Oct 30 2005
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Oct 30 2005
Bush Looks to Bounce Back From Bad News photoWA…
| Bush Looks to Bounce Back From Bad News photo WASHINGTON (AP) – George W. Bush hopes to find the path to recovery from a week of bad news that staggered his presidency in a nuts-and-bolts focus on governing. The week that was: conservatives in the president’s own party hounded him into withdrawing Harriet Miers’ Supreme Court nomination; the… |
| Prosecutor, White House at Odds Over Libby photo WASHINGTON (AP) – The prosecution’s conclusion: Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff zealously pursued information about a critic who said the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to make the case for war. The view of the president and vice president: I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is a… |
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| Poll: Americans Give Congress Poor Marks WASHINGTON (AP) – Only one-third of Americans give Congress good ratings for its ethics and honesty, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that found more evidence of the public’s longstanding disdain for the legislative branch of government. Investigations of two top congressional leaders have drawn more… |
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| High Court Pick Likely to Come From Bench photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Harriet Miers’ failed Supreme Court nomination is driving President Bush back to a tried-and-true formula for filling a high court vacancy: tapping a federal or state judge with a solid conservative paper trail. To win confirmation, Bush’s nominee to succeed the retiring Justice… |
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| Dems Criticize GOP Over Energy Prices photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats chided congressional Republicans on Saturday for failing to do enough to stem high energy costs that have resulted in huge oil industry profits. “What was the Republican answer to the hurricanes? More subsidies to the oil industry,” Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., said in… |
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| Bush Says Progress Is Being Made in Iraq photo WASHINGTON (AP) – With the American death toll above 2,000, President Bush said Saturday that the war in Iraq has required “great sacrifice,” but that progress is being made and the United States must remain steadfast. In his third speech on Iraq this week, Bush sought to shore up flagging support… |
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| Schwarzenegger Varies Campaign Messages photo LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – One day Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger describes himself as a warrior battling union bosses and their puppet army of legislators. Another day, he’s humble, almost apologetic, telling viewers in a commercial released Friday: “I’ve had a lot to learn.” Elected two years ago to… |
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| Schwarzenegger Univision Ads Questioned photo LOS ANGELES (AP) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s special-election campaign bought nearly $1 million in advertising time from Univision, a Spanish-language TV network whose chairman is his biggest single donor, a newspaper reported Saturday. The campaign bought no time from rival network Telemundo,… |
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| Clinton to Dems: Don’t Fear Tough Issues photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats can’t be afraid to talk about hot-button issues, including abortion, and should fight back against personal attacks from conservatives if they want to regain power in Washington, former President Bill Clinton said Saturday. “You can’t say, ‘Please don’t be mean to… |
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| Hundreds Rally for Reconstruction Work photo BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Hundreds of people rallied at the state Capitol Saturday, pushing state officials to give more hurricane reconstruction work to Louisiana residents. “This is not just a New Orleans struggle,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spoke along with the Rev. Al Sharpton. “Our… |
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| Indictment Adds to White House Woes photo WASHINGTON (AP) – These are dark days for the White House. And they could get darker. Less than a year after winning re-election by a comfortable margin, President Bush’s approval ratings are at the lowest since he took office in 2001 and he is being whipsawed this week by events, some of his own… |
Oct 30 2005
3 New Delhi Explosions Kill at Least 58 photoNE…
| 3 New Delhi Explosions Kill at Least 58 photo NEW DELHI (AP) – Near-simultaneous explosions rocked the Indian capital Saturday evening, tearing through a bus and two markets crowded with people shopping for gifts for a Hindu festival. At least 58 people were killed and dozens wounded in the blasts, which the government blamed on terrorists…. |
| Truck Bomb Explosion in Iraq Kills 26 photo BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – A bomb hidden in a truck loaded with dates exploded Saturday evening in the center of a Shiite farming village northeast of Baghdad, killing 26 people and injuring at least 34. Three American soldiers died in separate bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq. In the west of the… |
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| Hurricane Beta Heads for Caribbean Coast photo SAN ANDRES ISLAND, Colombia (AP) – A strengthening Hurricane Beta headed for Central America’s Caribbean coast Saturday after lashing the small Colombian island of Providencia with harsh winds, heavy rains and high surf. Nicaraguan troops evacuated thousands of people from low-lying areas as… |
