Tag: government
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November 20, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says an accused spy for Cuba has agreed to plead guilty.
Retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and wife Gwendolyn were caught in an undercover . . .
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November 20, 2009 05:08 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — US says it will drop manslaughter case against former Blackwater guard in 2007 Iraq shooting.
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November 20, 2009 06:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court.
Walter Kendall Myers and wife, Gwendolyn . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate ethics committee admonishes Sen. Burris for misleading statements about appointment.
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November 20, 2009 01:08 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.
The moderate lawmaker told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that he . . .
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November 20, 2009 03:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
The Government Accountability Office said last month that the Army made mistakes in . . .
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November 20, 2009 10:08 AM EST --
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.
The president and first lady Michelle Obama stopped by 8-year-old . . .
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November 20, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired State Department worker and his wife are preparing to plead guilty to conspiring to send sensitive information to Cuba, according to a Friday court filing.
Walter Kendall . . .
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November 20, 2009 05:08 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors say they'll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.
In court documents Friday, prosecutors . . .
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November 20, 2009 07:13 AM EST --
Would Our Government Really Start a War to Try to Stimulate the Economy?
I've written two essays attempting to disprove "military Keynesianism" - the idea that military spending is the best stimulus. . . .
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November 18, 2009 04:32 PM EST --
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Enrico Piovesana
Peace Reporter June 4, 2008
It was particularly difficult this year to find out when and where the annual conclave of world powerbrokers, . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:08 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding . . .
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November 20, 2009 06:00 AM EST --
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according . . .
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November 20, 2009 03:00 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
That's customarily . . .
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November 20, 2009 09:20 AM EST --
He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors.
Of the . . .
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November 20, 2009 10:00 AM EST --
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party . . .
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November 19, 2009 06:07 PM EST --
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Conservative Party candidate is writing to supporters saying he lost a New York race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat because of scheming and needs money in case he . . .
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November 20, 2009 09:30 AM EST --
Every day at work I see a bumber sticker on a car and I just have to share it with my friends here on Gather.
"I will keep my money, my guns, and my freedom, and you can keep the change."
I . . .
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November 20, 2009 11:09 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leaders are looking ahead to a crucial test vote on health care amid indications the rank-and-file will stand together Saturday to give them the support they . . .
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November 19, 2009 07:07 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan law firm has agreed to pay a $131,000 fine to resolve an investigation into donations to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.
The Federal Election . . .
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