Flying pig moment: MN GOP endorses openly gay state senator for re-election
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Rice on defensive over Powell comments
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was forced Sunday to defend prewar planning and troop levels against an unlikely critic: Colin Powell, her predecessor at the State Department. For the administration, it was a rare case of an in-house dissenter going public.
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Economist John Galbraith, 97, Dies of Natural Causes
Canadian-born diplomat became one of America’s best-known liberals and served as adviser to Democratic presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.
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Transcript: White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten on
President’s top aide discusses changes at the White House since he took the post, and what else may change with the addition of a new press secretary.
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Shuler, Swann Try to Be Next Football Stars Turned Politicia
Fame is a useful quality for someone trying to run for office, but comman dof the issues ultimately likely to be deciding factor.
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Angelides Wins California Democratic Party Endorsement
Democrats vote to put their weight behind state treasurer to challenge California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in November.
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Rice: Iran ‘Playing Games’ in Dispute Over Nukes
Secretary of state says the United States will push for penalties against Tehran.
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Immigration Rights Advocates Plan ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Boycott
Thousands expected to boycott work, school and shopping in countrywide protests to demonstrate how important immigrants are to their communities.
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Bush Pokes Fun at Himself at Correspondents’ Dinner
President continued tradition begun by President Coolidge as he attended the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with look-alike sidekick who poked fun at the president and fellow politicians.
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National Mall Rally to Protest Darfur Genocide
Actors, athletes, activists join with politicians and religious leaders in urging the United States to play a greater role in ending one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
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Open Colorado Seat Is Democrats’ to Lose
A western swing district known for its independence and ability to turn recent congressional elections into eagerly-awaited events, the the 7th District in Colorado will not disappoint political junkies this year.
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Danforth Criticizes Efforts to Ban Gay Marriage
Former Republican senator, an episcopal priest, says history shows that effort to regulate human behavior with the Constitution has failed.
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Colin Powell: I Urged Bush to Send More Troops to Iraq
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell advised President Bush before the Iraq war to send more troops to the country, but the administration did not follow his recommendation, Powell said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
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Protesters Rally Against Darfur Genocide
Actors, athletes, activists join with politicians and religious leaders in urging the United States to play a greater role in ending one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
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John Kenneth Galbraith Dead at Age 97
John Kenneth Galbraith, an influential liberal economist and author of “The Affluent Society,” has died at age 97, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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24 Dead in Chinese Coal Mine Explosion
At least 24 miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in northwestern China, the government said Sunday.
Thirty-nine miners were working underground when the gas blast occurred at the Wayaobao Coal Mine in Shaanxi province, China’s State Administration of Coal Mine Safety said on its Web site.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the explosion [...]
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Cuba Politburo Expels One of It?s Own
Cuba’s Communist Party leadership said Friday it has expelled one of its younger Politburo members for repeatedly failing to overcome such ‘errors’ as abuse of authority and arrogance. Cuban officials had once pointed with pride to Juan Carlos Robinson as an example of the island’s young black leadership. Robinson, now 49, had been the party’s first secretary for the Santiago Province since 1994.
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School sends kids to closed amusement park
Four bus loads of students from O’Brien Middle School made the four-hour trip to Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, Calif., only to find the amusement park’s gates locked Monday. The school-sponsored trip was supposed to reward top students.
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CAPITOL NOTEBOOK: TIMES SACRAMENTO BUREAU
SJ-CABEAT Oil spoils GOVERNOR WANTS PUMP PROBE: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for an investigation into skyrocketing gas prices. The lowdown: Then again, who hasn’t? Seriously, the governor can’t be thrilled that the two issues most on the minds of California voters — gas prices and immigration — are two things he can’t do much about.
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Censure not sure
Los Gatos officials plan to make additions to the town’s code of conduct after a recent nasty incident in which the council all but censured fellow Councilman Steve Glickman. Turns out they couldn’t censure him because the code doesn’t include such language. So they’ll add it. But they did rule that Glickman violated the code when he urged a planning commissioner to appear at a council meeting on a pet issue of the councilman’s.
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What speed! What power! What abalones!
Angels Camp in Calaveras County may be world famous for its springtime frog-jumping contest. But Monterey may soon become internationally known for its abalone races.
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CAPITOL NOTEBOOK: TIMES SACRAMENTO BUREAU
SJ-CABEAT Oil spoils GOVERNOR WANTS PUMP PROBE: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for an investigation into skyrocketing gas prices. The lowdown: Then again, who hasn’t? Seriously, the governor can’t be thrilled that the two issues most on the minds of California voters — gas prices and immigration — are two things he can’t do much about.
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Censure not sure
Los Gatos officials plan to make additions to the town’s code of conduct after a recent nasty incident in which the council all but censured fellow Councilman Steve Glickman. Turns out they couldn’t censure him because the code doesn’t include such language. So they’ll add it. But they did rule that Glickman violated the code when he urged a planning commissioner to appear at a council meeting on a pet issue of the councilman’s.
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What speed! What power! What abalones!
Angels Camp in Calaveras County may be world famous for its springtime frog-jumping contest. But Monterey may soon become internationally known for its abalone races.
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