however, begged to differ. And so, with a slim margin and a candidate unwilling to concede Wednesday, the state probably has another recount – a third – to look…
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‘Foreigner’ Flier at Issue in N.J. Vote
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) – A native of India who lost a bid for a local township committee seat by 12 votes after fliers accused him and his running-mate of accepting contributions from “foreign nationals” is hoping a recount will reverse the outcome. A recount takes place Monday in the race pitting…
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GAO to Investigate Voting Irregularies
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress’ investigative agency, responding to complaints from around the country, has begun to look into the Nov. 2 vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines. The presidential results won’t change, but the studies could lead to…
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FBI Interviews Halliburton Whistleblower photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – An Army whistleblower who raised concerns that the Pentagon improperly awarded business to Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company has been interviewed extensively by the FBI and is gathering documents to help agents. Army Corps of Engineers contract officer Bunnatine…
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Top-Giving PACs Favor GOP Candidates 10-1
WASHINGTON (AP) – The top-giving corporate political action committees didn’t hedge their bets in the fall elections despite the narrow division between the GOP and Democrats in Congress. They favored Republican candidates 10-to-1. Of 268 corporate PACs that donated $100,000 or more to…
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Lawmakers Argue Over Tax-Return Snooping
WASHINGTON (AP) – A skeleton crew of lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep the government from shutting down as House Democrats lambasted Republicans over a provision passed last week that both parties agreed was a turkey. The dispute was over language buried in a $388 billion spending bill letting…
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Ceiling Collapse Evacuates Ill. Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – At least four people were injured Wednesday when netting across the open atrium of a six-story government building collapsed and tore down stones that crashed through the ceiling of a room below. The netting was weighed down by snow and ice, the result of a storm that…
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Bush Wins New Mexico by 5,988 Votes photo
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Three weeks after the general election, New Mexico’s canvassing board officially declared President Bush the winner by 5,988 votes, or less than 1 percentage point. The board certified the Nov. 2 election results Tuesday and said Bush received 376,930 votes, or 49.8 percent,…
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N.C. Elections Board OKs Most Results
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The state elections board certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests. In a five-minute teleconference, board members signed off on the final results for scores… |
Nov
24
2004
Prosecutor Blasts GOP for Shielding DeLay
NEW YORK (AP) – A Texas prosecutor who is leading an investigation into possible illegal campaign spending lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday for changing their rules in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The House Republicans repealed a rule that automatically…
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Bush Wants CIA to Offer Up ‘Diverse Views’
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush has ordered up new measures to bolster the CIA in combating weapons of mass destruction and other threats, directing an agency that lawmakers have accused of engaging in “group think” to present “diverse views” to policy-makers. The new steps came as part of a…
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Tight Budget Has Room for Special Projects photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite soaring deficits, the government spending plan awaiting President Bush’s signature is chock-full of special items for industries and communities. Consider $443,000 to develop salmon-fortified baby food, or $350,000 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lawmakers from both…
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N.C. Elections Board OKs Most Results
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The state elections board certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests. In a five-minute teleconference, board members signed off on the final results for scores…
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Judge Denies Demand for Ohio Recount photo
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by third-party presidential candidates who wanted to force a recount of Ohio ballots even before the official count was finished. Judge James G. Carr in Toledo ruled that the candidates have a right under Ohio law to a recount, but…
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Wash. GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ahead
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Republican Dino Rossi kept a razor-thin lead in the Washington governor’s race as counties raced a Wednesday deadline for recounting 2.8 million ballots – and girded for yet another possible recount. Both political parties were poised to request a hand recount if they do not…
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Women Voters Declines San Diego Appeal photo
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The League of Women Voters of San Diego said Tuesday that it will not appeal a judge’s ruling in the city’s mayoral election, dealing another setback to Councilwoman Donna Frye’s write-in bid. A retired judge on Monday denied a request by the League to count ballots on which…
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U.S. Exporters to Cuba Say Cash Blocked
WASHINGTON (AP) – Some companies that sell food and agricultural products to Cuba are reporting that payments are not being credited to their bank accounts in the United States, according to a representative of a group that tracks business between the two countries. John Kavulich, president of the…
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Voting Machine Foes Report Problems in Md.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – An organization that put more than 400 poll watchers in Maryland precincts on election day reported Tuesday that its volunteers found scattered problems with the state’s electronic voting machines. Among the problems were machines that crashed, incorrect ballots and…
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Mrs. Cheney Helps Top Nat’l Christmas Tree photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lynne Cheney and her three granddaughters rode 40 feet into the sky Tuesday to top the National Christmas Tree, kicking off the White House holiday season. As “Jingle Bells” and “Joy to the World” played below, the vice president’s wife and the three young girls waved to a crowd…
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La. Becomes Latest Political Battleground
ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) – The swamps, bayous and rice fields of Louisiana’s Cajun country have emerged as the site of the nation’s latest political battleground. Two congressional districts in southern Louisiana will decide runoff elections next month, giving the Republicans an opportunity to extend… |
Nov
23
2004
Audit Lays Blames for Fla. Database Errors
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida elections officials were lax in their oversight of the company that created a flawed database of felons and dead voters, but there was no intent to disenfranchise anyone, an internal audit of the project found. The audit by the Department of State’s inspector…
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Vilsack Won’t Seek Chairmanship of DNC
