Dec
31
2004
Democrat Declared Wash. Governor-Elect photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – After three vote tallies and nearly two nerve-racking months of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington’s governor-elect on Thursday. But her Republican rival did not concede and wants a new election. “Less than two weeks from today I will take the oath…
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Congress to Work on Tsunami Victims’ Aid photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Thursday he plans to visit India to try to help victims of tsunamis that have left millions of people at risk of disease. “I feel like I’ve been hit in the stomach,” Frist, R-Tenn., said in an e-mail to friends and supporters. “It is like…
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Bush to Send Powell, Delegation to Asia photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush announced Thursday that a delegation of experts led by Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel to Asia on Sunday to assess the need for further U.S. assistance. The Bush administration also lent its support to a European-hosted international conference designed…
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Hastert Weighs New Ethics Panel Chief photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Dennis Hastert is considering replacing the chairman of the ethics committee, which admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is the focus of a grand jury probe into his campaign finance practices. Hastert has not yet made up his mind about whether to replace Rep….
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Bush Signs Order to Raise Fed Workers’ Pay
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush spelled out in greater detail Thursday the pay raise that takes effect Jan. 1 for federal workers, members of Congress, judges – even Vice President Dick Cheney. Congress passed the pay raises earlier this year, but Bush was required to sign an executive order…
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Candidates Want Second Ohio Recount photo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two third-party presidential candidates asked a federal court Thursday to force a second recount of the Ohio vote, alleging county election boards altered votes and didn’t follow proper procedures in the recount that ended this week. Lawyers for Green Party candidate David…
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D.C. Mayor to Decide on 3rd Term in Jan. photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – By the end of next month, Mayor Anthony A. Williams expects to announce whether he will run for a third term. In a year-end interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Williams also said he is hoping for a good partnership with his predecessor, Marion Barry, who will be…
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Texas Prosecutors to Drop Sears Charge
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors agreed to drop an illegal campaign contribution charge against Sears, Roebuck and Co. in exchange for its cooperation in an investigation of contributions to a political action committee associated with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. A Travis County judge signed…
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San Diego Asked to Overturn Mayor Election photo
SAN DIEGO (AP) – An attorney for supporters of a maverick write-in candidate for mayor asked the City Council on Thursday to overturn Republican incumbent Dick Murphy’s narrow victory. Fred Woocher, an elections lawyer, said the county registrar’s refusal to count ballots on which voters wrote…
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Conn. Governor Released From Hospital photo
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she was tired but feeling well Thursday as she left a hospital three days after breast cancer surgery. “I feel great,” said Rell, 58, who underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery Monday. Test results received just before the…
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Lieberman: Iraq Election Must Go Forward photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman, traveling in the Middle East Wednesday, said there is strong support in Iraq for the Jan. 30 election, and postponing it would only be a victory for the insurgents. In a telephone call from Tel Aviv, Israel, the Connecticut Democrat said conditions in Iraq,… |
Dec
31
2004
Democrat Declared Wash. Governor-Elect photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – After three vote tallies and nearly two nerve-racking months of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington’s governor-elect on Thursday. But her Republican rival did not concede and wants a new election. “Less than two weeks from today I will take the oath…
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Congress to Work on Tsunami Victims’ Aid photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Thursday he plans to visit India to try to help victims of tsunamis that have left millions of people at risk of disease. “I feel like I’ve been hit in the stomach,” Frist, R-Tenn., said in an e-mail to friends and supporters. “It is like…
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Bush to Send Powell, Delegation to Asia photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush announced Thursday that a delegation of experts led by Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel to Asia on Sunday to assess the need for further U.S. assistance. The Bush administration also lent its support to a European-hosted international conference designed…
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Hastert Weighs New Ethics Panel Chief photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Dennis Hastert is considering replacing the chairman of the ethics committee, which admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is the focus of a grand jury probe into his campaign finance practices. Hastert has not yet made up his mind about whether to replace Rep….
