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Archive for March, 2009

Black and white branches of mccain family tree share stories in Flint – The Flint Journal – MLive.com

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Black and white branches of mccain family tree share stories in Flint
The Flint Journal - MLive.com, MI
Meet the mccain family, originally of Teoc, Miss. Lillie mccain of Grand Blanc and Joe McCain, brother of US Sen. John mccain, reunited Tuesday evening to share their history in the hopes of publicly addressing the complexity of racial issues. ...

Palin Facing Renewed GOP Attacks – Blogger News Network

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Palin Facing Renewed GOP Attacks
Blogger News Network
The most revealing observation to my thinking about the McCain/Palin campaign came a few days ago when the Governor remarked prior to the debate with Joe Biden she was unable to find a single McCain flak who would join her in some pre-debate prayer. ...

Obama team seeks seat on UN rights body – AFP

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

BBC News

Obama team seeks seat on UN rights body
AFP
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said the United States wanted a seat to help reform the body from within, according to the State Department. Speaking to reporters later, Rice echoed criticism ...
US reverses rights council stance BBC News
US to Join UN Human Rights Council, Reversing Bush Policy Washington Post
US Intends to Seek Vacant UN Human Rights Council Seat ShortNews.com
CNN - Bloomberg
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Obama has decided bankruptcy best for GM – Bloomberg – Reuters

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

guardian.co.uk

Obama has decided bankruptcy best for GM - Bloomberg
Reuters
SINGAPORE, April 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has determined that a prepackaged bankruptcy is the best way for General Motors Corp (GM.N) to restructure and become a competitive automaker, Bloomberg reported, quoting people familiar with the ...
Video: Fairfax Workers React To GM Shakeup KMBC
Obama Taps A Healer For the Pain Wall Street Journal
google news commentComment by Gary Chaison Prof. of Industrial Relations, Clark University
San Francisco Chronicle
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World Leaders Lay Out Tests for Obama – Wall Street Journal

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

CBC.ca

World Leaders Lay Out Tests for Obama
Wall Street Journal
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and JAY SOLOMON LONDON -- In the closing weeks of his presidential campaign, Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, warned that the world would soon test a young, relatively inexperienced president. ...
Video: Medvedev takes off in fighter-jet RT
G-20 could help US, Russia “reset” ties Christian Science Monitor
Rebuffing Obama's outstretched hand CBC.ca
GlobalPost
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Obama popular, but Europe seeks results – Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

FOXNews

Obama popular, but Europe seeks results
Los Angeles Times, CA
As President Barack Obama visits London ahead of the G-20 economic summit, world leaders are eager to meet him. But Europeans, who scorned George Bush, tend to blame the US for the economic slide. By Christi Parsons and Laurie Goering Reporting from ...
Video: Police fear protestor violence at G20 summit - 31 Mar 09 Al Jazeera
President Obama Makes First Overseas Trip Washington Post
On the road with Obama Aljazeera.net
Times Online - guardian.co.uk
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Ashley Biden a hot topic on TV, radio – The News Journal

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Times Online

Ashley Biden a hot topic on TV, radio
The News Journal, DE
"Some guy is selling a video of Joe Biden's daughter snorting cocaine. I'm not really interested in that. I mean, if I want to see video of a rambling, incoherent Biden, I'll just turn on CNN," Fallon joked on NBC. The attempted sale of the videotape ...
BIDEN KID BLEW OFF POT ARREST New York Post
EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Biden Cocaine Scandal setup: "Friend" Could Face ... Radar Online
Reports: Ashley Biden's Cocaine Scandal A Setup AHN
Times of the Internet - Washington City Paper
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Obama's aunt becomes symbol in immigration debate – The Associated Press

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

WWLP 22News

Obama's aunt becomes symbol in immigration debate
The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt lost her bid for asylum more than four years ago, and a judge ordered her deported. Instead, Zeituni Onyango stayed, living for years in public housing. Now, in a case that puts the president in a tough position ...
Obama's Aunt Seeks Asylum To Stay In US WISC
Obama's aunt becomes symbol in immigration debate The Associated Press
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Obama Taps Official To Heal Auto Wounds – Wall Street Journal

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

ABC News

Obama Taps Official To Heal Auto Wounds
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Edward Montgomery faces one of the toughest jobs in the Obama administration: soothing the pain of remaking the US auto industry. The former deputy labor secretary was picked by President Barack Obama Monday to minister to the communities ...
Video: Fairfax Workers React To GM Shakeup KMBC
Obama right to ask GM chief to step down San Francisco Chronicle
google news commentComment by Gary Chaison Prof. of Industrial Relations, Clark University
Forbes
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Gibbs Plays Down Impact of Upstate Open Seat – New York Daily News

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Newsday

Gibbs Plays Down Impact of Upstate Open Seat
New York Daily News, NY
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is trying to make the case that the race today to fill the House seat left vacant after Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate to replace Hillary Clinton is not a referendum on the Obama administration’s ...
2009/2010: Election Day! msnbc.com
Decision day in Eastern New York Power Line
Gillibrand Replacement Vote Ends Tonight WNYC
Press & Sun-Bulletin
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