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USA News, Sep 08, 2011


Obama praises Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR's trip to White House
USA Today
To get the latest sports news from USA TODAY, including game results, columns and features, follow us on Twitter at @USATODAYSports. Being invited to the White House gives NASCAR relevance, 2010 runner-up Hamlin said. "You see the championship teams ...
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Obama spokesman: Act fast on jobs plan
USA Today (blog)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY White House spokesman Jay Carney didn't provide details of the jobs plan President Obama will outline before Congress on Thursday night, but he did offer general claims as to why Congress should pass it quickly. ...
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USA Today (blog)
Does The White House Want to Ship Jobs Overseas?
Fox News
Gibson is also a company that is proud to put the “Made in the USA” label on its instruments. While the company has lower-end lines that are made overseas, every guitar that bears the “Gibson” label is made in the US by American workers. ...
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Three White House candidates didn't make cut for GOP debate
USA Today
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY When the GOP presidential debate begins at 8 tonight, two former officeholders and a sitting member of Congress also seeking theWhite House won't be on stage. Former Louisiana governor and congressman Buddy Roemer, ...
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Obama team may keep some troops in Iraq
USA Today (blog)
The proposal for a smaller force -- if approved by the White House and the Iraqi government, which is not yet certain -- reflected the shifting political realities in both countries. It also reflected the tension between Mr. Obama's promise to bring ...
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USA Today (blog)
News analysis: Perry, GOP frontrunner, under fire at debate
USA Today
So the question ahead may be this: Can Romney or others raise enough questions about Perry's ability to attract the independent voters needed to win the White Houseto curtail the Texas governor's stunning rise among Republican conservatives? ...
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Bad news: Al Gore unhappy with Obama for dropping EPA's new smog standards
Hot Air
And the president is the only person who can rally the United States. I'm half-serious about the primary challenge idea. Why not? Gore's obviously deeply pained that his pet issue has been given short shrift by the White House; nothing would do more to ...
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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers adjusting to the spotlight
USA Today
Rodgers shrugs off any hangover questions, insisting the team has moved on since its June Super Bowl ring ceremony and an August visit to the White House. The lockout-extended offseason might have worked in his favor, as Rodgers said it took two months...
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Fake Rahm Emanuel releases book of tweets
USA Today
By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY When Rahm Emanuel, the former White Houseadviser, was running for mayor of Chicago, a fake Twitter account emerged that released a series of vulgar tweets that appeared aimed at poking fun at Emanuel's trademark potty ...
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Is a 3-D Backlash Underway? USA Today Wonders
Patheos
The President and First Lady watching the 2009 Super Bowl in 3-D. This photo released from the White House. Given what appears to be the growing omnipresence of 3-D films and other media, why would Snider wonder about a backlash? ...
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Patheos
Obama talks to Perry -- about wildfires
USA Today (blog)
... at the request of the Governor, the Administration has granted eight Fire Management Assistance Grants, making federal funds available to reimburse eligible costs associated with efforts to combat the fires," said a White House readout. ...
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Obama, aides discussed security for Sept 11 anniversary
Reuters
11 attacks on the United States, the White House said on Wednesday. "Al Qaeda and others have expressed interest in anniversaries in the past, so we remain ever-vigilant," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
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NASA needs to keep astronaut corps
USA Today
NASA expects to see that number stabilize at or below that number, says the report, and hire 15 more astronauts over the next five years "Since 2009, there has been considerable debate and disagreement between Congress and the White House about the ...
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Why 9/11 Changed Everything Nothing
Religion Dispatches
On May 1, when President Obama announced the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, crowds almost instantly formed outside the White House chanting “USA! USA!.” Depending on whom you believe, this reaction was either an unsettling display of vengeance ...
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Palestinian hits out at U.S. policy on U.N. bid
Reuters
Hale and Dennis Ross, a senior White House official, met Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday. Hale's meeting with Abbas followed a phone call on Tuesday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Palestinian leader. ...
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Reuters
Obama orders vigilance on 9/11
USA Today
"This is part of a series of meetings that have happened over the past four months," Carney said, some chaired by Obama and others by White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The meetings are "all working up towards this anniversary to ensure ...
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Ten Winners And Ten Losers Of 9/11
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Kremlin and the White House agreed to share intelligence and cooperate in Afghanistan, and US criticism of Russia's human rights record suddenly quieted dramatically. Other dictators in the post-Soviet Union -- especially in Afghanistan's Central ...
