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Jobless rate 7.2 pc and rising
The Swampby Frank James If there's any good news in today's employment report from the Labor Department, it's that the December numbers weren't vastly worse than the economists had predicted. With the economy losing 524,000 jobs last month, the numbers were......Tags: Business, World War II, Unemployment, Government
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Barack Obama: Tim Kaine 'ideal leader'
The Swampby Mark Silva Stop the servers. The Democratic National Committee has circulated an email, in the name of President-elect Barack Obama, that doesn't ask for a penny for the party. Obama, who built his record-setting nearly billion-dollar presidential...Tags: 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Democratic Party, Virginia, Howard Dean, Regional Authority
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Obama: Job losses 'dire,' action needed
The Swampby Frank James President-elect Barack Obama seized on today's report that the economy lost 524,000 jobs in December with the unemployment rate rising to 7.2 percent, to renew his call for quick action on a large economic stimulus in......Tags: World War II, Job Layoffs, Central Intelligence Agency, George Bush, State Budgets
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Obama's intel team: Blair and Panetta
The Swampby Greg Miller President-elect Barack Obama formally introduced his choices to lead the U.S. intelligence community on Friday, nominating retired U.S. Navy Admiral Dennis C. Blair to serve as director of national intelligence, and former California...Tags: International Military Interventions, Espionage and Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Rights, The White House
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Obama economic team, key lawmaker work to redo financial bailout and shift Bush course
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to shift the course of the government's financial sector bailout fund, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats want to apply greater scrutiny and a more defined mission to the beleaguered $700 billion...Tags: Business, Laws, Heads of State, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, The White House
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Obama agrees to modest changes in proposed tax cuts after inviting critics to show him ideas
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Pushed by fellow Democrats, President-elect Barack Obama agreed to modest changes in his proposed tax cuts on Friday after inviting lawmakers to "just show me" ideas for fixing an economy shedding jobs at an alarming rate....Tags: Laws, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Local Authority, Nancy Pelosi
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Baseball's 2008 drug test results released in report
The number of players approved to take attention deficit disorder medications under baseball's drug policy rose last season, even after the sport tightened its rules in response to criticism from Congress. According to a report issued today, 106...Tags: Henry Waxman, Behavioral Conditions, Baseball, Major League Baseball, ADHD
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Kaine officially made DNC chief
The Swampby Christi Parsons WASHINGTON--Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine claimed his job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee this afternoon, but he and President-elect Barack Obama spent almost as much time downplaying the importance of party as in...Tags: Virginia, Government, Timothy M. Kaine
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Obama's human(s) face
The Swampby Frank James We've seen many depictions of President-elect Barack Obama but never one quite like this. An artist whose work apparently requires a helicopter to be properly seen had a group of Chicago students and teachers help fill......Tags: Government
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Consumers strangely more upbeat: Gallup
The Swampby Frank James There's been precious little good economic news lately. But that somehow hasn't kept consumer sentiment from improving recently according to Gallup's pollsters. As Gallup reports: Consumer expectations are getting a little better as the new...Tags: 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Federal Reserve, Consumers, Government
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Obama asks Congress for DTV delay
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera President-elect Barack Obama today asked Congress to delay next month's planned switch to all-digital broadcast television, warning that the TVs of millions of Americans could go dark because of major problems in the government's...Tags: Heads of State, John Podesta, Television Industry, Trade Policy, Rick Boucher
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Federal bailouts: $267 billion, counting
The Swampby Mark Silva As President Barack Obama starts campaigning for a $775-billion-or-bigger economic stimulus plan - he concedes that his advisors have launched a plan at "the low end'' and that it may grow before Congress is finished with it......Tags: Puerto Rico, CEO Pay, U.S. Department of Treasury, Government, Business Institutions
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