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Gitmo prepares for trials instead of close in 2010
- Rather than shutting Guantanamo, the U.S. military is gearing up for the war-crimes trial of a former child soldier at the navy base on southeastern Cuba this summer.
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Democrats see GOP hypocrisy in health care debate
- Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits.
Economy, politics, crime mark another year in Wis.
- The economy continued to implode, taking workers with it. The governor called it quits. State justice officials realized no one ever collected DNA from thousands of prisoners. Thousands of state soldiers continued to find themselves in harm's way.
Dudley: jobs key issue in Ore. race
- Chris Dudley is known to many Oregonians as a former NBA player. But as a Republican candidate for governor, he's still largely an unknown quantity.
Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama
- Months ago, a delegation of Republican senators went to the White House with a request for President Barack Obama to take a more gradual approach to health care.
- Months ago, a delegation of Republican senators went to the White House with a request for President Barack Obama to take a more gradual approach to health care.
Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion
- The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year.
Mo. may have enough people to keep 9 House seats
- Missouri might be able to avoid losing a congressional seat after the 2010 Census, but that depends on how well the count is done in the state, analysts said this week.
Business Highlights
- Stocks end shortened session at new 2009 highs
Census: Ohio still one of slowest-growing states
- Ohio is barely growing and still in danger of losing two congressional seats next year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau numbers that also show immigrants are helping the state avoid even slower growth.
Texas man hopes tamale sales will fund campaign
- Jaime O. Perez knows his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes is a long shot, at best.
- Jaime O. Perez knows his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes is a long shot, at best.
Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone
- Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.
- Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.
Ex-aides to Japan's PM charged in funding scandal
- Two former aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged Thursday with falsifying reports of campaign contributions - dashing the promise of the leader who vowed to usher in a new, cleaner era in the country's politics.
- Two former aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged Thursday with falsifying reports of campaign contributions - dashing the promise of the leader who vowed to usher in a new, cleaner era in the country's politics.
Senate 'Liberal Lion' remembered in health debate
- The memory of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy loomed over the Senate on Thursday when his weary colleagues moved his life's work, health care reform, to the brink of reality.
- The memory of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy loomed over the Senate on Thursday when his weary colleagues moved his life's work, health care reform, to the brink of reality.
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