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Obama speech scrambles NFL pregame shows
Chicago Tribune
Aaron Rodgers shakes hands with President Barack Obama during the Packers' White House visit in August. (Getty Photo) NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's speech Thursday night has forced NFL pregame shows for the Saints at Packers matchup to be moved ...
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Ex-US government scientist admits attempted Israel spying
Reuters
He worked at the White House on the National Space Council in 1989 and 1990, developing a radar experiment that helped discover water on the south pole of the moon. Nozette also was president of the Alliance for Competitive Technology, a non-profit ...
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The 'guilt-free working mom'
Republican & Herald (blog)
USA Weekend featured a brief article on CBS News White House correspondent Nora O'Donnell in this past Sunday's edition, headlining it as “TV's guilt-free working mom.” Apparently this 37-year-old married mom of three dislikes the phrase “balancing ...
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Watch DJ Pauly D, Lady Gaga 9/11 video: What will you do to remember 9/11?
Examiner.com
Speculation is that Flight 93's target was to have been either the Capitol or the White House. In total, 246 people died on the four planes that crashed ten years ago. Beginning on Tuesday, September 6 and running through Sunday, MTV's parent company, ...
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'Suits' : Another Look at USA's Fresh Take on the Legal Genre
BuzzFocus.com
By Nate Bieniek : September 8, 2011 From the same network that brings us Burn Notice, White Collar and Covert Affairs, Suits is a New York City law-series penned by Aaron Korsh with a fresh and unique twist. Expecting another standard-fare attorneys...
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Chris Christie Named Vice Chair of GOP Governors
ThirdAge
Read Morethe White House in Washington on February 27, 2011. UPI/Joshua Roberts/POOL Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, was named the vice chair of the Republican Governors Association, the organization announced Wedneday. ...
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Bloggings On Immigration Law And Policy
ILW.com
From Citizen Orange: I just came across a radio segment by the talented María Hinojosa at NPR's Latino USA where she interviewed Luis Miranda, Director of Hispanic Media at the White House. Mr. Miranda confirmed my worst fears about the Obama ...
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Hackers plan 9/11 attacks
Inquirer
[a country that has been bombed/attacked by USA]. so; eg: "Dear USA, your 9/11 is our 24/7, Sincerely. Iraq". There follow phone numbers for the White House in the US and a number of other US agencies including those in Libya and Afghanistan. ...
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President expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts, aid
Palm Beach Post
Watson is part of a group of community leaders who have been invited to the White House and are briefed weekly on administration programs. Based on those discussions, he also says he expects the president to urge Congress to approve a trade agreement ...
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Palm Beach Post
The ACLU on Obama and core liberties
Salon
31, 2011, President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White HouseThe ACLU decided to use the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack to comprehensively survey the severe erosion of civil liberties justified in the name of that event, ...
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Salon
Shedding light on political spending
The Hill (blog)
Since this spring, the White House has let the leaked executive order twist slowly in the wind and done little to counter the bogus claims being made about it. In the meantime, shadowy 501(c)(4) groups have been raising and spending money from secret ...
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DC Fiddles While the Country Burns
FrumForum
The White House, of course, had no comment. It is busy preparing a calming, welcoming speech about bi-partisanship that the President will deliver Thursday. It is especially interesting to note the language Hoffa Jr., used: ”take them out. ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
CNBC.com
Instead, it was escalated when House Speaker John Boehner told the White House, sorry, no, we're too busy then, try again the next night — when football fans were anticipating the season's first NFL games. The president gave way, and will give his ...
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On Alki, a statue of memories
The Seattle Times
A typical note reads, "Hurt the USA — yes. Defeat the USA — never. God bless the USA." In the hours and days after Seattleites watched on television the unfolding tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, they instinctively went to be together in two public places. ...
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Tim DeKay Joins LA TheatreWorks' A DOLL HOUSE
Broadway World
Tim DeKay (USA Network's White Collar) has been cast as Torvald in LA Theatre Works' upcoming production of A Doll House. DeKay joins Calista Flockhart (as Nora), Gregory Itzin (as Krogstad), JoBeth Williams (as Mrs. Linde), Tony Abatemarco (as Dr. ...
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Don't Forget: “Outbreak”
Yahoo's The Projector (blog)
... airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. The CDC's job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an overreaction by the White House. "Contagion. ...
