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USA News, Sep 15, 2011


White House defends loan for now-bankrupt solar firm
USA Today
By Aamer Madhani and David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — White Houseofficials on Wednesday defended a decision to award a now-bankrupt solar energy company a $535 million loan as House Republicans released Obama administration e-mails suggesting ...
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Michaele and Tareq Salahi
Washington Post
Accused White House "party crashers," Tareq Salahi, left, and his wife Michaele "crash" David Letterman's monologue during a surprise appearance on the set of the 'Late Show." Worldwide Pants Inc. / AP Tareq and Michaela Salahi appear on NBC's "Today" ...
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Fight brewing over US offshore profit taxation
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large US corporations are pressuring Congress and the White House to exempt overseas corporate profits from taxes, a policy shift that critics say would hurt the economy and increase the federal deficit. ...
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Turner's win over Weprin shows Obama's toxic effect on national stage
New York Daily News
In a crushing blow to the White House and the Democratic Party, the seat once held by notorious sexter Anthony Weiner switched hands yesterday, with a longshot Republican now heading to the House of Representatives. By linking the economic ennui of New ...
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New York Daily News
'The White House is in panic mode. The White House knows the truth'
WND.com
"What is at stake is the Constitution of the United States and I do not intend to stop reporting on Barack Obama's ineligibility to be president, regardless how much theWhite House intends to attack me with Saul Alinsky techniques of ridicule and ...
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Obama Administration Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Thursday, September 15 th – The First Lady delivers a greeting via video to the Hispanic Heritage Awards. Thursday, September 15 th – Renewing the American dream series begins on www.whitehouse.gov/Hispanic highlighting Hispanics in the Obama ...
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Johansson taps FBI over nude pics
Toronto Sun
Scarlett Johansson2010 White House Correspondents Association Dinner held at the Washington Hilton Hotel - ArrivalsWashington DC, USA - 01.05.10**Not available for publication in USAmagazines. Available for publication in US tabloids and the rest of ...
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NASA unveils deep-space rocket to succeed the space shuttle
USA Today
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, expressed confidence in Congress to fund the new rocket, despite a summer vote by a House committee to cut 9% from NASA's budget. "At least now we have the White House and much of Congress pushing on the same direction on ...
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America's economy: An uncertain outlook for Main Street, USA
Financial Times
The White House plan, announced a week ago, includes measures that are specifically designed to aid struggling small businesses in 2012, cutting payroll taxes – which fund the social security retirement scheme – in half and adding additional incentives ...
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Bill Burton says Democrats should be 'very nervous'
Politico
Bill Burton, the former White House deputy press security who's freed up by being at an independent expenditure group, issued a rather blunt warning in the wake of the special election losses for Democrats: “Democrats should be very nervous," said Bill ...
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Startup America Moving 'Too Slowly'
Huffington Post
(By Deborah L. Cohen) - Last winter, President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a small posse of White House officials made a big show as they swept through Northeast Ohio to kick off their Startup America initiative that promised ...
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Jason Varitek's career in pictures
USA Today
President Bush shakes hands with Varitek as pitcher Curt Schilling, center, looks on during a White House ceremony honoring the 2004 World Series champions. Varitek celebrates clinching the 2005 American League wild card after a 10-1 win over the New ...
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Fact Check: The CNN/Tea Party debate in Florida
USA Today
•Perry cherry-picked job creation numbers when he boasted of creating 1 million jobs as governor "while the current resident of the White House is overseeing the loss of 2.5 million jobs." Texas has increased jobs by 1 million during Perry's tenure, ...
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Obama's job act threat to NB exports, experts say
New Brunswick Business Journal
The bill contains a proposed plan for infrastructure and renovation projects, the details of which were released in full by the White House this week. The plan contains a provision called "Buy American - Use of American Iron, Steel and Manufactured ...
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Two-thirds of America think Obama's plan will fail
RT
Barack Obama proposed his Americans Job Act before Congress last week and on Monday spoke from the White House rose garden with a copy of his legislation in hand, urging lawmakers once again to give it the go-ahead. While only time will tell if the ...
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9/11 Conspiracy: Excuse for US Reign of Terror
MWC News
In some cases, even in the corporate media, hawks in the Bush White House, especially former Vice President Dick Cheney, and members of the Project for a New American Century, a neoconservative think tank, has been accused of involvement in or...
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Critics say privacy hearing skewed against consumers
USA Today
She adds that the White House has come out in favor of a comprehensive privacy bill and is currently preparing to issue a final position paper on how privacy and data security issues should be addressed in the United States. ...
