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White House details plans for more digital learning
USA Today
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – The White House will unveil plans Friday for a research center that aims to infuse more digital learning into the nation's classrooms. By Sonny Hedgecock, AP Juliana Stephens, left, gets help using an iPad with ...
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USA Today
Kentucky's Dakota Meyer receives Medal of Honor in White House ceremony
Louisville Courier-Journal
15 ceremony at the White House. (White House video via DoD) President Barack Obama applauds Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer after awarding him the Medal of Honor on Thursday at the White House for his valor during a firefight in Afghanistan. ...
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House Democrats rally for AT&T, T-Mobile with letter to Obama
CNET
As if the White House doesn't have enough things to deal with at the moment, a collective of 15 House Democrats are now putting pressure on the president to deal with the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Led by US Representative Heath Shuler (DN. ...
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CNET
Opposition growing to Obama jobs plan
USA Today
While those concerns are what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called "anecdotal" rather than unanimous, the hesitance by some Democrats to embrace the entire plan could force the White House to accept its breakup into smaller pieces. ...
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USA Today
First Lady Michelle Obama: Support our Military Families
The White House (blog)
11, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The full text of an op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama is printed below. The piece, published in USA Today, can be read online HERE. Last weekend, Americans across the country joined together to ...
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The White House (blog)
Obama asked the Pentagon to put revenues over risks
RT
According to Shelton, the White House thought maybe they should reconsider. Shelton was slated to speak before Congress on August 3 about his stance on the project from a DoD perspective, but before he could his testimony was leaked to LightSquared. ...
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RT
Carville to Obama: Time to panic
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama and his aides are taking heat from fellow Democrats, the latest blast coming from consultant and television personality James Carville. "What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic. ...
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USA Today
Amid setbacks, Obama allies need to 'wake up'
msnbc.com
“Democrats should be very nervous," said Bill Burton, a former White Housespokesman and senior strategist at Priorities USA, which is raising millions of dollars for the 2012 election. “They need to put on their war paint and get ready for what is ...
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Insight: Looming US decision on Taiwan risks China rift
Reuters
The Washington Times said the Obama administration could brief the Congress on a Taiwan arms package as early as Friday, but the White House declined comment. The deal could sour the mood between the world's two biggest economies at a jittery time for ...
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Obama Terror Strategy: White House Split On Legal Boundaries For Targeting ...
Huffington Post
"legal team is split over how much latitude the United States has to kill Islamist militants..." What a lot of nerve! The USA is not the world's policeman, and has no right to interfere, and export violence and weaponry for corporate profits. ...
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Obama to take jobs pitch to Boehner's back yard
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama is taking the campaign for his $447 billion jobs bill to the home of a prominent congressional Republican: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama will emphasize new ...
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USA Today
Inside the Salahi Split
Daily Beast
White House party crasher Michaele Salahi has reportedly left her husband for a rock star. Diane Dimond, who spent countless hours inside the couple's home, on why she's not surprised. Schon, Michaele once furtively told me, was one of the true loves ...
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Daily Beast
Palestinians cannot achieve statehood through UN: USA
The Statesman
It is a distraction, and it's counterproductive,” White House Press secretary Mr Jay Carney told reporters. “That remains our position. We continue to be focused with great intensity on the need to get Israelis and Palestinians together again in direct ...
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Acting is more than a club to Emmy nominee Martha Plimpton
USA Today
By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY By Leo Sorel, for USA TODAY Family legacy: Martha Plimpton is at home in The Players club in New York, which she frequented as a kid with her grandfather. By Leo Sorel, for USA TODAY Family legacy: Martha Plimpton is at home ...
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Perry: Obama's policies are 'socialism'
USA Today (blog)
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Texas Gov. Rick Perry is sticking by his contention that President Obama's policies are "socialism." He told Time magazine he won't back off from his heated rhetoric as he seeks the White House. Perry, who leads national ...
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USA Today (blog)
USA WINS MOST-WATCHED SUMMER EVER FOR A CABLE NETWORK
TVbytheNumbers
USA was the only basic cable network to earn a household coverage rating over a 2.0 this summer, as well (2.76, +0.79 over #2 TNT). USA was the house of hits this summer with seven original series each averaging over 2 million in P25-54, 1.5 million in ...
