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14 Jul 2009 13:38

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U.S.: Obama makes a tough concession on unemployment

  • My expectation is, is that we will probably continue to see unemployment tick up for several months. And the challenge for this administration is to make sure that even as we are stabilizing the financial system … are people able to find good jobs that pay good wages?
  • President Barack Obama • Regarding the ticking-ever-higher unemployment rates, which have been a thorn in his side lately, but not one he’s unwilling to take head-on. He’s on his way to Michigan, a state with 14.1% unemployment, to talk about some economic job-type stuff. That’s right, we live in an industrialized nation where a state has 14.1% unemployment. Insane. • source
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14 Jul 2009 13:12

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Biz, U.S.: Here’s how Bernard Madoff shall henceforth be known

  • 61727-054 his prisoner number source
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14 Jul 2009 10:32

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U.S.: Phrase you don’t want to hear when flying: Football-sized hole

  • The cabin depressurized, but everyone’s OK. A Southwest Airlines plane headed from Nashville to Baltimore had to make an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia yesterday after a giant hole opened up above the cabin 34,000 feet in the air, causing the plane’s oxygen masks to come down. Despite how !#(&@*& scary that sounds, nobody was hurt. Whew. source
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14 Jul 2009 10:10

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U.S.: Obama’s threatening a veto of his defense spending bill. Here’s why.

  • $1.75 billion cost of the last-minute addition to Obama’s defense spending bill, which adds seven costly F-22s back into the mix source
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14 Jul 2009 08:55

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U.S., World: Returning to war coverage: ABC’s war-wounded Bob Woodruff

Probably the most notable modern media icon injured in war, the ABC News anchor returned to Iraq yesterday after being seriously hurt there in 2006. source
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14 Jul 2009 08:43

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U.S.: Bridge to Nowhere II: The government pays for empty flights in Alaska

  • $173 million in funds for rural small plane rides source
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13 Jul 2009 22:52

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U.S.: Cheney’s secret CIA operation was just like “Hot Shots! Part Deux”

  • To continue the trend of linking old movies to current events we started last week, here goes: Imagine Charlie Sheen as the U.S. military, fighting a war on terror, somewhat ineptly. Imagine Saddam Hussein to be all terrorists, especially the leaders of al-Qaeda. Imagine President Lloyd Bridges to be President Dick Cheney (’cause we all know who wore the pants in the White House). And imagine the fireplace as the drama that the CIA is facing right now because of the story we’re linking to.source
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13 Jul 2009 22:29

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U.S.: Sarah Palin’s political action committee is raising lots of cash

  • $732,867 the amount SarahPAC raised between January 1 and June 30 source
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13 Jul 2009 22:24

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Biz, U.S.: Like scary numbers? ‘Course you do. Here’s a really scary one

  • $94 billion U.S. budget deficit in June; that’s a lot of change source
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13 Jul 2009 18:46

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U.S.: “Jane Roe” arrested for interrupting Supreme Court hearing

  • Officers, please remove whoever is causing the disturbance.
  • Senator Patrick Leahy • In response to anti-abortion protesters Norma McCorvey and Francis Mahoney at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing today. McCorvey, best known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade, and Mahoney were arrested for yelling during the proceedings.  • source
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