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Catholic Charities USA to Testify Before House Subcommittee on Insurance ...
Sacramento Bee
Among others, Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Council Director, and Mark Shriver, Senior Vice President of US Operations for Save the Children, will be featured speakers. The National Poverty Summit is hosted by a partnership of CCUSA, ...
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Syrian-American Activists Fearful for Relatives in Syria
Voice of America
Some of those relatives have already paid a price for their family members' activism in the US Malek Jandali is a Syrian-American composer and performed at a protest rally outside the White House in July. A few days later, he said his elderly father ...
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Ellen DeGeneres interview on Leno (VIDEO)
Monsters and Critics.com
IN FACT, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU END UP IF YOU TRY TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYONE—PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. OVER THE WEEKEND, THREATENING MESSAGES WERE POSTED ON THE WHITE HOUSE'SFACEBOOK PAGE: THE SECRET SERVICE TAKES THESE THREATS VERY SERIOUSLY ...
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The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, September 15, 2011
ABC News (blog)
“As the president has consistently said, he does not believe that Social Security is a driver of our near- and medium-term deficits,” White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement. LINK The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas: “Obama sinking ...
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Judge orders Rep. Walsh to explain child support
USA Today (blog)
The dispute made national headlines after a Sun-Times report came out as Congress and the White House were negotiating an increase to the debt limit. Janet Boyle, Walsh's lawyer, told the Chicago Tribune that Vega's ruling is a "legal technicality. ...
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Perry hits Bachmann on HPV claim
CBS News
"This is an administration and frankly a political party that's on the ropes and the American people understand that," Perry said of the Obama White House. On Obama's jobs plan, unveiled earlier this week, he said, "Another half a trillion in stimulus ...
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Aerospace industry campaigns against further defense cuts
The Hill
The White House and most lawmakers say the August debt deal will trigger $350 billion in defense budget cuts over a decade. Blakey told reporters that actual reduction, when coupled with past cuts, will fall between $460 billion and $480 billion ...
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Global Survey Results Reveal Need for Improved Hypoglycaemia Management for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MSD is a tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Whitehouse Station, NJ, USAThrough our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products, we work with customers and operate in more than ...
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Congressman Duncan Hunter Answers Patch Readers' Questions
Patch.com
The Republican majority today has over 60 new faces, but there is still resistance from this White House and Democratic Senate to working closely with House Republicans… Think about this: The Senate has not passed a budget in over 900 days. ...
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Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue To Be Presented In Jackson & Piney ...
BlackNews.com (press release)
In addition to Winter's Bone and Udaan, films screening as part of the Film Forward activities in Jackson are: Afghan Star (Afghanistan), Amreeka (USA), Boy (NZ), Freedom Riders (USA), La Mission, (USA), Last Train Home (China) and Son of Babylon ...
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Slower Than A Snail's Pace
Chemical & Engineering News
Government: Senators ask White House to release EPA's proposal to create new list of substances. Scientists studying the geochemical processes at play in the formation of giant gypsum crystals (CaSO 4 •2H 2 O) found in Mexico's Naica ore mines have ...
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Chemical & Engineering News
Jim DeMint: Obama's “Venture Socialism”
FITSNews
The White House is defending the Solyndra loan by calling it a “high-risk, high-reward” venture and asking for even more money to hand out to favored companies and causes. Obama is now demanding that Congress pass a $450 billion bill that, ...
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Subversive Environmental History
truthout
This was the time of Jimmy Carter in the White House. Carter spoke about the 1970s being "a decade of environmental progress," which started on January 1, 1970, with the signing into law of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). ...
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Bachmann to meet Arpaio
CNN (blog)
Rick Perry, the frontrunner in the national polls in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination, called him at home and that they discussed illegal immigration. Bachmann is not the only Republican White House hopeful in Arizona Wednesday. ...
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Saturday, Sept. 17
Advocate Weekly
Masonic Temple, Berkshire Ballroom Dancers/USA Dance features ballroom dance, with a free basic lesson in Quickstep taught by Esther & Irv Mindlin, followed by dancing to music by Champagne Jam, 7 pm lesson, 7:45-11 pm dancing. $13, $5/students. ...
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Night for Flight auction offers vacations, travel
AOPA Pilot
The ranch was President Ronald Reagan's home for nearly 25 years and served as the “Western White House” during eight of those. It embodies Reagan's character and ideals. Reagan said of his beloved sanctuary, “No place before or since has ever given...
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AOPA Pilot
EU must support viable...
EurActiv
"18 years ago, on 13 September 1993, [Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak] Rabin and [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat, the two outstanding political leaders of their communities, solemnly signed the 'interim agreement' at the White House in Washington, ...
