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Senate standing ovation as ‘Uncle Ted’ bids farewell (AFP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:54:55 +0000

AFP - Aides wept Thursday as Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator ever, bade an emotional farewell, haunted by a criminal conviction which cost him his seat of 40 years.

Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:39:56 +0000

AP - The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding their once-mighty industry.

Obama is 1st Columbia graduate to become president (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:30:58 +0000

AP - It's taken two and a half centuries but Columbia College, one of the oldest in the nation, finally will have one of its alumni in the Oval Office.

Probes find no motive for Ark. Democrat’s slaying (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:30:22 +0000

AP - City and state police have closed their investigations into last summer's shooting of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman without offering an explanation of why the attack occurred.

Congress votes to extend jobless benefits

MSNBC.com: Politics — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:27:43 +0000

Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them.

Uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:47 +0000

Reuters - Passions flared in a Maine town on Thursday over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama.

Who’s in the running for Obama administration jobs (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:27 +0000

AP - It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic officials.

Provisional ballots could alter tight Ohio race (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:14:41 +0000

AP - A judge says disputed provisional ballots must be counted in a tight congressional race in central Ohio.

Waxman win elevates energy, climate change issues (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:14:23 +0000

Reuters - U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, a California liberal, won the chairmanship of a key congressional energy committee on Thursday and promised to work closely with President-elect Barack Obama to promote alternative energy, ease global warming and expand healthcare.

Waxman topples Dingell; House Dems go greener (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:13:47 +0000

AP - Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively tackling global warming and other environmental problems Thursday, toppling veteran Michigan Rep. John Dingell, a staunch supporter of Detroit automakers, from an important energy panel in favor of California liberal Rep. Henry Waxman.