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White House, newspaper battle over green jobs
USA Today (blog)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The Obama White House and The Washington Post are battling it out over the president's green jobs program. A $38.6 billion loan guarantee program that the Obama administration promised would create or save 65000 jobs has ...
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USA Today (blog)
News Briefs: USA Renews Covert Affairs, Royal Pains, and Necessary Roughness
TV.com (blog)
Snoopy Dogg Dogg, as old white people like to call him, has signed a deal to star as a father in a family sitcom. He'll work with Don Reo on the project. Reo created Brothers, so good luck with that, Snoop. [Deadline Hollywood] . ...
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Interviews with Reps. Fred Upton and Steve Israel
RealClearPolitics
We know that the White House log show that he was at the White House a good number of times when this thing was proceeding again. We're going to be having the executives from the company; they've agreed to come testify next week for the Oversight ...
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OVERNIGHT TECH: Fixing LightSquared's interference problems could take a ...
The Hill (blog)
Fifteen House Democrats led by Rep. Heath Shuler (DN.C.) wrote to President Obama on Thursday urging his administration to swiftly settle the Justice Department's lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The White House pressured ...
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A can of worms
News24
American culture is white-dominated - white is considered "the norm" even when the majority of people who live in the USA are not white. And here you can't be "half" white. Half white is black, no matter who raises you or how white and mainstream their ...
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Barry Manilow is a Ron Paul fan
USA Today
... to a review of Manilow's donations through the Center for Responsive Politics website. Manilow also gave money in 2008 to Democrats Joe Biden, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama, the man Paul would like to replace in theWhite House.
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USA Today
Q&A: Josh Viertel of Slow Food on the $5 Challenge
Washington Post (blog)
I plan to shop at the White House farmers market today and at the 14th and U market on Saturday, hoping to keep the total tab to a mere $35 — which, I have to admit, is a fraction of the price I usually pay for such a thing, when I don't have my eye ...
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S&P's Chambers: US rating cut means fiscal room limited
Reuters
The White House recently proposed a $447 billion job creation package, but it remains unclear how much of the plan will make it through a bitterly divided Congress. (Reporting by Steven C. Johnson, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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The "Arab" Spring: Adjusting as It Goes
Morocco Board News Service
The question in light of those facts is why would the lords of the white house abandon such loyal irreplaceable regimes? The answer is that their role was, actually, nothing more than pawns that are subjects to sacrifice, and substitution with any ...
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Morocco Board News Service
Fiscal fix needed for jobs, investment - Blackrock
Reuters
It's got to go there," Doll said. The White House recently proposed a $447 billion job creation package, but it remains unclear how much of the plan will make it through a bitterly divided Congress. (Editing by James Dalgleish)
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Locally-Sourced Cuisine with a Modern Twist to be Featured in the Next Dine ...
MarketWatch (press release)
AIRMALL USA, developer of the leading airport concessions model in North America and operator of the AIRMALL at BOS, is pleased to welcome Richard Garcia, executive chef at 606 Congress, as the latest headliner for the Dine Boston Visiting Chef Program ...
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Obama Makes Plea to 'Pass This Bill' 100-Plus Times
ABC News (blog)
Asked about the numbers Wednesday, the White House had a glass-half-full approach. “We are not done with pressing Congress and reaching out to the American people about the need to take this action and to take it now,” White House Press Secretary Jay ...
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Keeping up with the Joneses
SkySports
First thing, I do take advantage of Sky's re-run service and watch Ireland versus USA over breakfast. I'm really impressed with the States as once again, the World Cup proves that it is a competition that can transform teams. Ireland though still don't ...
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Jimmy Carter Redux
Canada Free Press
Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. Reagan removed them. Obama has promised to do the same, but hasn't. Carter said, “when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it.” We're still waiting. ...
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Four-legged friends... or is this giant kitty just playing with its food?
Daily Mail
By Emma Reynolds An incredible video of a dog and tiger tussling in the grounds of a whitewashed house in the US has got viewers asking whether one courageous canine has bitten off more than it can chew. It is clear from the start of the film that the ...
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Daily Mail
Republican Special Election Wins an Early Referendum on Obama?
Fox News
Win Ohio and Florida and then win any other state in the union, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, or Nevada, any one of those ones puts the Republican in the White House. HANNITY: All right. ...
