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Commentary: Save automakers to help economy
U.S. automakers are in jeopardy. What seemed impossible just months ago is now a reality: One or more of the world's biggest automakers could go bankrupt before the year is out.
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Is Romney the man to save GOP in 2012?
As Republican leaders sift through the ruins of the 2008 election and debate the party's future at the Republican Governors Association meeting this week, one of the GOP's potential standard-bearers is instead on a Caribbean cruise.
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Commentary: Obama, King and the mountaintop
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. told followers the night before he was killed that he had been "to the mountaintop" and seen the promised land of racial equality. Last week's election of Barack Obama was the equivalent of taking all African-Americans to that peak, says Dr. Alvin Poussaint.
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Women gaining political power
Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968 as the first black woman in the U.S. Congress, once said: "I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being black."
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Getting inside Obama's 'brain'
Karen Kornbluh is not famous, but her ideas are. As Barack Obama's chief policy director, political insiders call her his "brain."
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Palin decries 'extreme partisanship'
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday argued that she and her fellow Republican governors were ready to put aside "extreme partisanship" and act if Washington fails to provide the leadership America needs.
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Bank must start leanding, senator says
The head of the Senate Banking Committee Thursday said banks receiving money as part of the $700 billion federal bailout must step up their lending to consumers and businesses.
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Can the GOP win back Latino voters?
Si se puede.
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Brown: Bailout switch has some up in arms
On Wednesday, there was a big change to the government bailout plan and already a lot of people are screaming foul.
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Obamas' dog? Try a shelter, animal advocates say
The Obama family may be a couple months away from moving into the White House, but dog advocates already are trying to capitalize on the Obamas' search for a puppy to join them there.
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Obama is asked to focus on Darfur
Human rights groups are asking President-elect Barack Obama to pay early attention to the crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, where government forces have waged a bloody war against militias that some international critics have characterized as genocide.
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Obama lobby rules could benefit nonprofits
Corporate lobbyists may have to jockey for attention alongside smaller, grassroots organizations under new ethics rules issued by President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, one analyst says.
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Catholic Church cuts off ACORN funding
The Roman Catholic Church is cutting off funds to the community organizing group ACORN, citing complaints over its voter registration drives in the November 4 election as part of the reason.
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Paul: GOP should ask why U.S. on wrong track
The questions now being asked are: Where to go from here and who's to blame for the downfall of the Republican Party?
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Obama to hear that missile defenses are capable
The outgoing head of the U.S. missile defense agency said he'll tell President-elect Barack Obama's transition team that missile defenses are workable and working.
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iReporters sniff out names, breeds for first dog
Goldendoodle? Bernese Mountain Dog? Irish wolfhound? Chihuahua?
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Paul: GOP should ask why U.S. is on the wrong track
The questions now being asked are: Where to go from here and who's to blame for the downfall of the Republican Party?
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Judge opens door for gay marriage in Connecticut
Read full story for latest details.
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Commentary: A jobs program that changed America
Companies today are slashing jobs with a meat ax. Recession looms or is already here, depending on whom you ask. Some predict unemployment rising into double figures.
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Obama may reverse some Bush policies
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is reviewing hundreds of President Bush's executive orders, and Obama could reverse some of the most controversial measures shortly after taking office, his transition co-chair said.
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