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Bush Signs Order to Raise Fed Workers’ Pay
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush spelled out in greater detail Thursday the pay raise that takes effect Jan. 1 for federal workers, members of Congress, judges – even Vice President Dick Cheney. Congress passed the pay raises earlier this year, but Bush was required to sign an executive order…
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Candidates Want Second Ohio Recount photo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two third-party presidential candidates asked a federal court Thursday to force a second recount of the Ohio vote, alleging county election boards altered votes and didn’t follow proper procedures in the recount that ended this week. Lawyers for Green Party candidate David…
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D.C. Mayor to Decide on 3rd Term in Jan. photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – By the end of next month, Mayor Anthony A. Williams expects to announce whether he will run for a third term. In a year-end interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Williams also said he is hoping for a good partnership with his predecessor, Marion Barry, who will be…
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Texas Prosecutors to Drop Sears Charge
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors agreed to drop an illegal campaign contribution charge against Sears, Roebuck and Co. in exchange for its cooperation in an investigation of contributions to a political action committee associated with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. A Travis County judge signed…
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San Diego Asked to Overturn Mayor Election photo
SAN DIEGO (AP) – An attorney for supporters of a maverick write-in candidate for mayor asked the City Council on Thursday to overturn Republican incumbent Dick Murphy’s narrow victory. Fred Woocher, an elections lawyer, said the county registrar’s refusal to count ballots on which voters wrote…
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Conn. Governor Released From Hospital photo
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she was tired but feeling well Thursday as she left a hospital three days after breast cancer surgery. “I feel great,” said Rell, 58, who underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery Monday. Test results received just before the…
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Lieberman: Iraq Election Must Go Forward photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman, traveling in the Middle East Wednesday, said there is strong support in Iraq for the Jan. 30 election, and postponing it would only be a victory for the insurgents. In a telephone call from Tel Aviv, Israel, the Connecticut Democrat said conditions in Iraq,… |
Dec
30
2004
Euro Hits New Record High Vs Yen
The euro hit a record high against the yen on Thursday and remained within 1-1/2 cents of its all-time peak versus the dollar, underpinned by concerns over the U.S. current account deficit. The euro rose near 141.60 yen in thin Tokyo…
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Nikkei Ends 2004 on High Note
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average gained 0.94 percent on Thursday, with carmakers such as Honda Motor Co. buoyed by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as investors cheered progress in their handling of bad loans. The Nikkei ended
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Nikkei Firmer Led by Banks, Carmakers
Tokyo’s Nikkei average rose 0.89 percent by mid-morning on Thursday with carmakers buoyed by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as investors welcomed progress in their handling of bad loans. There is a growing view that Japan’s
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Fannie to Sell $5 Bln in Preferred Stock
Fannie Mae , the embattled U.S. home financing company, on Wednesday said it agreed to sell $5 billion in preferred stock to institutional buyers as part of an effort to comply with regulatory demands to increase capital.
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Late Surge Boosts Holiday Internet Sales
Holiday Web sales are running ahead of forecast as online gift certificates helped give Internet retailers a chance to participate in U.S. consumers’ last-minute shopping spree, Internet research firm comScore Networks said on Wednesday. …
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US to Reopen Canada Cattle Trade in March
Canada’s cattle and beef industries, battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win new access to the important U.S. market by this spring under a plan Washington announced on Wednesday to relax a trade ban. A new rule…
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Fannie May Sell $4 Bln Preferred Stock
Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. home funding company, said on Wednesday it may privately sell up to $4 billion of preferred stock this week, which could help it meet higher capitalization standards it faces after regulators found it broke accounting…
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Dow Falls, S&P Flat as Oil, Defense Weigh
U.S. blue-chip stocks retreated on Wednesday as oil prices vaulted above $43 a barrel while news that China intended to curb overheated growth in its airline sector hurt aerospace and defense stocks such as Boeing Co. . Oil prices rose for
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NASD Disciplinary Fines Triple in 2004
The NASD on Wednesday said it has collected a record $102 million in disciplinary fines in 2004, triple the amount collected last year, for infractions including improper mutual fund trading, variable annuity abuses and client overcharges.
