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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Jobless rate to 10.2%

By Jay Fitzgerald
Political pressure mounted on President Obama as the nation’s jobless rate shot up to 10.2 percent, a 26-year high...
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Decision day for health care in the House

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health...
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Obama visits wounded US soldiers at Walter Reed

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated...

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Finance reform face-off

Rep. Barney Frank, right, and former G.E. CEO Jack Welch engaged in a war of words yesterday.
By Thomas Grillo
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank fired back at former General Electric Co. chief executive...
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Obama welcomes AARP backing of health care bill

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama scored two major endorsements for his health overhaul push Thursday and trumpeted the...
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Congress renews tax credit

By Jay Fitzgerald
Congress delivered an early Christmas present to the real-estate industry yesterday, extending and expanding a popular tax-credit...
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Rep. Frank takes dig at Rep. Bachman in health care debate

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig today at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives...
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House Dems say Sat. vote on health care may slip

Crowds gather on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a Republican health care legislation news conference.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes...
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Obama signs homebuyer, jobless bill assistance

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law tody, giving tax incentives...
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Obama: Gov’t working to ease pain of joblessness

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says new figures showing U.S. unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are regretful...
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Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a news conference at the State Department in Washington yesterday.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Jack Welch blasts President Obama, Barney Frank

Former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch (File)
By Thomas Grillo
Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, blasted the Obama administration...
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Thousands rally to ‘kill the bill’ on health care reform

Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, talks with crowd on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington today during a Republican news conference on health care legislation.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives rallied at...
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Obama: US must reverse course with Indians

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON —President Barack Obama assured American Indians today that they have a place in his White House and on...
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Ortiz confirmed as state’s first Hispanic U.S. attorney

by Associated Press
Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first...
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A lifetime of neighborhood memories

Joe Fitzgerald
by Joe Fitzgerald
Once in a while, Mike McElhinney confides, “I’ll dream...

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