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USA News, Aug 24, 2011


White House seeks $10 billion savings in regulatory rollback
USA Today
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Obama's effort to roll back costly regulations that are not needed could save more than $10 billion over five years, but critics say that's a drop in the bucket. By Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images ...
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Obama's vacation: Earthquakes, revolutions, hurricanes
USA Today
White House counterterrorism czar John Brennan has been on the Vineyard to keepObama personally up to date on all the international developments. He monitored economic affairs, including the daily gyrations of the financial markets, while finding time ...
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Insight: Showdown looms on US overseas profit tax break
Reuters
A repatriation tax holiday offers just that, advocates say, although critics contend the proposal's promises of economic stimulus are illusory and serve only to mask a tax break costing the United States $80 billion over 10 years. The White House ...
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Reuters
For golfing president, quake rattles the hole
USA Today (blog)
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY The magnitude-5.8 earthquake that shook much of the East Coast Tuesday afternoon was felt on Martha's Vineyard, where the president was golfing -- and missing putts. Just as the US economy and the fall of Tripoli have kept ...
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USA Today (blog)
Analysis: Libyan rebel forces may not be ready to keep peace
USA Today
By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Rebel forces achieved a breathtaking success in Libya over a few days but may not be prepared to keep the peace. By Sergey Ponomarev,, AP A rebel fighter breaks the glass of Gadhafi's tent after Libyan rebels ...
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Gallup: Fewer think Obama improved race relations
Politico
Americans are less sure that having a black president has improved race relations than they were during the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, according to a new poll. In all, 35 percent of Americans surveyed for a USA Today/Gallup Poll released ...
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Politico
Obama Doesn't Get It
Boise Weekly
Obama and his fellow fake Democrats never challenge this right-wing framing. Maybe they believe it. "The White House doesn't create jobs," Obama press secretary Jay Carney said Aug. 5. In the real world where flesh-and-blood American workers have been ...
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Margot Kidder among protesters arrested at White House
CTV.ca
Canadian actress Margot Kidder, left, is handcuffed by police as other environmentalists applaud outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (Keith Lane / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Canadian actress Margot Kidder and other environmentalists ...
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Special Report Transcript * Tuesday, August 23rd
Fox News (blog)
President Obama was on the golf course this afternoon when the earthquake hit earlier in day. There was an announcement about a pro- business move involving Washington bureaucracy. Chief White House correspondent, Ed Henry, is with the president on ...
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The Usurper in Chief and Kingfish Liar Again Misleads Public
Canada Free Press
An inquirer asks, 'How do you know Obama is lying?' to which I replied, 'When his lips are moving.' OK, that's a bad old joke; but strangely, it fits so well with that foreign operator who plays with our money out of our White House. The problem today ...
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The Tweet That Shook the World
Fox News
Following the earthquake, the White House used the earthquake as an opportunity to remind Americans to stay prepared on what to do in an emergency situation, Tweeting: “ #DCQuake serves as a reminder to get prepared. @fema on what to do during/after: ...
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, August 24, 2011
ABC News (blog)
LINK USA Today's Richard Wolf: “White House seeks $10 billion savings in regulatory rollback” President Obama's effort to roll back costly regulations that are not needed could save more than $10 billion over five years, but critics say that's a drop ...
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Photos: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith
Denver Post
EPA/PAUL BUCK First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and Jada Pinkett Smith watch Jada's daughter Willow Smith perform during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg Actor ...
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Speak Out 8/24/11
Southeast Missourian
IF TAXES, and REGULATIONS ON BUSINESS ARE A PROBLEM.... then why didn't the Republicans FIX those problems when they held the WHITE HOUSE, the SENATE, and the US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for SIX years from 2000-2006? Hmmmmm? The PUBLISHED Corporate tax ...
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Southeast Missourian
NY Post Runs Beck's Churchill Bust Conspiracy As Fact
Media Matters for America (blog)
As a February 14, 2009, article in the UK newspaper The Telegraph made clear, the bust was on loan to the White House and was scheduled to be returned: A British Embassy spokesman said: "The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was ...
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Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Ron Paul and His Record
ProPublica
I can see how you could make this an issue, but it will have no impact on his term in the White House. Because of his views on these matters, the Religious Right has never come out in support of Ron Paul. Instead the Religious Rights supports the ...
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ProPublica
A light in the darkness
Telegraph-Journal (registration)
It is shining in Washington, where this past weekend Bill McKibben and Gus Speth were both arrested, along with dozens of others, at the start of a two-week rolling sit-in in front of the White House (it's illegal to be on the sidewalk there) to ...
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RECREATION, Leisure News, Aug 24, 2011