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Dollar Clings to Small Gains
The dollar edged higher against the yen and pound on Wednesday as traders took some year-end profits, although the U.S. currency was still locked in a long-term downtrend, analysts said. Though the euro was flat against the dollar after…
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US Treasuries Slip as Debt Auction Flops
U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Wednesday after an auction of $24 billion in new two-year notes drew only scant demand in a holiday-thinned market. Particularly troubling was the lack of interest from indirect bidders, which include… |
Dec
30
2004
Bush Promises Long-Term Help for Asia photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush assembled a four-nation coalition to organize humanitarian relief for Asia and made clear Wednesday the United States will help bankroll long-term rebuilding in the region leveled by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials braced for the death toll…
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Bush Denounces Call to Boycott Iraqi Vote photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush on Wednesday denounced Osama bin Laden’s call to boycott the Iraqi elections, saying the balloting offers a choice between free expression and a “dark vision of the world” viewed by the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. In an audiotape, bin Laden urged…
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Lieberman: Iraq Election Must Go Forward photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman, traveling in the Middle East Wednesday, said there is strong support in Iraq for the Jan. 30 election, and postponing it would only be a victory for the insurgents. In a telephone call from Tel Aviv, Israel, the Connecticut Democrat said conditions in Iraq,…
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Republican Calls for Revote in Wash. Race photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Republican Dino Rossi on Wednesday urged his Democratic rival in the closest governor’s race in state history to join him in calling for a revote, the latest twist in the topsy-turvy contest. “The uncertainty surrounding this election process isn’t just bad for you and me -…
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Agencies Clash on Fingerprint Database
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has failed to create a unified U.S. fingerprint database because of agency infighting, meaning most visitors to the country still aren’t fully screened for terrorist or criminal ties, the Justice…
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Ohio Judge to Remain on Vote Challenge photo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The chief justice of the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove himself from a case challenging the results of the presidential election. A group of voters had claimed Chief Justice Thomas Moyer “wittingly or unwittingly acquired knowledge of deliberate national and…
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Utah’s First Female Governor Says Goodbye
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Gov. Olene Walker – Utah’s first female governor, and its shortest-serving chief executive – packed up her belongings on her last full day Wednesday. “We are making headway. It’s very slow, though, because I take too much time reflecting on how great it’s been,” Walker, 74,…
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Lobbyist Spending Expected to Break $2B
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lobbyists spent more than $1 billion in the first half of 2004 promoting their positions in front of the president and Congress, putting the nation on track for its first $2 billion lobbying year. According to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Political Money Line…
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N.C. Board Orders New Election for Ag Post
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Following nearly two months of court fights and wrangling over lost votes, the North Carolina Board of Elections on Wednesday ordered a new statewide election for the closely contested race for agriculture commissioner. Republican Steve Troxler leads Democratic incumbent Britt…
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Ohio Recount Ends, Shows Vote Closer photo
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Election officials have finished the presidential recount in Ohio, with the final tally shaving about 300 votes off President Bush’s six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term. The recount shows Bush winning Ohio by 118,457 votes over John Kerry,…
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Getting Ticket to Inauguration Isn’t Easy photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s one of the hottest tickets in Washington this winter, and unlike most of the parties planned for President Bush’s second inauguration, it’s free and the dress is come-however-you-can-stay-warm. But getting one of the 250,000 tickets to Bush’s swearing-in ceremony on the… |
Dec
29
2004
Ohio Recount Ends, Shows Vote Closer photo
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving about 300 votes off President Bush’s six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term. The recount shows Bush winning Ohio by 118,457 votes over John…
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Getting Ticket to Inauguration Isn’t Easy photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s one of the hottest tickets in Washington this winter, and unlike most of the parties planned for President Bush’s second inauguration, it’s free and the dress is come-however-you-can-stay-warm. But getting one of the 250,000 tickets to Bush’s swearing-in ceremony on the…
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GOP Demands Voter List in Wash. County photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Republicans are demanding a list of voters in Washington state’s most populous county as the party considers a court challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire’s razor-thin victory in the governor’s race, officials said Monday. A hand recount put Gregoire ahead by 130 votes out…
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Mont. Court Breaks Tie in Favor of Dems
HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a decision that determined a disputed legislative race was tied, likely giving Democrats control of the state House of Representatives. The 6-1 decision threw out a lower court ruling from earlier this month that seven contested…
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Ethics Committee to Investigate McDermott
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House ethics committee will investigate Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., to determine whether he violated standards of conduct when an illegally recorded telephone conversation was leaked to reporters during a committee investigation. Committee Chairman Joel Hefley, R-Colo., and…
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Bush Biking, Relaxing at Texas Ranch photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – Besides monitoring the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia, President Bush is biking and strolling around his ranch here and pondering tax reform and other goals in his second term. “He’s clearing some brush this morning,” deputy White House press secretary Trent Duffy…
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Acevedo Vila Declared Governor of P.R. photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – The Puerto Rico elections commission on Tuesday certified that Anibel Acevedo Vila won the governor race, a victory for a politician who supports the island’s status as U.S. territory. The announcement brought to a close a two-month recount and a court challenge from…
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U.S. Accuses Syria of Helping Insurgents
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration accused Syria on Tuesday of helping insurgents in Iraq by giving haven to elements of the deposed Saddam Hussein regime. “And it is a problem that we think Syria needs to act to stop,” State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said Tuesday. Deputy…
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Nev. in Top 10 for Most Women Lawmakers
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Nevada ranks in the top 10 in the nation for the number of female legislators it elected this year, according to a new study by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Nevada had hovered among the top five states for several…
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Conn. Governor Recuperates After Surgery photo
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gov. M. Jodi Rell was recuperating at Danbury Hospital on Tuesday, a day after undergoing breast cancer surgery. Rell’s staff said the 58-year-old governor was “resting comfortably,” but provided no further details about her medical condition or the extent of her surgery….
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Cox Files to Begin Ga. Governor Campaign
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox announced Monday that she will run for governor in 2006, making her the second Democrat working to deny re-election to Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue. Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor announced earlier. In an announcement posted on her Web site, Cox…
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Dec
27
2004
Bush Faces GOP Fight Over Guest Workers photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush faces a major rebellion within his own party if he follows through on a promise to push legislation that would offer millions of illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship. Almost no issue divides Republicans as deeply. To get the guest-worker initiative through…
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Bush Spending Last Week of 2004 in Texas photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush began his post-Christmas vacation Sunday contemplating a hefty second-term agenda on both global and domestic fronts, including expectations of continued violence against U.S. troops in Iraq. “This week is going to be about thinking about what he wants to tell…
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Rumsfeld Says Iraqis Must Stop Insurgents photo
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – In his Christmas eve encounters with U.S. military commanders and hundreds of their troops, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard – and said – little about armor or troop shortages, issues that have made him a political target in Washington among both Democrats and…
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Bush Sends Condolences to Asia, Offers Aid photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush expressed his condolences Sunday to the victims of the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit southern and southeast Asia. The State Department said three Americans have been identified as being among those killed. State Department spokesman Noel Clay…
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Salazar Calls for Bipartisan Cooperation photo
DENVER (AP) – Sen.-elect Ken Salazar on Sunday predicted a “bloody fight” if the Senate’s Republican leadership tries to change rules that allowed minority Democrats to block votes on judicial nominees they considered unacceptable. The Colorado Democrat, who appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation”…
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Washington Governor’s Race May Not Be Over photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor’s race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida’s pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal. The votes are in (for now) after being counted three times since Election Day. The courts…
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Feds Take Aim at Government Corruption photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland’s guilty plea Thursday to a felony charge makes him only the latest in what is a steadily growing number of federal corruption prosecutions focusing on government officials. Although totals have not yet been released, the number of such…
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Bush Calls for Compassion on Christmas photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush on Saturday urged Americans to help the neediest among them by volunteering to care for the sick, the elderly and the poor in a Christmas day call for compassion. “Many of our fellow Americans still suffer from the effects of illness or poverty, others fight cruel…
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Brothers Elected to Congress Head to D.C.