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Libya: the country is regarded as a place for investments
«Market Leader» - news and previews making you rich.
The next meeting of the “Friends of Libya” is supposed to be held at the end of September on the US territory, and it is very likely that the White House will take care of its own preferences at Libyan market. 6. Contracts on the country's recovery, ...
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“Quotes & Notes from Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Conference Call”
SecondsOut
Mayweather answered, “ I was actually going to 50 Cent's house and he told me he lived close to the casino. I sat down at ringside and enjoyed it. It was interesting and both fighters were impressive. As I watched Victor, I thought this guy can get it ...
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Giant Upset in New York City
Town Hall
If President Obama loses his lopsided majorities among Latinos, Jews and Asians, he'll lose theWhite House, so Republicans should work to welcome disillusioned voters from blocs now questioning their ill-considered allegiance to a President recently ...
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Tips for green living learned on trip to Hungary
Staunton News Leader
The Japanese cut about five million metric tons of green house gases, thanks to the "Super Cool Biz" campaign to change workers' attitudes about the appropriateness of informal attire for doing business. Dressing for colder weather — thicker suits, ...
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Tea Party Express V: A Spiritual Thing – OpEd
Eurasia Review
I closed every rally singing, “God Bless the USA”. Extraordinarily and without planning to do so, I sang, “God Bless the USA” warm, tender and extremely heartfelt. The song became a prayer as many patriots wept at every rally. Praise God. ...
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Second Annual World Maker Faire Features Speakers, Shakers, and Makers
TMC Net
Making Makers: Tom Kalil, deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, joins MAKE founder Dale Dougherty and NYSCI CEO Margaret Honey and Cognizant CEO and NYSCI board member Francisco D'Souza in a panel discussion on ...
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GUEST VIEWS: Entitlements meet regulations
Odessa American
In fact, her main issue so far while in the White House has been to reduce the obesity rate among children. Allowing food stamps to be used at fast food restaurants might very well disrupt her goal. So will those who overwhelmingly support government ...
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Wikileaks Ethiopia Files; Ethiopia Bombs Itself, blames Eritrea, Oromos 2006 ...
Sri Lanka Guardian
This should also deliver another body blow to the Obama White House and its claims that Eritrea supports terrorism in the Horn of Africa. So once again the bellowing against Eritrea by the USA and it lackeys at the UN going back to 2006 is exposed as...
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Sri Lanka Guardian
Toronto Inspired: indieWIRE @ Hulu Docs
Indie Wire (blog)
... USA, may be found in Jeff Reichert's “Gerrymandering.” Continuing with US politics, TIFF plays host to Nick Broomfield's “Sarah Palin - You Betcha!”, the UK maker's attempt to figure out how a smalltown Alaskan mayor almost reached the White House. ...
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Indie Wire (blog)
First Reading: Perry will speak at Liberty University today
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
Senior party figures are on board with - or are at least resigned to - the White House's leadership. And some Democratic insiders sought to put a better face on their diminished state - before adding that they wanted to see a tougher Obama. ...
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The Real Housewives of D.C Star Michaele Salahi Kidnapped
By imran
She and her husband, Tareq, are founders of America's Polo Cup, which had become one of the largest and most high profile polo events in the U.S. They have also been the alleged owners and residents of the Oasis Winery near Hume, ... Michaele is also known as one of the “White HouseCrashers” as she and her husband showed up at the White House without invitations and greeted President Barack Obama on November 24, 2009, in the receiving line for 400 invited guests. ...
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MSNBC: Despite Red flags, White House Gave $500 million To ...
ABC News: Investigators Probe White House Role In Massive Energy Loan (VIDEO). videoplatformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Matthew Mosk and Ronnie Greene / ABC News House investigators said they have ...
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Michelle Obama honors top designers at White House - CBS News
The Early Show Amazing video: Bystanders lift car to save biker 9 of 9 ... First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in ... the first lady and leading U.S. designers had Lawrence giddy amid the White House whirl , ...
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White House takes possible terror threat seriously - One News Page
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www.onenewspage.com/.../White-House-takes-possible-terror-...
Jobless rate too high, shows need to act - White House | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that U.S. ... Africa Journal · WorldVideo ... FTSE suffers sell-off as U.S. jobs growth stagnates. Fri, Sep ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
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U.S. says the White House to thwart Palestinian efforts to join the UN ...
Videos - U.S. says the White House to thwart Palestinian efforts to join the UN Government of theUnited States (U.S.), Thursday (08/09/2011)says explicitly that ...
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