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Governor rejects Democrats' budget
San Francisco Chronicle - 53 minutes ago
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Democratic lawmakers' $18 billion mid-year budget package on Tuesday after leaders of the state Legislature sent the governor their plan, saying they were perplexed by his unwillingness to break the deadlock.
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HBO lands rights to inaugural ceremony
Reuters - 55 minutes ago
By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has snagged the exclusive telecast rights to the opening ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration week.
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Rain on Burris's Circus Parade
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Dana Milbank He had come to Washington from Illinois to be sworn in with the new senators yesterday, but he was cast out by the Senate secretary and instead wound up, his overcoat soaked and his eyeglasses dripping, in a muddy patch of land across ...
Video: Burris' Near Miss CBS
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Truce Efforts Intensify as Israel Shells Gaza School
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Peter Hirschberg and Saud Abu Ramadan Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Mounting casualties among Palestinian civilians and its own troops are increasing pressure on Israel as an offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip aimed at stopping rocket fire on towns ...
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Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his top aides called lawmakers, deployed surrogates and offered public testimonials on Tuesday as they scrambled to mend a divide in Democratic ranks over the nomination of Leon E. Panetta, ...
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Endless Vote Recounting Tests Minnesota Niceness
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By KIRK JOHNSON ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s parodied but also admired temperament of tolerance and equanimity has been seriously strained by the endless campaign for the state’s still-unfilled Senate seat.
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Specter Attacks Choice for Attorney General
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON - A leading Republican senator issued a broad attack on Tuesday on President-elect Barack Obama’s pick as attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr.
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Billionaire Merckle commits suicide
Financial Times - 1 hour ago
By James Wilson in Frankfurt and Andrew Jack in London Adolf Merckle, one of Germany’s wealthiest men, committed suicide after weeks of talks with creditors designed to save his businesses from being consumed by disastrous investments and the global ...
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Apple's final Macworld booth in photos
Apple Insider - 1 hour ago
By AppleInsider Staff Macs and iPhones are driving the the latest chapter of the Apple growth story but that's not the pictured painted by the company's exhibit at this year's Macworld Expo, where the usual suspects have taken a back seat to the latest ...
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Cuomo Aide Is Said to Put a Chill on Kennedy Bid
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Even as Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo insisted he was staying out of the competition for New York’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, a top Cuomo aide urged labor leaders and upstate officials to refrain from embracing Caroline ...
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New Congress hears call to 'get something done'
USA Today - 1 hour ago
By Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP By John Fritze and Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - House and Senate leaders marked the first day of the 111th Congress by preaching bipartisanship Tuesday and promising to start work quickly on President-elect ...
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Bush Brother Won’t Seek Senate Seat in Florida
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI - Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida said Tuesday that he would not run in 2010 for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, ending speculation about whether he could renew the Bush brand from Congress.
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Superintendent names 5 school buildings to close
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
By JESSICA BLANCHARD Seattle schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson unveiled her final recommendations for school closures Tuesday, proposing to shutter five schools and relocate eight academic programs.
Three Seattle schools off closure list for now Seattle Times
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Bush protects unique areas across the Pacific
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
By Paul Rogers President Bush on Tuesday established three new national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, setting aside for permanent protection pristine coral reefs, the world's deepest underwater canyon and marine environments teeming with tropical ...
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$25 million claim filed in fatal BART shooting
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
AP OAKLAND, Calif.—Family members of a 22-year-old man fatally shot by a transit officer on New Year's Day have filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency.
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Sarkozy: 'Too Soon to Talk of Good News in Gaza'
Voice of America - 47 minutes ago
By Edward Yeranian French President Nicholas Sarkozy traveled to Egypt on Tuesday, after visiting Syria and Lebanon earlier in the day on a tour aimed at bringing peace to the conflict-torn Gaza Strip.
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Paterson Seeks Health Coverage for Dependents Up to Age 29
New York Times - 51 minutes ago
By JEREMY W. PETERS ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson will propose that private employers be required to offer health insurance to workers’ dependents who are ages 19 to 29, part of what the administration hopes will be a step toward universal health ...
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California Democrats' budget plan taken to court
Reuters - 53 minutes ago
By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in California joined with anti-tax activists on Tuesday in a lawsuit to block a tax plan by Democrats who control the state legislature to help fill the growing state budget shortfall.
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Obama will ban earmarks from stimulus bill
CNN - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Members of Congress won't be allowed to slip earmarks into the economic recovery package Congress will soon take up, President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Ex-eBay CEO largely unknown amid Calif. gov.'s bid
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Former eBay executive Meg Whitman brings intrigue and a big bank account to California's beleaguered Republican Party.
Whitman Clears Schedule Before Tossing Her Hat? New York Times
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