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September 2008 - Posts
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A Christian university in Oregon said Tuesday it has punished four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Read More...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try to reverse the term-limits law he had long supported so he can seek a third term next year. Read More...
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A longtime friend of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens crossed the powerful lawmaker and testified Tuesday as the star witness in the Republican senator's gift-giving Read More...
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Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) talks about the next steps in the financial rescue plan. Read More...
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Are the candidates healthy enough to serve in the job they're gunning for? John McCain allowed reporters to look at — but not photocopy — more Read More...
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The failure of the bailout plan came as a surprise, in part, because so many leaders said they were backing it. President Bush, the two presidential candidates Read More...
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Five weeks before the election, Ohioans started casting their ballots Tuesday in the perennial battleground that tipped the election to President Bush Read More...
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What's next for Congress on the bailout? Does it need to tweak the plan to get 12 votes, or does it need an overhaul? Getting to 12 could be difficult, Read More...
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If John McCain is elected and goes on to win a second term, there's as much as a one-in-four chance America could see its first woman president — Sarah Read More...
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This year, Democrats have a rare, not to say unprecedented, opportunity to increase their advantage in Congress. But, winning big in November means playing Read More...
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A judge in Alaska is set to hear arguments this week on whether he should halt the Alaska Legislature's abuse-of-power investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin, Read More...
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Hurricanes Gustav and Ike ravaged the off-shore drilling stations in the Gulf of Mexico, seriously hurting pumping ability and supply networks. Consumers Read More...
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Listeners comment on the failed bailout, whether or not Wall Street would have gotten into such trouble without help from the rest of us and Sarah Palin's Read More...
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While politicians blame each other for the House's rejection of the $700 billion bailout bill, some economists warn that if the bill had passed, it would Read More...
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A new poll from the American Jewish Committee shows that Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. John McCain has narrowed. We examine how Jewish voters are Read More...
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Hundreds of thousands of voter mailings sent out by Ohio earlier this year were returned, marked "undeliverable". Those voters may find their eligibility Read More...
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Rep. Christopher Shays was the sole Republican from Connecticut to vote in favor of the failed bailout bill — even after his constituents came out Read More...
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In the next 24 hours, lawmakers have a delicate dance to perform. They need to tinker at the edges of their $700 billion financial rescue plan to win over Read More...
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The House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion dollar financial bailout plan yesterday. As a result, the Dow dropped over 700 points, the largest Read More...
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The shaky financial picture has everyone thinking about their own personal predicament, wondering what to do to make sure their budgets and financial plans Read More...
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Ex-journalist and Belief.net co-founder Steven Waldman talks about Bill Maher's new film Religulous, and about how faith is figuring in this political Read More...
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The new documentary Religulous offers a satirical — and very critical — look at the world's religions. Directed by Larry Charles, the film Read More...
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After last week's debate, it's obvious how different the foreign policies of Barack Obama and John McCain would be. What's less well understood are the Read More...
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President Bush on Tuesday urged Congress to keep working on a solution to the financial crisis a day after the House rejected a $700 billion bailout measure. Read More...
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Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday the government should raise the federal deposit insurance limit from $100,000 to $250,000 Read More...
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Bill Bishop, author of The Big Sort , argues that Americans are segregating themselves into ideologically-homogeneous communities. The majority of Americans Read More...
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President Bush said the economic damage to the nation will be "painful and lasting" if Congress fails to pass a $700 billion bailout bill. Read More...
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Senator Barack Obama has proposed a fix to the bailout legislation. He wants to expand federal deposit insurance for families and small businesses. Currently Read More...
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Beginning Tuesday, voters in Ohio have a six-day window in which they may register and cast their ballot in the same day. Political campaigns are taking Read More...
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Top congressional and White House officials, stunned when the House rejected a massive rescue plan for the nation's economy, scrambled to structure a new Read More...
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The drama on Capitol Hill Monday reverberated on Wall Street and in financial markets around the world. The House rejected the proposed $700 billion rescue Read More...
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Besides stockholders whose portfolios were ravaged Monday afternoon, the one person with the most riding on the bailout bill that collapsed in Congress Read More...
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Were Americans to hold a higher opinion of their leaders, there might have been an agreement on the bailout deal, interviews suggest. Read More...
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Gov. Sarah Palin is heading into the critical vice presidential debate facing challenges about her credentials and signs that her popularity is slipping Read More...
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The first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, seen by an estimated 52.4 million viewers on Friday, was one of the first events of the presidential Read More...
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The nationally televised debate last week between U.S. presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama drew 52.4 million U.S. viewers. Read More...
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The three tests of recent weeks—the vice presidential nominations, the conflict in Georgia and now the financial crisis—have raised, in a serious way not Read More...
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The trial of five men accused of a terrorist plot to infiltrate the Fort Dix Army base as pizza guys begins Monday. The defense says the men were merely Read More...
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A behind-the-scenes move by prosecutors — sending an ailing potential witness home to Alaska — has angered a federal judge and given Sen. Ted Stevens an Read More...
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Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Mark Funkhouser, says that after 30 years together, she knows how her husband thinks. So she set up shop Read More...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigned in Colorado Monday. Read More...
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) says he voted against the $700 billion plan because "now is not the time to call on people across the country to bail out Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama says he's confident Congress will eventually work out a bailout for the hobbled financial industry even though the House rejected Read More...
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The House failed to pass a $700 billion emergency rescue plan for the financial sector on Monday, causing the Dow Jones industrial average to plummet at Read More...
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Foreign policy took center stage in the first round of the 2008 presidential debates between Obama and McCain on Friday. Ted Koppel, NPR news analyst, Read More...
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The House is expected to vote Monday on a $700 billion rescue bill for Wall Street. President Bush endorsed the plan and praised Congress for bipartisan Read More...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the race for the White House comes down to a basic question. Read More...
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The pressure is on for Lake County, Ohio. The region, which consists of Cleveland as well as a large rural area, has been a bellwether in past presidential Read More...
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Ohio is one of the handful of swing states that the presidential candidates are eyeing as election day draws closer. Eric Rademacher, co-director of the Read More...
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The Bush administration came under fire for the sacking of nine U.S. attorneys said not to support his policies. Now criminal charges could be filed related Read More...
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A conservative Christian group called Alliance Defense Fund is pushing for church pastors to be able to endorse political candidates — while keeping Read More...
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Tell Me More gets the scoop on highlights from the latest Washington Post Magazine . This week, a story about three people devoted to different faiths: Read More...
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The Justice Department's watchdog has published its final report on the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. Those firings led to one of the most tumultuous Read More...
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Monday appointed a special investigator to probe the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 and determine whether any Read More...
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Many people generate an immense amounts of digital data during a single day — often without a second thought. But Stephen Baker, a senior writer Read More...
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A vote on the $700 billion financial rescue hangs over the presidential campaign as Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin move toward their Thursday Read More...
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Sarah Palin is ready? Please. John McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case McCain put personal political ambition above the Read More...
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Buddhism is finding a large following among fans of punk rock. What could the two possibly have in common? Rebellion and a sense of individual responsibility, Read More...
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Barack Obama and John McCain met face-to-face Friday in a debate in Oxford, Miss. The Wall Street financial crisis dominated the first part of the discussion, Read More...
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A law intended to protect abandoned infants in Nebraska is having an unexpected effect. So far, 14 children — many preteens or teenagers — Read More...
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The wrangling over the Wall Street rescue package features political theatre as well as a potentially disastrous exercise in crisis management. Read More...
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President Bush says he's confident new rescue bill will help stabilize ailing economy. Read More...
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