MANASSA, Colo. (AP) – Ken and John Salazar sat on a sofa with their 82-year-old mother in the living room of the modest ranch that has been home to their family for 150 years. Four siblings and extended family members huddled under bookshelves packed with family photos, religious mementos and…
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U.S. Hopes for Fair Ukraine Election
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration expects a cleaner election on Sunday in Ukraine and while it professes to be above the contest for president, it is hoping for a pro-Western outcome. That would mean a victory for Viktor Yushchenko and his Orange Revolution, which is pledged to fight…
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Fla. Said to Have Few Election Challenges
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The horde of partisan lawyers dispatched to Florida in anticipation of widespread Election Day voter-eligibility challenges wound up with precious little to do: Only a relative handful of challenges were posed statewide, according to a newspaper report. Only 63… |
Dec
26
2004
Bush Calls for Compassion on Christmas photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush on Saturday urged Americans to help the neediest among them by volunteering to care for the sick, the elderly and the poor in a Christmas day call for compassion. “Many of our fellow Americans still suffer from the effects of illness or poverty, others fight cruel…
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Rumsfeld Says Iraqis Must Stop Insurgents photo
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – In his Christmas eve encounters with U.S. military commanders and hundreds of their troops, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard – and said – little about armor or troop shortages, issues that have made him a political target in Washington among both Democrats and…
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Brothers Elected to Congress Head to D.C.
MANASSA, Colo. (AP) – Ken and John Salazar sat on a sofa with their 82-year-old mother in the living room of the modest ranch that has been home to their family for 150 years. Four siblings and extended family members huddled under bookshelves packed with family photos, religious mementos and…
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Washington Governor’s Race May Not Be Over photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor’s race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida’s pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal. The votes are in (for now) after being counted three times since Election Day. The courts…
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U.S. Hopes for Fair Ukraine Election
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration expects a cleaner election on Sunday in Ukraine and while it professes to be above the contest for president, it is hoping for a pro-Western outcome. That would mean a victory for Viktor Yushchenko and his Orange Revolution, which is pledged to fight…
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Powell Advised Beefing Up Iraq Security photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – As insurgents stepped up their pressure in Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell advised President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in November that Iraqi security forces should be increased to counter attacks in the embattled Sunni Triangle. Powell, a former four-star…
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Bush Calls Service Members to Thank Them photo
Stationed on the farthest island in Alaska’s Aleutians, Coast Guard Fireman Michael Joseph feels like he’s living at the end of the earth. But he wasn’t too far away to receive a Christmas Eve greeting from President Bush. “First thing he said was, ‘Michael, Merry Christmas,” said Joseph, 24, of…
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Feds Take Aim at Government Corruption photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland’s guilty plea Thursday to a felony charge makes him only the latest in what is a steadily growing number of federal corruption prosecutions focusing on government officials. Although totals have not yet been released, the number of such…
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Fla. Said to Have Few Election Challenges
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The horde of partisan lawyers dispatched to Florida in anticipation of widespread Election Day voter-eligibility challenges wound up with precious little to do: Only a relative handful of challenges were posed statewide, according to a newspaper report. Only 63…
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Bush Inauguration Fund Drive Breaks $8M photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than $8 million has been donated by corporations and individuals to fund President Bush’s reinauguration ceremonies, according to figures released Thursday. The team handling the festivities announced more than 20 new contributors, including seven who donated $250,000, the…
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Politicians’ Ad Campaigns Face Criticism
WASHINGTON (AP) – New York Gov. George Pataki implores businesses to relocate to lower Manhattan in a taxpayer-funded ad campaign. In Maryland, Gov. Robert Ehrlich pitches tourism, energy-efficient homes and the state motor vehicle administration. Across the country, governors and other elected… |
Dec
25
2004
Washington Governor’s Race May Not Be Over photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor’s race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida’s pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal. The votes are in (for now) after being counted three times since Election Day. The courts…
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Powell Advised Beefing Up Iraq Security photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – As insurgents stepped up their pressure in Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell advised President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in November that Iraqi security forces should be increased to counter attacks in the embattled Sunni Triangle. Powell, a former four-star…
