Archive for January 19th, 2009

Obama honors King on final pre-presidency day

January 19th, 2009

Fresh off a rollicking celebration in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is shaping the final day of his pre-presidential life around another giant figure, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Mexican collapse? Drug wars worry some Americans

January 19th, 2009

Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents.

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Speaker Pelosi differs from Obama on taxes, probes

January 19th, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to differ from Barack Obama on at least two issues _ tax increases and investigating the Bush administration.

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Barack Obama to Keep His BlackBerry?

January 19th, 2009

His BlackBerry: it’s Barack Obama’s most beloved gadget, and he doesn’t want to give it up. And right now, he doesn’t plan to.

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CBS Poll: Americans Optimistic About Obama, 79% Say They Are Optimistic About The Next Four Years

January 19th, 2009

A new CBS News/New York Times poll finds that President-elect Barack Obama is the recipient of the highest levels of optimism and expectations of any modern president.

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Obama Makes His Way by Train to Washington

January 19th, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama stepped onto a vintage train car, built at a time when a black man’s ascendancy to the presidency was impossible in America, and traveled to Washington on Saturday in a three-day prelude to his ina..Full story

Obama Open House Set For Day After Inauguration

January 19th, 2009

Barack Obama plans to open his White House doors to the public on his first full day of his presidency, Jan.

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Barack Obama Narrows His CTO Choices

January 19th, 2009

One of Barack Obama’s still unfilled cabinet positions is a brand-new one: Chief Technology Officer (CTO). According to a new Business Week story, that choice has been narrowed to two.

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Congress OKs Release of Final $350B of Bailout

January 19th, 2009

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while …

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Obama’s AG pick breaks from Bush on torture, GTMO

January 19th, 2009

With just three words, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder capped years of angry debate over U.S. counterterrorism policy and declared a major break from the Bush administration.

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