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Monday, December 1, 2008

Barack Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet

President-elect Barack Obama.
By Associated Press
CHICAGO -Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary...
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Barack Obama cabinet pick gives Ariz a Republican gov

President-elect Barack Obama, second from the right, walks out with Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, following the conclusion of a news conference in Chicago, Monday.
By Associated Press
PHOENIX - President-elect Barack Obama’s announcement today that Gov. Janet...
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Condoleezza Rice says she won’t give Hillary Clinton too much advice

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reacts to a question on Sen. Hillary Clinton, during a press conference at in London, Monday.
By Associated Press
LONDON - Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary...
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Bush loosening up on his legacy

President George W. Bush speaks as he participates in the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health, Monday, at the Newseum in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush says history will judge him, but he is getting...
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George W. Bush pardons farmer guilty of killing eagles

By Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Leslie Owen Collier was surrounded by cattle at a livestock auction when his cell phone rang. It was the White...
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John Kerry, Ted Kennedy praise Hillary Clinton nomination

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy are praising Democratic colleague Hillary Rodham Clinton’s...
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Sarah Palin campaigns in Georgia for Sen. Saxby Chambliss

Sarah Palin. left, waves to the crowd at a run-off election rally with Sen. Saxby Chambliss at the James Brown Arena Monday morning in Augusta, Ga.
By Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen....
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Pelosi hopes for stimulus bill by Inauguration Day

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect...
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On World AIDS Day, Bush says US effort successful

President George W. Bush makes a statement with first lady Laura Bush, right, on World AIDS Day, at the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Marking World AIDS Day, President George W. Bush said today that his...
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Barack Obama still looks to 16-month pullout

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq’s parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Barack Obama to name Hillary Clinton secretary of state on Monday

President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday.
By Associated Press
President-elect Barack Obama planned to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, transforming...

US pledges to support India terror investigation

President George W. Bush makes a statement on the attacks in Mumbai with first lady Laura Bush, left, as he returns from Camp David, on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday in Washington.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The United States will give its full support to the authorities in India as they investigate the deadly...

Liberals to keep pressure on Obama for results

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama promises to steer the United States straight again. He had better be ready for a strong force pulling...
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Obama to name 4 more Cabinet posts

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

A president named Obama changes the name game

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Zenas Ackah has heard it all his life: What kind of name is that? You must not be from here. You must be foreign. Actually,...
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Deval Patrick names Superior Court Judge Ralph Gants to SJC

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by Associated Press
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday nominated Suffolk Superior Court Judge Ralph Gants to...
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Joe Fitzgerald
by Joe Fitzgerald
It’s been a week since Catherine’s story appeared here, telling...

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