There must be 50 ways to love your leisure...
EurekAlert (press release)
And how do you know if you're experiencing leisure at all? Leisure professor Dr. Gordon Walker can answer all of those questions – and more. After all, he's written the book on it. Walker a professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation ...
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Auckland pool lifeguards NZ champs
Voxy
... Community Leisure Management's Casey Coyle, Manukau Leisure's Ngereteina Teaukura and Simon Mittermeier from The Leisure Centre in Rodney. Ian Maxwell, manager of parks, sport andrecreation for the Auckland Council commends the team on their ...
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Investors propose destination theme park, retail development off Expressway 83 ...
Monitor
The proposal includes a detailed feasibility study prepared by Leisure and Recreation Concepts of Dallas, which breaks down everything from admission fees to projected employment. A wide range of economic incentives, from land to a Tax Increment ...
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1.2 Million Michiganians Have Labor Day Travel Plans, Says AAA
PR Newswire (press release)
Shopping, entertainment and recreation make up the remaining costs. Air leisure travelers will account for some 1 percent of all travel in Michigan during the holiday weekend. Nationally, that number increases to eight percent. Trips by other modes, ...
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Secretary of Interior visiting Grand Teton Park today
Rexburg Standard Journal
Salazar will emphasize the need to promote policies that encourage tourism, travel and retail sales and improve the natural and historic assets that attract visitors and recreation to strengthen the outdoor economy and spur job growth in the leisure ...
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Lansdowne retail wrangle looms
Ottawa Citizen
Apparel that is outdoor lifestyle, healthy living, and recreation-oriented would suit the development," wrote Williams, who is now monitoring how the strategy is being followed as tenants are determined. "There is continued blurring of retail ...
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Viewpoints: 2011 Reston Insiders Guide
Reston Connection
... struck me was the abundance of nature and the planning that had gone into weaving in homes, offices and leisure facilities into Reston such that it was possible for a resident to lead a quality life." "I like the rural recreation setting of Reston. ...
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UMaine coach Corkum leads USA Under-17s to Five Nations title
Bangor Daily News
Carpenter is a 2000 graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., where she earned a degree in recreation/leisure studies. She formerly was an assistant coach at Virginia Wesleyan and Virginia Commonwealth universities. ...
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Bangor Daily News
Community Calendar
Savannah Morning News
The production is presented by Guyton Leisure Services as part of the guest director series and a portion of ticket sales will benefit the Rincon Fire Department Fill-a-Boot campaign. For more information, or to reserve tickets call 912-657-1120. ...
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Residents' input sought on Janesville budget
Janesville Gazette
For instance, the city eliminated the position of director of leisure services. It has yet to fill community development and recreation director positions. "We're saying we think we're doing things pretty well, at least compared to our peer cities in ...
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Donna Jean Shaw Pen And Ink Demonstration
Hartford Courant
The Windsor Palette and Brush Club is sponsored by the Town of Windsor's Department ofRecreation and Leisure Services, and it holds monthly meetings with art demonstrations on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September through May, ...
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Westin Hotels named official hotel and resort of The PGA of America
PGA.com
With over 170 hotels and resorts in over 36 countries and territories, Westin is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Starwood Hotels is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1058 properties in 100 countries and ...
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Polk Chronicles: Kissengen Spring Was Spot For Fun
The Ledger
The marker will honor what may have been the first major leisure attraction in Polk -- and the first spring in Florida to stop flowing due to increasing water demands. It was exactly 128 years ago Thursday -- on Aug. 25, 1883 -- that Dr. Huddleston ...
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Vt. inn denies discriminating against NY lesbians
msnbc.com
Nilou Motamed, Travel + Leisure's features director, visits flight attendant school for an inside look. In a court filing Tuesday, a lawyer for Wildflower Inn owners Jim and Mary O'Reilly said that they were never told about the lesbian couple's ...
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Leisure and Recreation News - Top Rakeback Offers from Four New ...
RakeTheRake boosts its online poker room rakeback offerings to players.
leisurenewsarticles.com/.../top-rakeback-offers-from-four-new...

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