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| Three School Girls Beheaded in Indonesia photo JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Unidentified assailants attacked a group of high school girls on Saturday in Indonesia’s tense province of Central Sulawesi, beheading three and seriously wounding another, police said. The students from a private Christian high school were ambushed while walking through… |
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| U.S. Paratrooper Killed in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A U.S. paratrooper and a British soldier died in attacks Saturday as Afghan officials prepared to announce final results from last month’s historic legislative elections amid some of the worst bloodshed since the polls. Violence over the last week killed 23 people,… |
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| Pakistan, India to Open Kashmir Border photo ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – India and Pakistan agreed early Sunday to open the heavily militarized frontier in the disputed Kashmir region to speed help for victims of the devastating South Asia earthquake, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said. After more than 12 hours of talks, the two sides agreed… |
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| Youths Riot for 2nd Night in Paris Suburb photo PARIS (AP) – French youths rioted for a second straight night in a Paris suburb, torching cars and throwing rocks at police to protest the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted while trying to evade police, officials said. Fifteen officers and a journalist were injured in the disturbances… |
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| 8 Beatified As Martyrs at Vatican Mass photo VATICAN CITY (AP) – Seven priests and a nun who were killed during the Spanish Civil War were beatified as martyrs Saturday at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, praised for having refused to betray their faith when faced with death. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for… |
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| N. Korea Says U.S. Pressure Hurts Talks photo SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea said Saturday that U.S. pressure over human rights and other issues threatens the future of international talks on an agreement to end the communist regime’s nuclear arms program. The comment, carried in a dispatch from Pyongyang by the official Korean Central… |
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| Israeli Aircraft, Artillery Bombard Gaza photo GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli aircraft and artillery pounded the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, targeting roads and open areas it said Palestinians used to launch rocket attacks against southern Israel. Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef told his security chiefs that “firm and… |
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| Terrorists Face Obstacles With Chemicals In a 2004 study, the U.S. Congressional Research Service analyzed barriers terrorists would face trying to use specific chemicals as weapons. Examples: VX – Even in small amounts, this potentially lethal nerve agent, developed as a chemical weapon, can affect large numbers of people through… |
Oct 25 2005
Bernanke to Succeed Greenspan As Fed Chief phot…
| Bernanke to Succeed Greenspan As Fed Chief photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Ben Bernanke, a plain-speaking former economics professor, was chosen Monday by President Bush to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the most influential economic policy job in the world. If approved by the Senate, Bernanke would succeed Alan Greenspan, who has spent 18… |
| Bush Won’t Release All Miers Documents photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Risking a possible clash with the Senate, President Bush insisted Monday he will not turn over documents detailing the private advice that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has given him while serving in the White House. With Miers’ nomination facing continued opposition from… |
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| Hearing Set for DeLay Judge Request photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A retired Texas judge was appointed Monday to decide if state district Judge Bob Perkins should continue presiding over former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s trial on money laundering and conspiracy charges. C. W. Duncan, a former state district judge, will hold a hearing… |
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| Some Volunteers Hid Support for Bloomberg photo NEW YORK (AP) – When Mayor Michael Bloomberg picked up the endorsement of an influential black minister at a Harlem restaurant last month, the diners there appeared to be ordinary people whose pancakes and coffee just happened to be interrupted by a campaign event. But several were actually… |
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| Schwarzenegger: Special Election Crucial photo WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) – Defending his November special election before an audience of voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday the ballot initiatives are crucial to continue changes he launched two years ago. He cast the Nov. 8 election as the next step of the 2003 recall election that… |