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How We See Capitalism-Imperialism's Ill Doings in the USA
The People's Voice
As to real change, perhaps mimicking the popular movement in Egypt to bring down Hosni Mubarak and leanring from it is something Americans need to consider in tackling the issue of change with regards to the ruling elite in the White house.
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The People's Voice
Intelligence and Terrorism
Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
... of the Muslim community in Toronto and director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought attacked Israel (calling it the "Zionist parasitical state"), and theUnited States (calling President Obama "This black man in the White House"). ...
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Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
Obama jobs plan tagged at $300 billion
USA Today (blog)
According to people familiar with the White House deliberations, two of the biggest measures in the president's proposals for 2012 are expected to be a one-year extension of a payroll tax cut for workers and an extension of expiring jobless benefits....
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Today's e-Reads: Groupon Rethinks IPO; Is Yahoo a Takeover Target?
National Journal
The White House is worried about NASA's funding requests for rocket science, according to The Wall Street Journal. Want to stay ahead of the curve? Sign up for National Journal's AM & PM Must Reads. News and analysis to ensure you don't miss a thing.
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US urged to cooperate with Cuba on offshore oil
Reuters UK
But the White House has been slow to move otherwise, in part because of opposition from Florida lawmakers, particularly Cuban Americans who say the discovery of oil in Cuba will help the communist government led by President Raul Castro. ...
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Honoring 9/11 by Upholding Freedom
Huffington Post (blog)
In the six years of our existence, Muslim Advocates has worked with the Department of Justice, theWhite House and congressional offices to educate and promote solutions that keep our country safe while also upholding the rights and freedoms guaranteed ...
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You say po-tay-toe
Nashville Post (subscription) (blog)
Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) said today that if Senate and House Democrats in Tennessee really want to positively impact the economy, instead of the jobs tour announced today, they should head north to the White House to talk to ...
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Obama set to propose $300 billion economic plan: What's the likely impact?
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Thanks in part to the reluctance of GOP congressional leaders to green-light more spending, Republican lawmakers will be deeply wary of signing off on everything Obama asks for--even though the White House has said it plans to fund the additional...
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Campaign launched to show Muslim service to US
USA Today
By Alex Wong, Getty Images Mansura Shajahan, whose husband Mohammed Shajahan was killed during 9/11 at tower one of the World Trade Center, wipes tears as President Obama acknowledges Muslim 9/11 families during an Iftar dinner at theWhite House in ...
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Can GOP Candidates Claim Reagan Mantle? 'No – Short Answer,' Says Reagan Scholar
ABC News (blog)
This corrupt system needs an o-going puppet in the White House to keep bailing out criminals and keep this bogus war on terror going and ramped up bombing and saber rattling all awhile the media keeping the American people placated with the “two party ...
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BP's $100 million rig worker fund expands to other oil spill recovery efforts
NOLA.com
When BP agreed to establish the $100 million fund following negotiations with theWhite House last summer, most assumed that a universe of 25000-30000 offshore workers would have suffered significant losses because President Barack Obama shut down ...
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NOLA.com
Sim2 To Present 15 Products Celebrating 15 Years
Twice
Highlighting the assortment will be Sim2's Nero single-chip DLP projector platform, including a 3D projector, which "sets a new reference standard," according to Alberto Fabiano, Sim2 USA executive VP. The 3D version of Nero projector line uses much of...
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Twice
OBL mission was a 'gamble', reveals Obama | THE USA NEWS
By Osama
THE USA NEWS USA News | World News ... But when it was lastly confirmed that bin Laden had been killed with shots to the head and chest, there was little celebration inside the White House, the documentary bare. “This was a big gamble. ...
THE USA NEWS
Maryland man fights ban on filming cops — RT
By RT
News · Podcasts · Blogs · Columns ... An individual in the US state of Maryland is facing felony charges for filming and posting online a video of an aggressive unmarked police officer pulling him over for speeding. ... Tyranny is coming to the United States – Alex Jones .... Barack Obama is set to speak to the nation on Thursday to address the country's dire jobs problem, but White Houseinsiders say that the president's plan to jump-start employment will cost upwards of $300 billion. US...
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White House 'ever vigilant' on 9/11 anniversary | NTN24 NEWS
Washington D.C., USA (NTN24 Wires) - The White House said Wednesday it was "ever vigilant" on security ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 ...
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White House warns against harboring Gadhafi
WASHINGTON — The White House is urging Libya's neighbors to detain Moammar Gadhafi and ...White House spokesman Jay Carney says the U.S. has specifically delivered that message to Niger, ... National news videos: Editor's picks ...
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