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- Huge Deficit? Go 'Paygo'
Obama to call for 'pay-as-you-go' system — where Congress can pay for certain spending increases or tax cuts by coming up with savings somewhere else • URGENT: Sotomayor Hearings to Begin July 13 • Do Over! Bank Stress Tests May Have to Be Re-Done • Will Summer Sun Set on Obama Jobs Plan? more
Tue Jun 09 12:57pm EDT
- Employees Trapped Inside N.C. Food Plant After Collapse
An explosion at a North Carolina food plant led to a roof collapse at the facility, and some employees are trapped inside, fire officials said. more
Tue Jun 09 12:49pm EDT
- Newt Gingrich: Obama Has 'Already Failed'- After Mixed Signals, Palin Attends GOP Dinner
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Tue Jun 09 12:57pm EDT
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Source: FOXNews.com
- Slain Kansas abortion provider's clinic to close (AP)
AP - The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be "permanently closed," effective immediately. more
Tue Jun 09 11:50am EDT
- Obama pitches pay-as-you-go plan for Congress (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to pay for new increases to federal benefit programs such as health care by raising taxes or coming up with budget cuts — a "pay-as-you-go" system that would have the force of law. more
Tue Jun 09 11:49am EDT
- World getting 'very close' to swine flu pandemic: WHO (AFP)
AFP - The world is getting "very close" to a swine flu pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday, noting that there is now community-level transmission in Australia. more
Tue Jun 09 11:37am EDT
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Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories
- Feds thwart a plot to blow up New York's JFK airport.
The LA Times leads, the Washington Post off-leads, and the New York Times teases charges brought against four men in connection with an alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks and buildings at New York s JFK airport. The NYT leads on tensions within the Republican party as plans for immigration reform m… more
Sun Jun 03 08:03am EDT
- When can the government quarantine its citizens?
Last week, the CDC isolated Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta lawyer infected with a deadly, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. By the time officials issued the order, however, the man had already traveled to France, Greece, and Italy for his wedding and honeymoon, exposing a number of airline passenger… more
Fri Jun 01 09:44pm EDT
- The critical buzz on Knocked Up and Crazy Love.
Knocked Up (Universal). The new film from The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Freaks and Geeks director Judd Apatow is a hit with critics. The story of a regular schlub (Seth Rogen) who gets a one-night stand (Katherine Heigl) pregnant, Knocked Up finds an unlikely route back into romance, a road that passe… more
Fri Jun 01 07:59pm EDT
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Source: Slate Magazine