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| Gun Possession Now OK at FEMA Housing photo NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Following complaints from gun-rights groups, FEMA said Monday it is lifting a ban on firearms at temporary housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Under the new federal policy, residents can possess and store firearms. Use of weapons is still prohibited in the… |
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| GOP Plan Would OK Medicaid Price Hike WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans are taking a cue from the nation’s governors when it comes to reducing Medicaid. Like the governors, they’re proposing that states be allowed to charge people more when they receive care. “Commonsense reform will ensure that Medicaid can save and prolong… |
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| Ohio War Veteran Running for Senate photo CINCINNATI (AP) – Paul Hackett, a Democratic veteran of the Iraq war who narrowly lost a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district in August, made his official entry into a U.S. Senate race Monday. He faces a tough Democratic primary with Rep. Sherrod Brown in the race for… |
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| Obama: American Girl Boycott Threats Silly photo OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Conservatives overreacted when they threatened to boycott doll-maker American Girl over its contributions to a youth group that supports abortion rights, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said Monday. “It’s just silly,” said Obama, D-Ill. “This is a classic example of overreaction and a… |
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| Bush: Baghdad Still Safe for Saddam Trial photo WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush said Monday that Baghdad is still a safe enough place to hold Saddam Hussein’s mass-murder trial, even though one of the lawyers involved was killed last week. “There will be a fair trial,” Bush told Al-Arabiya television in an interview. “The question is whether… |
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| Miller ‘Dismayed’ by Times Criticism NEW YORK (AP) – New York Times reporter Judith Miller is defending herself against her own paper’s criticism of her role in the CIA leak controversy, saying she was proud to serve time in jail to protect a confidential source, “even if he happened to work for the Bush White House.” Miller’s… |
Oct 16 2005
Sunni Turnout High at Iraqi Charter Vote photoB…
| Sunni Turnout High at Iraqi Charter Vote photo BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq’s new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation’s young democracy after decades of dictatorship. With little violence, turnout was… |
| Pakistan Quake Death Toll Nears 40,000 photo BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) – The death toll from Pakistan’s earthquake rose sharply to nearly 40,000 on Saturday, with the president warning the numbers could rise even further as relief teams reach more villages in the remote folds of the Himalayan mountains. The Pakistani military said Sunday one of… |
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| Emergency Declared After Anti-Nazi Riots photo TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A crowd protesting a white supremacists’ march Saturday turned violent, throwing baseball-sized rocks at police, vandalizing vehicles and stores, and setting fire to a neighborhood bar, authorities said. When Mayor Jack Ford and a local minister tried to calm the rioting, they… |
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| Miller Recounts Testimony Over CIA Leak photo WASHINGTON (AP) – The prosecutor in the CIA leak probe repeatedly asked New York Times reporter Judith Miller how Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff handled classified information in their discussions, and asked whether Cheney knew of their conversations. In a first-person account… |
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| Farrakhan Blasts Federal Katrina Response photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Railing against the delayed relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Saturday that the federal government should be charged with “criminal neglect of the people of New Orleans.” “For five days, the government did not act. Lives were… |
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| Dental Records Used to ID Katrina Victims photo ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) – The three tiny pieces of film were crucial. Side by side on a light box, the X-rays matched perfectly with the digital images on the computer screen, down to each filling, crown and bridge. “We just got another one!” forensic dentist David Senn announced, poking his head… |
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| Couple Finishes 4,900-Mile Walk Across US photo POINT REYES, Calif. (AP) – A husband-and-wife team reached the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after a 4,900-mile cross-country hike, becoming the first to backpack the transcontinental American Discovery Trail in one continuous trek. Marcia and Ken Powers started Feb. 27 at Cape Henlopen in Delaware…. |
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| Ricky Martin Says Fame Left Him Bored photo NEW YORK (AP) – Ricky Martin, whose hits include “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” says the fame and fortune he experienced in the late ’90s left him feeling bored and embittered. “There was a moment (in 2002) when I was onstage and I was just so angry,” Martin says in the Oct. 24 issue of People magazine…. |
