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20090910

Obama says time to end bickering, pass healthcare
President Barack Obama will tell Congress on Wednesday "the time for bickering is over" and call for quick action on a comprehensive healthcare overhaul that would dramatically transform the U.S. insurance market and health system.

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In excerpts of his high-stakes, nationally televised speech to the U.S. Congress scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT), Obama says lawmakers are "closer to...

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20090908

Obama adviser Jones resigns amid controversy
Environmental official had signed 9/11 petition, disparaged Republicans

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The White House environmental adviser under fire for inflammatory statements made before he joined the administration resigned after what he called a "vicious smear campaign against me." Van Jones "understood that he was going to get in the way" of President Barack Obama's agenda, White House spokesman Robert...

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20090830

Tempe pastor asks for death of President Barack Obama
A Tempe pastor is raising eyebrows with his prayers that include his pleas for the death of President Barack Obama.

Steven Anderson, 28, was featured on CNN this week for the content of his sermons, including one earlier this month titled "Why I Hate Barack Obama." An audio of the sermon posted on Anderson's Web site includes what Anderson contends is proof found in scripture that "God hates Barack Obama."

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20090826

Ted Kennedy is dead....thank god!
Source: Yahoo

WASHINGTON – In the
quiet of a Capitol elevator, one of Edward M. Kennedy's fellow
lawmakers asked whether he had plans for a family Thanksgiving away
from the nation's capital. No, the Massachusetts senator said with a shake of his head, and mentioned something about visiting his brothers' gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery.

In
his half-century in the public glare, Kennedy was, above all, heir to a
legacy — as well as a hero to liberals,...

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20090821

Obama to hike 10-year deficit to $9 trillion
The Obama administration will raise its 10-year budget deficit projection to roughly $9 trillion from $7.108 trillion in a report next week, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday.

"The new forecasts are based on new data that reflect how severe the economic downturn was in the late fall of last year and the winter of this year," said the official, who is familiar with the plans.

"Our budget projections are now in line with the spring and summer projections that the Congressional Budget Office put out."

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20090821

Americans losing confidence in Obama
Source: Yahoo
WASHINGTON –

A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.

The Washington Post-ABC
News survey found that less that half of Americans — 49 percent — say
they believe the president will make the right decisions for the
country. That's down from 60 percent at the 100-day mark of the Obama
presidency.

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20090817

Most U.S. Money Laced With Cocaine
Traces of cocaine taint up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, a new study finds.

A group of scientists tested banknotes from more than 30 cities in five countries, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, China, and Japan, and found "alarming" evidence of cocaine use in many areas.

U.S. and Canadian currency had the highest levels, with an average contamination rate of between 85 and 90 percent,...

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20090816

Democratic senator: Public health insurance option dead
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A key Senate negotiator said Sunday that
President Obama should drop his push for a government-funded public
health insurance option because the Senate will never pass it.

Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota said it was futile to
continue to "chase that rabbit" due to the lack of 60 Senate votes
needed to overcome a filibuster.
"The fact of the matter is
there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public
option. There never...

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20090814

USA Could Run Out of Sugar - Sugar prices are poised to hit 30-year highs
U.S. food giants warn of sugar shortage

(Reuters) - Large U.S. food companies said the country could "virtually
run out of sugar" unless the Obama administration eased import curbs,
the Wall Street Journal said.

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the companies --
including Kraft Foods Inc, General Mills Inc, Hershey Co and Mars Inc
-- said there could be a severe shortage of sugar used in chocolate
bars, breakfast cereal, cookies, chewing gum and thousands of other
products, the paper said.

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20090813

Officials see rise in militia groups across US
Source: Breitbart.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Militia groups with gripes against the government are
regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an
organization that tracks such trends. The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a
black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report

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20090813

Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups
Source: Yahoo
ATLANTA – A
23-year-old Georgia man was convicted Wednesday of aiding terrorist
groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas and plotting to
support "violent jihad" after a federal jury rejected his arguments
that it was empty talk.

The jury found Ehsanul
Islam Sadequee guilty of all four charges he faced after about five
hours of deliberations. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison and his sentencing is...

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20090813

Obama officials to tour Michigan prison
Source: Yahoo
LANSING, Mich. – Obama administration officials plan on Thursday to tour a soon-to-be-shuttered Michigan state prison considered an option to hold terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Two government officials said representatives of the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments would visit a state prison in Standish. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the visit.

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