Only 36 days into his presidency, Barack Obama tonight delivered before a joint session of Congress a "State of the Economy" speech that had...
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today unveiled details of the Obama administration's plans to address the worst U.S. financial crisis since the...
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With Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in attendance, the U.S. Senate late today voted 61-36 in favor of cloture on the $838 billion economic stimulus bill. The...
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When it comes to the evolving economic stimulus plan, we citizens need to warn Congress not to repeat the primal mistakes in the Bush era of rushing...
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Under attack for failure to pay taxes and apparent conflicts of interest with clients in his political consulting practice, former Sen. Tom Daschle...
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Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog saw his shadow this morning, claims The Groundhog Club in Pennsylvania. Folklore says we're due for six more weeks of...
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) today was taken on a stretcher from an inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama, held in Statuary Hall in...
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As the nation prepares for this historic presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, the excitement is palpable and contagious. Obama was elected on a...
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American Times Out of work and out of love, Paine looked westward to America. To succeed in the new world, he needed a sponsor. Paine had met...
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An American Death After his return to America in 1801, Paine spent his waning few years in bleakness and declining health. One biographer thought...
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