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'Pork barrel' spending: A big liability for lawmakers in 2010 election?
The Christian Science Monitor – Thu Aug 19, 12:21 pm ETOnce a selling point for lawmakers, congressionally directed spending – otherwise known as earmarks or “pork barrel” projects – is becoming a liability for many incumbents in Campaign 2010. Full Story »
Clemens vows to fight perjury charges
AP – 2 hrs 35 mins ago- Obama makes four appointments, bypassing Senate Reuters – Thu Aug 19, 6:19 pm ET
- Dems see cause for hope in tough election season AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago
- Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws AP – Thu Aug 19, 7:12 pm ET
- Senator Kerry returns to Kabul for Karzai talks Reuters – Thu Aug 19, 6:35 pm ET
- Blagojevich is campaign distraction for Ill. Dems AP – Thu Aug 19, 4:36 pm ET
- Endangered Dems stay quiet on key votes at Politico – Fri Aug 20, 6:36 am ET
- W.H. slammed for rosy Gulf view at Politico – Thu Aug 19, 8:04 pm ET
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Oil spill and Iraq combat over, Obama takes break
AP – Fri Aug 20, 6:38 am ET
AP VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - Finally, President Barack Obama can relax on vacation. Full Story »
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US forces spokesman: Iraqi security up to the task
AP – Thu Aug 19, 11:05 am ET
AP WASHINGTON - The spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq says Iraqi police and military are up to the task of keeping the country secure after U.S. troops end their combat mission next week. Full Story »
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Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany
AP – Thu Aug 19, 11:04 pm ET
AP BERLIN - It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment. Full Story »
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Blago: Senate seat talk was legal 'horse trading'
AP – 41 mins ago
AP CHICAGO - Former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich says all he's guilty of is some "political horse trading" and that if that's a crime, prosecutors need to charge every politician in America. Full Story »
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Out of Touch
Linda Chavez – Fri Aug 20, 3:00 am ETCreators Syndicate - His supporters are genuinely puzzled at President Obama's slip in popularity. They're racking their brains to explain how a man who swept into the Oval Office on a tide of good will could have fallen so low. According to recent polls, most Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing. That's a dramatic change from his early months in office, when the president held a 2-to-1 advantage in his approval ratings. Full Story »
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Boyd Faces Dog Fight This Fall
CQPolitics.com – Fri Aug 20, 12:38 am ETThe two parties have very divergent views on the status of Florida Democratic Rep. Allen Boyd's political health when it comes to the November midterm election. Full Story »
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Pastors who pray with Obama say he's devout Christian
McClatchy Newspapers – Thu Aug 19, 7:01 pm ETWASHINGTON — Pastors who've prayed with President Barack Obama defended his Christian faith Thursday as the White House downplayed new polling that showed a steep climb since he took office in the percentage of Americans who think he's Muslim or at least don't believe that he's Christian. Full Story »
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Renacci Files Suit Against AFSCME
CQPolitics.com – Thu Aug 19, 3:36 pm ETA National Republican Congressional Committee-recruited House candidate filed court papers Thursday in Canton, Ohio, accusing a prominent labor union of launching a smear campaign against him and his family. Full Story »
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Scientists say Gulf oil to linger, Obama's estimates rosy
McClatchy Newspapers – Thu Aug 19, 6:24 pm ETWASHINGTON — Scientists heaped more criticism Thursday on the Obama administration's claim that most of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is gone, saying that it was too early to determine the remaining oil's impact on the waters or marine life. Full Story »
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Reuters – 36 mins agoAustralia could have its first minority government in 70 years, a worst-case scenario for investors, with an election-eve poll showing the ruling Labor party drawing level with the conservative opposition. Full Story »
Australia in cliff-hanger general election
AFP – Fri Aug 20, 4:04 am ETAustralia's opposition leader Tony Abbott campaigned for 36 hours solid as a poll Friday put him neck-and-neck with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, indicating the closest general election in decades. Full Story »
Nuke waste dump plays role in races outside Nevada
AP – Fri Aug 20, 3:21 am ETThe Obama administration's decision to bypass Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository should give Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a boost in his bid for a fifth term. The action is not doing another endangered Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, any favors. Full Story »
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