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MEDAL OF HONOR Kentuckian receives Medal of Honor from Obama
Louisville Courier-Journal
Meyer, who saved 36 lives during a six-hour firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan two years ago, stood at somber attention in his Marine dress uniform in the White House East Room as Obama put the medal signifying the nation's highest military ...
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'Vote the Bible' group goes on defensive over gay marriage meeting
Gaston Gazette
Westbrook describes Wake Up Church USA as “a very, very simple organization” that has supporters of all types. “We have people from all political parties,” she said. “We have black and white. We have all denominations.”
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Battleground Blues (The Note)
ABC News (blog)
The National Journal's Beth Reinhard, in a story headlined, “Obama Allies: Time to Wake Up,” hears from some of those voices of Democratic discontent, including former White House principal deputy press secretary Bill Burton. “Democrats should be very ...
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Set to leave his post, Joint Chiefs chairman reflects on wars, bin Laden
Stars and Stripes
As Adm. Michael Mullen prepares to leave his current job at the end of the month, he sat down with USA Today and reflected on his long military career; and for last four years, as the military's top adviser to the White House. ...
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Stars and Stripes
Birmingham Mail World View September 15: Today's best pictures from around the ...
Birmingham Mail
The White House announced the 23-year-old Marine scout sniper from Columbia, Ky., who has since left the Marine Corps, will become the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor in decades for his actions in Afghanistan. ...
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OBi100 VoIP Telephone Adapter and Voice Service Bridge Review
The Gadgeteer
On the Obihai web site you'll find several informative videos that explain in more detail the features and functions of the Obi box. I began my education into the Obi by configuring it to use my Google Voice account as the primary service. ...
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Dubioza Kolektiv: Wild Wild East
PopMatters
The only thing preventing this from a 10/10 is that I reserve that for the White Album, Fun House, Astral Weeks, etc. This isn't quite on that level, but few things are. Bravo, Dubioza Kolektiv. Keep up the good work and please come to America so I can ...
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PopMatters
Running on Empty: Oil & America Decline Together
Pacific Free Press
By invading Iraq and setting up permanent military bases at the very heart of the global oil heartlands, the White House expected to ensure continued control over the flow of Persian Gulf oil and gain access to Iraq's voluminous reserves, ...
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LOST CAT IS FOUND 1800 MILES AWAY
Express.co.uk
By Jane Mathews Willow went missing while her owners, the Squires family, were renovating theirhouse near Denver, Colorado, USA, in 2006. They had given up hope of seeing their pet again until the brown, black and white cat was found by a concerned ...
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Flight 93 Memorial Donations Fall Short Even After Family Pleas
Bloomberg
He promised to work with House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, to get it done. The memorial includes 40 white-marble slabs inscribed with victims' names, along with a 17-ton boulder marking where the plane went down. Organizers say they need ...
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Solar Power after Solydra (STP, YGE & LDK)
Small Cap Network
In a USA Today article, "White House defends loan for now-bankrupt solar firm", by Aamer Madhani and David Jackson, it was revealed that political considerations played a huge role in government financing for Solydra. This is now being investigated by ...
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New York pastor to preach at Open Door 'Unifying Praise' revival
The South Florida Times
He participated in the Charles Finney Colloquium at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School and the World Pentecostal Fellowship in Nairobi, Kenya, and in the Department of Justice Round Table on Youth Violence at the White House in 1998. ...
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NASA unveils its chosen Shuttle successor
Register
... and with no certainty that Obama will even be in the White House come 2015, there has to be a chance that the SLS does indeed represent the future of US manned spaceflight: thus, the foreseeable future of manned flight beyond Earth orbit. ...
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White House defends Solyndra loan at hearing - One News Page
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Catholic Charities USA to Testify Before House ... - Yahoo! News
Read 'Catholic Charities USA to Testify Before House Subcommittee on ... News. Contact: Roger Conner, Senior Director, Communications, Catholic Charities USA, ... Among others, Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Council .... Read profiles, view photos and watch videosabout the 10th anniversary of 9/11. ...
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Threats posted on White House Facebook page - Technology ...
Threatening messages have been posted on the White House Facebook ... NBC News ... "We'll come back U.S.A. One day only 11/9/2011," says one message, ... Video. Asteroid fragment burns bright in the sky. Video. Bring your own tech in ...
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