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The world has never seen such freezing heat — A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run …
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Exclusive: Gregory Craig to be White House counsel — Gregory B. Craig, a well-known Washington lawyer who quarterbacked President Bill Clinton's impeachment defense, has been chosen White House counsel by President-elect Barack Obama, according to Democratic officials.
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Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe — WASHINGTON — Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry. — Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when he takes office in 65 days.
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Across U.S., Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage — SAN FRANCISCO — In one of the nation's largest displays of support for gay rights, tens of thousands of people in cities across the country turned out in support of same-sex marriage on Saturday, lending their voices to an issue that many gay men …
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5 Myths About an Election of Mythic Proportions — The 2008 presidential election ended less than two weeks ago, but the mythmaking machine has already begun to churn. President-elect Barack Obama transformed the face of the electorate! The Republican Party will be a miserable minority in Congress for the next century!
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The Moose Stops Here — ELECTION junkies in acute withdrawal need suffer no longer. Though the exciting Obama-McCain race is over, the cockfight among the losers has only just begun. The conservative crackup may be ugly, but as entertainment, it's two thumbs up!
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World Leaders Agree to Seek Major Reform — Group Pledges Cooperation to Restore Growth — World leaders holding an emergency meeting to combat the economic crisis agreed yesterday to a far-reaching action plan that, over the next 4 1/2 months, would begin to reshape international financial institutions …
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As Leaders Wrestle With Economy, Developing Nations Get Ringside Seats
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Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal — Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter — Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders …
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Obama's Lincoln — During the campaign, he pledged to be a unifying leader. Good thing for Obama there are other presidents whose experiences he can draw on, including one, in particular, from his home state. — From the magazine issue dated Nov 24, 2008 — It is the season to compare Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln.
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Rahm Emanuel Roasts Stephen Colbert (VIDEO) — White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel took some time off from the transition Friday night to hurl barbs at his longtime pseudo-nemesis Stephen Colbert (as well as Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman, et al...)
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Insurers in last-minute bid for Treasury money — Hartford buying small savings and loan to qualify for government bailout — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Several insurers, including Hartford Financial Services Group and Genworth Financial Inc., made last-minute bids for billions of dollars in government money Friday.
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Rangel Plans Push to Cut Top Corporate Tax Rate to 28 Percent — Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — New York Representative Charles Rangel said he's revising his tax overhaul proposal to reduce U.S. corporate tax rates to 28 percent, down from the current rate of 35 percent.
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‘Ordinary voter’ in New York Times recount story has strong GOP ties — A man presented as an “ordinary voter” in a New York Times article today about the impending recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race has strong ties to the Republican Party and conservative causes that the article does not reveal.