Category Archives: U.S.A.

Wife of Las Vegas mayor wins race to replace him

By doris | Published: June 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAS VEGAS — Carolyn Goodman, the wife of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, will be the next mayor of Sin City after winning 61 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election. The first lady won a race that pitted the Goodman brand against a longtime elected official whose eagerness and grass [...]

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Poll: Most prefer House’s tax on rich over Senate’s high-end policies

By doris | Published: January 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — As House and Senate Democrats try to merge two separate health care reform bills, a new national poll suggests that when it comes to paying for the legislation, Americans favor provisions in the House bill over those in the Senate version. And a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released [...]

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Tempers flare as Senate nears health vote

By doris | Published: December 2, 2009

Full Story at  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – A Republican senator contended Tuesday during rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America’s seniors by cutting federal coverage for the elderly. “I have a message for you: You’re going to die sooner,” said Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, an obstetrician-turned-lawmaker. A [...]

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Report: ‘Bin Laden was within our grasp’

By doris | Published: December 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama got some political cover Sunday for his upcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan. A report released by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader [...]

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U.S. officials talk tough on Iran sanctions

By doris | Published: November 30, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The United States warned Iran on Friday it is prepared to push for significantly stronger economic sanctions against it in the wake of the U.N nuclear watchdog’s resolution censuring Tehran’s nuclear program. Senior administration officials spoke with reporters on the condition their names not be used said. “We [...]

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Senate leader unveils $849 billion health care bill

By doris | Published: November 19, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a sweeping health care bill Wednesday that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years. Reid and other Senate Democrats cited an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for [...]

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Nobel-winner Obama stirs passions yet again

By doris | Published: October 10, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The new winner of the Nobel Peace Prize walked out of his house just after 11 a.m., dressed handsomely in a dark suit and a classic blue tie. He descended a marble staircase into a manicured garden, flowers in full bloom, and stepped up to a podium on a [...]

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High court to decide if war memorial violates Constitution

By doris | Published: October 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com And if you don’t look too closely, you’re likely to zip right past the focus of a hotly contested Supreme Court battle. A federal judge has ordered the Mojave Cross, a war memorial erected by a veterans group 75 years ago, to be covered. It’s boxed in plywood. The issue is [...]

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Health care bills could mean hardship for many

By doris | Published: October 4, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable. The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get insurance — through an employer, a government program or by buying it themselves. But [...]

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DHS to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts

By doris | Published: October 2, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “Cybersecurity is one of our most urgent priorities,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in making the announcement Thursday. She unveiled the plans at an event marking the beginning of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. “This new hiring authority will enable DHS to recruit the best cyberanalysts, developers and engineers in the [...]

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Young adults key to financing health reform

By doris | Published: September 16, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com As health-care legislation advances through Congress, the young adults who were so vital to President Obama’s election are emerging as a significant beneficiary of his top domestic priority, but they are also likely to play a major role in funding any reform. In a campaign-style rally Thursday at the University of [...]

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Former White House press secretary Jody Powell dead at 65

By doris | Published: September 15, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Former White House press secretary Jody Powell has died, a spokesman for the Carter Center said Monday. Powell, 65, died Monday of an apparent heart attack, Carter Center spokesman Tony Clark told CNN. “I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Jody Powell,” said Robert Gibbs, press [...]

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