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Politicians’ Ad Campaigns Face Criticism
WASHINGTON (AP) – New York Gov. George Pataki implores businesses to relocate to lower Manhattan in a taxpayer-funded ad campaign. In Maryland, Gov. Robert Ehrlich pitches tourism, energy-efficient homes and the state motor vehicle administration. Across the country, governors and other elected…
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Bush Calls Service Members to Thank Them photo
Stationed on the farthest island in Alaska’s Aleutians, Coast Guard Fireman Michael Joseph feels like he’s living at the end of the earth. But he wasn’t too far away to receive a Christmas Eve greeting from President Bush. “First thing he said was, ‘Michael, Merry Christmas,” said Joseph, 24, of…
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Feds Take Aim at Government Corruption photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland’s guilty plea Thursday to a felony charge makes him only the latest in what is a steadily growing number of federal corruption prosecutions focusing on government officials. Although totals have not yet been released, the number of such…
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Fla. Said to Have Few Election Challenges
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The horde of partisan lawyers dispatched to Florida in anticipation of widespread Election Day voter-eligibility challenges wound up with precious little to do: Only a relative handful of challenges were posed statewide, according to a newspaper report. Only 63…
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Bush Inauguration Fund Drive Breaks $8M photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than $8 million has been donated by corporations and individuals to fund President Bush’s reinauguration ceremonies, according to figures released Thursday. The team handling the festivities announced more than 20 new contributors, including seven who donated $250,000, the…
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Bush to Renominate 20 for Judgeships photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Refusing to be brushed off by Democratic opposition in the Senate, President Bush plans to nominate for a second time 20 people who did not receive up or down votes on their nominations for federal judgeships. The Democrats’ ability to stall certain White House picks for the…
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Acevedo Vila Wins Puerto Rico Gov. Race photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rico’s congressional envoy who favors the island’s status as a U.S. territory narrowly won a recount in the governor’s race, election officials announced Thursday. Anibal Acevedo Vila of the Popular Democratic Party garnered 961,512 votes compared to 958,328…
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Schwarzenegger, Shriver Give Troops Gifts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California soldiers serving in Middle East hot spots are getting a special gift from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver: prepaid phone service home. California National Guard members stationed in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq are getting up to 66…
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Former Conn. Governor Pleads Guilty photo
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Six months after being driven from office by scandal, former Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to corruption charges Thursday, admitting he traded his office for more than $100,000 in flights to Las Vegas, Vermont vacations and repairs to his vacation cottage. Rowland,… |
Dec
23
2004
Wash. Recount Favors Democratic Challenger photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – More than seven weeks after the election, Democrat Christine Gregoire took the lead in Washington’s governor’s race for the first time Wednesday, gaining a 10-vote advantage over Republican Dino Rossi after King County officials announced results of a hand recount. Gregoire,…
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Many in GOP Wary of Social Security Plan photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – If there will ever be a year when the political stars are aligned for President Bush to revamp Social Security, it may be 2005. But he still must persuade wary Republicans in Congress to follow his lead. “To be crassly political, there’s nothing in it for members of Congress,”…
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Rumsfeld Passionately Defends Himself photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, stung by criticism that he’s insensitive to the needs of the troops and their families, offered his most impassioned defense Wednesday. The normally stoic Rumsfeld said when he meets wounded soldiers or relatives of those killed in battle,…
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N.C. Schools’ Chief Election Under Review
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the winner of the state school superintendent race from taking office while the judges examine whether some provisional ballots should have been counted. Democrat June Atkinson leads Republican Bill Fletcher by 8,535 votes…
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Apologetic Kerik Quits Giuliani’s Firm photo
NEW YORK (AP) – Former police commissioner and one-time Cabinet nominee Bernard Kerik said Wednesday he will leave Giuliani Partners, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s consulting firm. At a news conference in Manhattan, Kerik said he had apologized to Giuliani for being a distraction because of his…
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Governors Ask Bush Not to Cut Medicaid
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s governors on Wednesday urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit. The bipartisan plea came six days after another letter to Bush from the health-care industry, asking him not to propose…
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Bush’s Tax Overhaul May Be Incremental photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s campaign to make the tax code simpler, fairer and more pro-growth is likely to involve incremental changes to the current system rather than a sweeping effort to scrap the venerable income tax for a radically new approach, such as a national sales tax. But the…
