HUFFPOST HILL – SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2010
We were worried that this morning's job report was the harbinger of an uncharacteristically staid recess Friday. Thank goodness that wasn't the case: Jim Gerlach's spokesman accused Mike Honda of playing the race card by not being white arou...
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Berwyn Looking To Woo Gay And Lesbian Couples
Marge Paul can sit on the front porch of her Berwyn home, look at the crisscrossing, bungalow-lined streets to the north and south, and smile about something many don't realize."I know there's a gay or lesbian couple on just about every bloc...
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Tony Blair’s Big Lie Of Omission
In his new book, the former British prime minister asks for a fair hearing on the Iraq war. But he ignores a key meeting where George Bush suggested they con their way to an invasion.Read More... More on Iraq ...
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Ben Bernanke’s Summer Reading List
Ben S. Bernanke was an economist at Stanford and Princeton for more than two decades before he moved to Washington to 2002, first as a member of the Federal Reserve's board of governors, then as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers u...
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Hunger Action Month: How You Can Help
September marks Hunger Action Month and national nonprofit Feeding America is calling upon individuals and communities to get involved in the fight against domestic hunger.To help achieve this, Feeding America has launched its 30 Ways in 30 ...
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UC-Irvine Upholds Suspension Of Muslim Group
IRVINE, Calif. — The University of California, Irvine has upheld its decision to suspend a campus Muslim group after some of its members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a campus event.However, the university said Friday...
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Al Lawson, Top Democrat In Florida’s State Senate, Endorses Charlie Crist Over Kendrick Meek
Rep. Kendrick Meek, Florida's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, received some discouraging news Thursday when a top Democrat in the Florida State Senate chose to endorse independent Charlie Crist over him.Al Lawson, the Florida State Sen...
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Hillary 2012 Ad Released By Chicago Dentist William DeJean (VIDEO)
A new ad pitching a Hillary Clinton 2012 presidential campaign has been making the rounds on the web and in select TV markets recently, but it doesn't mean there's an inter-cabinet coup brewing to prevent Obama from running for a second term...
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Anti-Abortion Group Takes Aim At Democrats
WASHINGTON — An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to d...
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eBay Box: Reusable Packaging Launched By Auction Website
EBay is perhaps the ultimate online destination for used goods, so it only makes sense that the site is taking its hand-me-down sensibilities a step further with the eBay Box: a shipping container designed to be sent from sellers to buyers a...
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