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Chrysler hopes to emerge from bankruptcy in as soon as 30 days – Kansas City Star

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

BBC News
Chrysler hopes to emerge from bankruptcy in as soon as 30 days
Kansas City Star, MO - Micheline Maynard, Jim Rutenberg, Bill Vlasic
DETROIT | President Barack Obama shepherded Chrysler into bankruptcy Thursday so it could pin its future on a top-to-bottom reorganization and carry through on plans to build cleaner cars with Italian automaker Fiat. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in ...
Video: Chrysler Files for Bankruptcy Protection The Associated Press
Obama Administration Pushes Chrysler Into Bankruptcy | 04.30.09 CharlotteObserver.com
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Clinton warning over N Korea talks – Aljazeera.net

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Aljazeera.net
Clinton warning over N Korea talks
Aljazeera.net, Qatar
Speaking at a senate hearing in Washington on Thursday, Hillary Clinton said she believed that given recent developments North Korea's return to the six-nation forum seemed "implausible if not impossible". Clinton was speaking in defence of a budget ...

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Chrysler Lenders Tested Obama, Lost Game of Chicken – Bloomberg

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

BBC News
Chrysler Lenders Tested Obama, Lost Game of Chicken
Bloomberg - Julianna Goldman, Linda Sandler
By Julianna Goldman and Linda Sandler May 1 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama thanked everyone from unions to executives for working to keep Chrysler LLC alive while blaming “a small group of speculators” for forcing the automaker into bankruptcy. ...
Video: Barack Obama announces Chrysler to file for bankruptcy ITN NEWS
Chrysler hopes to emerge from bankruptcy in as soon as 30 days Kansas City Star
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David Souter to retire; Barack Obama gets an early Supreme Court pick – Los Angeles Times Blogs

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Globe and Mail
David Souter to retire; Barack Obama gets an early Supreme Court pick
Los Angeles Times Blogs, CA
News out on the 101st night of Barack Obama's presidency that Supreme Court Justice David Hackett Souter has informed the White House that he will retire soon. The 69-year-old jurist from New Hampshire was named to the court in 1990 by Bush I, ...
An Early Line on Possible Souter Replacements The BLT
Who might replace Souter on high court? KGAN
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US says terrorist violence soared in Pakistan – Reuters

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Voice of America
US says terrorist violence soared in Pakistan
Reuters
The Pakistani army on Thursday fought through mountain passes for a third day to try to evict the Taliban from Buner, acting after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week accused the government of abdicating to the Taliban. ...
Video: Congress Pressed for More War Money The Associated Press
US Senators want accountability of aid to Pakistan Press Trust of India
Gates, Clinton make case for war funding bill ArmyTimes.com
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PRUDEN: Panic about Biden's hoof-in-mouth – Washington Times

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Times Online
PRUDEN: Panic about Biden's hoof-in-mouth
Washington Times, DC - Wesley Pruden
By Wesley Pruden (Contact) | Friday, May 1, 2009 The president wants everybody to wash his (and her) hands to avoid catching the disease formerly known as swine flu, but the ablution that probably tempts Barack Obama is washing his hands of Joe Biden. ...
Video: CDC Races To Find Vaccine CBS
Clinton on swine flu msnbc.com
COMPLETE COVERAGE Newsday
Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble - The News-Press
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In defiance of Joe Biden – Hartford Courant

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

In defiance of Joe Biden
Hartford Courant, United States
By Colin McEnroe on April 30, 2009 10:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) ...I have been using public transportation. Of course one of the charms of SFO is that the cable cars are part of the transit system. In fact, one of the best deals in town is the ...

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Way to go, Joe – Philadelphia Metro

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Way to go, Joe
Philadelphia Metro, PA
Vice President Joe Biden's admission that he would tell his family to stay off planes and subways to avoid swine flu sent the White House into damage control Thursday. Biden drifted from the Obama administration's carefully-crafted cautious message on ...

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Transportation agencies voice frustration over Biden's remarks – Chicago Tribune

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Transportation agencies voice frustration over Biden's remarks
Chicago Tribune, United States
By Jon Hilkevitch | Tribune reporter Vice President Joe Biden's suggestion that Americans worried about swine flu should avoid commuter trains was met with snark and eye-rolling Thursday as passengers crowded onto an afternoon CTA train, maskless and ...

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Bush Team Strategy Now Obama's Swine Flu Playbook – Washington Post

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

ABC News
Bush Team Strategy Now Obama's Swine Flu Playbook
Washington Post, United States
Obama has defended his decision to keep open the US border with Mexico amid calls from some US senators for tighter screening of travelers, while no less a figure than Vice President Joe Biden has sent mixed messages over whether healthy people are at ...
Video: At 100 Days, Obama Confident, but Not Content The Associated Press
Barack Obama Sent Somali Pirates a Trio of Snipers100 days of ... Slate
Obama: The First 100 D'OHs! CommonConservative.com
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