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| No. 1 USC Escapes No. 9 Notre Dame 34-31 photo SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Tested like never before, Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush and Southern Cal showed they have a championship jaw to go along with all that talent. Leinart pushed and spun his way into the end zone with 3 seconds left to cap a chaotic finish and No. 1 USC escaped with its 28th… |
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| ChiSox Beat Angels With Pitching, Big Bats photo ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – At long last, the Chicago White Sox seem to have figured out how to make it back to the World Series: great pitching and big home runs, with lucky breaks from the umps sprinkled in. Freddy Garcia became the latest White Sox ace to pitch a gem, Paul Konerko homered in the… |
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| October Scares Investors More This Year photo NEW YORK (AP) – Investors know October is the stock market’s scariest month. But this October finds them even jumpier than usual. The magnitude of the year’s calamities – the tsunami, the Pakistan earthquake and Hurricane Katrina – has prompted some to prepare for disasters of almost every stripe…. |
Oct 16 2005
The Sound of a Bulldozer Leads to a New Vision In …
The Sound of a Bulldozer Leads to a New Vision In The South
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Proposed Design Of Grand Casino, Gulfport, Mississippi
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Homochitto National Forest, Mississippi
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Dramatic Drop In Auto Sales
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85-Year-Old Seattle Woman Recruited By Marines
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Foggy Sunrise In San Francisco
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Clinton To Start 2008 Campaign With Massive Amount Of Cash
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Red
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Fried Green Tomatoes
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The Reign Of Witches
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Susan Estrich Talks About Hillary 2008
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Mississippi Gulf Coast To Rebuild As World Class Urban Area
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Fall
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Google Wallet
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Cheney & Frist
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Oct 15 2005
Rove Testifies Again in CIA Leak Probe photoWAS…
| Rove Testifies Again in CIA Leak Probe photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Karl Rove testified to a grand jury for the fourth and final time Friday, smiling as he emerged from hours of questioning about his possible role in the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that statements in the summer that Rove… |
| 2 DeLay Associates in No Hurry for Trial photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Attorneys for two co-defendants of Rep. Tom DeLay made it clear Friday they’re not in the same rush to get to trial as the former House majority leader and they want to distance themselves in other ways as well. The defense team for Jim Ellis and John Colyandro is hoping to… |
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| White House Asks Judges to Vouch for Miers photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Stunned by conservative opposition to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, President Bush next week will bring in former justices from her home state of Texas to trumpet her qualifications for the nation’s highest court. The event is part of an administration effort to refine its… |
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| Groups Threaten to Boycott American Girl photo NEW YORK (AP) – American Girl, manufacturer of a highly popular line of dolls and children’s books, has become the target of conservative activists threatening a boycott unless the toy maker cuts off contributions to a youth organization that supports abortion rights and acceptance of lesbians…. |
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| DeLay Campaign Slams Texas Prosecutor photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Tom DeLay is using his congressional campaign to distribute to voters derogatory information about the Texas prosecutor who has indicted him – and to raise more money for a re-election bid that has been affected by the criminal case. “Help Tom fight back,” reads one of the… |
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| Sen. Clinton Has Almost $14M for Campaign photo ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has nearly $14 million in the bank for her 2006 re-election campaign after raising more than $5 million in the three-month period that ended Sept. 30, aides said Friday. Statewide polls have shown the Democrat far ahead of her declared or potential… |
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| Richardson Heads to North Korea for Talks ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Gov. Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is heading to North Korea next week for talks aimed at persuading that country to give up its nuclear arms program. The Democratic governor said Friday he won’t represent the United States as an official… |
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| Conn. Governor Officially Starts Campaign HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell officially launched her election campaign Friday, saying she has done her best to restore pride in the state and wants to continue her reform efforts. Rell was the state’s lieutenant governor when Gov. John G. Rowland resigned in July 2004 amid a… |