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Ohio Officials Defend Electronic Voting
CLEVELAND (AP) – With a recount of the Nov. 2 election results almost complete in Ohio, officials said Tuesday their electronic voting systems worked as promised, despite alleged problems with some machines. With recount results reported in 86 of 88 counties Tuesday, President Bush picked up 438…
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Bush Holds First Meeting With NAACP photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush met Tuesday at the White House with the outgoing head of the NAACP, the first meeting of his presidency with the nation’s oldest civil rights group. “It was a very frank and a very open dialogue,” NAACP President Kweisi Mfume told reporters afterward. “We both have…
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Groups Plan Week of Inauguration Protests photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Groups targeting President Bush’s economic agenda, the legitimacy of his election and the war in Iraq plan a week of events to counter his inauguration Jan. 20. “Our intention is to show President Bush and the world our movement is energized, mobilized and determined to fight…
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Michigan Congressman Seeks Exit Poll Data
NEW YORK (AP) – The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has asked The Associated Press and five broadcast networks to turn over raw exit poll data collected on Election Day so that any discrepancies between the data and the certified election results can be investigated. Rep. John… |
Dec
22
2004
Dems: Wash. Recount Puts Gregoire on Top photo
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The head of the state Democratic Party said late Tuesday that recount results from King County give Democrat Christine Gregoire an eight-vote victory in the closest governor’s race in state history. Neither King County nor the Republican party could confirm the hand recount…
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Michigan Congressman Seeks Exit Poll Data
NEW YORK (AP) – The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has asked The Associated Press and five broadcast networks to turn over raw exit poll data collected on Election Day so that any discrepancies between the data and the certified election results can be investigated. Rep. John…
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Bush’s Tax Overhaul May Be Incremental photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s campaign to make the tax code simpler, fairer and more pro-growth is likely to involve incremental changes to the current system rather than a sweeping effort to scrap the venerable income tax for a radically new approach, such as a national sales tax. But the…
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Ohio Officials Defend Electronic Voting
CLEVELAND (AP) – With a recount of the Nov. 2 election results almost complete in Ohio, officials said Tuesday their electronic voting systems worked as promised, despite alleged problems with some machines. With recount results reported in 86 of 88 counties Tuesday, President Bush picked up 438…
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Bush Holds First Meeting With NAACP photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush met Tuesday at the White House with the outgoing head of the NAACP, the first meeting of his presidency with the nation’s oldest civil rights group. “It was a very frank and a very open dialogue,” NAACP President Kweisi Mfume told reporters afterward. “We both have…
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Groups Plan Week of Inauguration Protests photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Groups targeting President Bush’s economic agenda, the legitimacy of his election and the war in Iraq plan a week of events to counter his inauguration Jan. 20. “Our intention is to show President Bush and the world our movement is energized, mobilized and determined to fight…
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Report: Bush Made Gains With Hispanic Men photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush made increasing his support among Hispanic voters a leading goal in 2004 and he apparently achieved that aim largely because of gains among Hispanic men, a tracking poll suggests. Hispanics are the nation’s fastest growing minority group, though they made up only 8…
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Bush Issues Just 31 Pardons in First Term
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush granted four pardons Tuesday, bringing to just 31 the total of pardons and sentence commutations he has issued during his first term, the Justice Department announced. The number of clemency orders issued by Bush are far off the pace of most modern presidents and…
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Bush Looks to 2005 With Ambitious Agenda photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The first-born son achieved what the father could not – a second term in the White House – and now, an emboldened President Bush envisions using his tenure to push for far-reaching policy changes on issues from Social Security to taxes. After a bitter, high-spending campaign…
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U.S. Election Voted Top News Story of ‘04 photo
NEW YORK (AP) – The Iraq war and terrorism dominated the 2004 list of top stories in an annual Associated Press survey, but it was President Bush’s election victory that editors and news directors chose as the biggest story of the year. The war itself was the No. 2 choice, and four other stories…
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Bush Criticized Over Social Security Plan photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Critics of President Bush’s plan to create personal investment accounts in Social Security say he is exaggerating the program’s funding problems to boost public support for his idea. “Social Security is like a car with a flat tire,” said Peter Orszag, an economist at the liberal… |
