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Obama adds 'Youth Ball' to festivities (AP)

2 hours 8 sec ago
AP - President-elect Barack Obama is adding a "Youth Ball" to the parties planned to celebrate his Jan. 20 inauguration.
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Jeb Bush leaning against Senate run (Politico)

2 hours 36 min ago
Politico - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is leaning against running for the Senate in Florida, according to a new report from the St. Petersburg Times:
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Obama Said to Favor $775 Billion for Stimulus Plan (Bloomberg)

4 hours 2 min ago
Bloomberg - Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi he favors a price tag of about $775 billion for the U.S. economic stimulus plan, a Democratic aide said.
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Colo.'s new senator relatively unknown to voters (AP)

4 hours 28 min ago

AP - Barack Obama knows Colorado's new senator better than most state voters do.


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Team Obama dabbles in drama (Politico)

5 hours 47 min ago

Politico - For an outfit known for its lack of drama, Team Obama has become a downright thrill show.


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Obama stimulus plan boosts business tax refunds (AP)

7 hours 3 min ago

AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago.


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Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress (AP)

7 hours 4 min ago

AP - The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama.


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Analysis: Nothing good to say, Obama mum on Gaza (AP)

7 hours 6 min ago

AP - President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks.


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A rush to broker peace in Gaza (The Christian Science Monitor)

7 hours 11 min ago
The Christian Science Monitor - With the Bush administration signaling a green light to Israeli military action in Gaza and President-elect Obama holding to a "one president at a time" silence, other powers are vying to fill the vacuum left by the absence of more forceful American diplomacy.
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Obama demands 'bold' action on stimulus plan (AFP)

8 hours 52 min ago

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama has demanded bold action on his near 800 billion dollar stimulus plan, warning Congress would send the US economy into an even deeper hole if it failed to act swiftly.


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New Congress set to convene with economy in focus (Reuters)

8 hours 53 min ago

Reuters - The new U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday under pressure to deal with a worsening economy by passing a stimulus package that Barack Obama could sign into law soon after being sworn in as president.


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Kennedy missteps might not trip her up in the end (AP)

9 hours 53 min ago

AP - Caroline Kennedy's missteps and halting speech patterns have been replayed endlessly since she announced her bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate.


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Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest (AP)

January 5, 2009 - 11:20pm
AP - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate, a newspaper reported.
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Obama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA (Reuters)

January 5, 2009 - 10:48pm

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, which has been widely criticized for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, Democratic officials said on Monday.


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Franken on top in Minn. recount; Coleman to sue (AP)

January 5, 2009 - 10:38pm

AP - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months.


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Obama demands 'bold' action on stimulus plan (AFP)

January 5, 2009 - 10:25pm

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama demanded bold action on his near 800 billion dollar stimulus plan, warning Congress would send the US economy into an even deeper hole if it fails to act swiftly.


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Obama's 'Dear Rod' letter (Politico)

January 5, 2009 - 10:15pm
Politico - With the Blagojevich scandal breaking around them last month, aides to Barack Obama said there had been “no contact” between Obama and embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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In distraction for Obama, chaos stalks new Senate (AFP)

January 5, 2009 - 10:09pm

AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidency.


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Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA head (AFP)

January 5, 2009 - 10:02pm

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP.


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Senate Democrats to Delay Seating Franken (CQPolitics.com)

January 5, 2009 - 9:56pm
CQPolitics.com - A leadership aide said Senate Democrats will not try to seat Al Franken on Tuesday even though the Minnesota canvassing board has certified election results that show him to be the winner over GOP Sen. Norm Coleman.
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