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| Group Starts Move to Get Converts, Voters COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new coalition dedicated to converting thousands to Christianity and getting thousands more on voter registration lists got its start Friday with a tightly scripted rally that resembled a revival meeting. More than 1,000 people gathered outside the Statehouse for the launch… |
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| Karen Hughes Plans Visit to Indonesia WASHINGTON (AP) – Karen Hughes, the Bush administration’s public diplomacy chief, will follow up her recent visit to the Middle East with a trip next week to Indonesia and Malaysia. Hughes made a brief reference to the trip during an appearance Friday at George Washington University. In late… |
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| Janklow Asks Court to Restore Law License photo PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Former Rep. Bill Janklow, still on probation for a fatal car crash, said Friday he was sorry and asked the state Supreme Court to restore his law license. Janklow, who also was a four-term governor, said his manslaughter conviction for the 2003 crash did not affect his ability… |
Oct 11 2005
Bush Pitches in With Gulf Coast Rebuilding phot…
| Bush Pitches in With Gulf Coast Rebuilding photo BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) – President Bush said a lot of work remains to be done to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Katrina, as he visited the hurricane recovery zone Tuesday and hammered nails into a home being built for displaced residents. “Out of this rubble is going to come some good,” the… |
| DeLay Appeals to Court of Public Opinion photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Long before his criminal case gets a hearing in a court of law, Rep. Tom DeLay is fighting in the court of public opinion. With his trademark zeal, he assails the prosecutor in one sentence and portrays himself as a victim in the next. And the media – often distrusted by fellow… |
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| Records Suggest Warm Bush-Miers Friendship photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told George W. Bush in a 1997 birthday card that he was “the best governor ever” and, in a separate note to her boss, said she hoped his twin daughters recognize their parents are “cool.” The communications between Miers, who served as… |
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| GOP’s Mehlman Defends Outreach to Blacks WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – The Republican Party chairman on Tuesday defended the GOP’s outreach to black voters days after his Democratic counterpart questioned how he could make such an appeal in view of the Bush administration’s tepid response to Hurricane Katrina. Ken Mehlman told the Waterbury,… |
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| Dems Urge Aid to Offset High Heating Bills WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to increase funding for a $2 billion energy program to help the poor pay heating bills expected to increase about 47 percent this winter. The energy assistance program helps low-income families, primarily the elderly and… |
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| Corzine Leads N.J. Governor’s Race Poll photo TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey’s governor’s race has tightened, with Republican businessman Doug Forrester gaining ground on Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, according to a new poll. Forty-four percent of likely voters surveyed in the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind poll… |
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| Connecticut AG Rules Out Run for Governor HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s attorney general announced Tuesday that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had been considered a leading contender for the nomination. He issued a statement Tuesday saying he plans to run instead… |
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| Testimony: Ryan Awarded Low-Digit Plates photo CHICAGO (AP) – Campaign contributors were rewarded with low-digit license plates when George Ryan was secretary of state, his former right-hand man testified Tuesday at the ex-governor’s corruption trial. Ryan made the final decision on who got low-digit plates, said Scott Fawell, who managed… |
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| Group Asks Calif. Gov. to Return Donation photo SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A watchdog group is calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign to return a $105,000 donation from the insurance industry that came the same day he vetoed a bill the group opposed. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said the timing was a coincidence. The American… |
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| Scalia Says Confirmation Too Politicized photo WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, often extolled by conservative Republicans as their ideal model of a judge, said Monday the confirmation process was too politicized and that he wouldn’t want to experience it again. When asked whether he thought he could be confirmed again… |
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| McCain Considers ‘08 Presidential Run photo NEW YORK (AP) – Arizona Sen. John McCain is considering a 2008 run for president but says it’s unlikely he’d take the No. 2 spot. In an appearance Sunday at a fund-raiser for a local New York candidate, the Republican seemed to humorously rule out ever accepting a vice presidential post. “I spent… |
Oct 06 2005
On Sale – Peachtree Complete Accounting 2006 Multi-User
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