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday that he will not seek the chairmanship of the Democratic Party. Citing his responsibilities as governor, Vilsack said “these challenges and opportunities require more time than I felt I could share. As a result I will not be a candidate for…
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Lawsuit: NYC Created ‘Guantanamo’ at RNC
NEW YORK (AP) – Saying the city had created its “own little Guantanamo on the Hudson” during the Republican National Convention, a lawyer Monday filed a lawsuit on behalf of nearly 2,000 people arrested at demonstrations. The federal lawsuit claims protesters and bystanders alike were rounded up…
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Third-Party Candidates Seek Ohio Recount photo
CINCINNATI (AP) – Two third-party presidential candidates filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force a recount of Ohio ballots, and a spokesman for the state Democratic Party said it intends to join the suit. The lawsuit was filed Monday evening in U.S. District Court in Toledo, according to Blair…
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Judge Stays Out of San Diego Mayor Race photo
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A retired judge refused Monday to intervene in the city’s mayoral election, where Mayor Dick Murphy has claimed victory over a maverick city councilwoman who mounted a surprising write-in bid. The judge said he was unlikely to grant a request forcing the county registrar’s office…
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GOP Congressmen Defiant on Intel Bill photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defying President Bush, Reps. Duncan Hunter and James Sensenbrenner – who led opposition dooming legislation based on the Sept. 11 commission’s recommendations – said they won’t change their minds without Senate concessions. “It’ll be tougher now because the well got even more…
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Wash. GOP Gets Court Date in Recount Suit
SEATTLE (AP) – A federal judge scheduled a hearing next week to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by Republicans aiming to block the recount of some ballots in the cliffhanger governor’s race. The Nov. 30 hearing would come two days before Washington is to certify results of the statewide recount…
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Bush Budget May Not Count Social Security photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush isn’t likely to include costs for overhauling Social Security in the 2006 budget he presents to Congress in February, which some supporters say could hurt the White House drive to pass bipartisan legislation next year. Chad Kolton, spokesman for the White House…
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Ill. State Police Probe Governor Security
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois State Police said Monday they are investigating the practices of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s security detail, including the conduct of some bodyguards and their use on private trips. State troopers who guard the governor allegedly allowed friends and family to travel in police…
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Jet Crashes Before Picking Up Elder Bush photo
HOUSTON (AP) – A private jet that was en route to Houston to pick up former President Bush clipped a light pole and crashed Monday as it approached Hobby Airport in thick fog, killing all three people aboard. The Gulfstream G-1159A jet, coming into Houston, went down about 6:15 a.m. in an…
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Yucca Foe’s Aide to Decide on Its License
WASHINGTON (AP) – In a deal to let 175 of President Bush’s nominees take office, an adviser to new Democratic leader Harry Reid, the Senate’s staunchest opponent of a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, will be named to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. For months Senate Republicans had refused to take… |
Nov
22
2004
Bush Vows to Work for 9/11 Bill’s Passage photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Unwilling to concede defeat, congressional leaders expressed hope Sunday that lawmakers could return next month to resolve a turf battle that has blocked passage of an overhaul of the nation’s intelligence agencies. President Bush pledged to work with them for passage….
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Bush Tries to Mend Ties With Latin America photo
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – President Bush, trying to mend relations with Latin America, pledged Sunday to make a fresh push for stalled immigration reforms and defended the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying that “history will prove it right.” While the Iraq war is widely opposed in Latin America, Bush…
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Bush Job Plan Features Tax Cuts, Drilling photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hiring is picking up and President Bush is on track to preside over job growth in his second term, shedding the Herbert Hoover label of being the first president since the Great Depression to lose jobs under his watch. But don’t expect a revival of the booming 1990s. Bush’s…
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Colombia Deploys 15,000 Troops for Bush photo
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) – The Spanish colonialists who fortified this Colombian seaport 400 years ago to guard against pirates and rival imperial powers could only have dreamed of the security being implemented for President Bush’s visit here Monday. About 15,000 Colombian security forces -…
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McCain Not Ruling Out Run for President photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now. A decision to run, if one should come, would not be made for at least two years, said McCain, speaking only a few weeks after the 2004…
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Congress Approves $388B Spending Measure
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans whisked a $388 billion spending bill through Congress on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups. The House approved the measure by a bipartisan 344-51…
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Rehnquist’s Status Still a Mystery photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s health is shrouded in mystery, the extent of his thyroid cancer a closely guarded secret. Several coming events could give the public an idea about the seriousness of his condition. Since announcing his illness in a statement on Oct. 25, the…
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Judge Denies GOP Recount Request in Wash. photo
SEATTLE (AP) – A federal judge Sunday denied the state Republican Party’s bid to force Washington’s most populous county to stop counting some ballots in the recount of the governor’s race. In a conference call with lawyers, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman denied the GOP’s request for a…
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Bush Signs Bill to Keep Government Going
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – President Bush on Sunday signed a stopgap spending bill that keeps the government running while Congress sorts out remaining issues related to a more permanent federal spending package. Congress on Saturday approved the temporary legislation, which finances almost every…
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Grandson Thinks Governor Is Women’s Work
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – With his grandmother as an example, 4-year-old David Boulet sees the state’s top job as women’s work. Gov. Kathleen Blanco told The Advocate of Baton Rouge that her daughter, Monique Blanco Boulet, recently asked David what he wants to be when he grows up. He wasn’t sure,…
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House Passes Space Tourism Bill photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Paying passengers would be able to blast into space aboard privately operated rocket ships under legislation the House passed Saturday. Propelled by last month’s successful flights of a privately financed manned rocket over California’s Mojave Desert, the bill by Rep. Dana…
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