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Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By David Espo, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Nov. 07 (Breaking News) - Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote

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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

ProPublica - By Michael Grabell - Nov. 07 (Investigative Report) - Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of “Little House on the Prairie – the Musical”: $50,000. Benefit to the economy? According to the recipients of this stimulus money: Priceless.

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Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Leonhardt - Nov. 07 (News Report) - The official jobless rate excludes millions of people who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who want to be working full time.

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Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Richard Bourdeaux - Nov. 07 (News Report) - When Rafik Ismail Hamad last traveled from the West Bank to visit relatives in America, he was struck by the pressures one of his nephews was facing. The younger man, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, spoke to his uncle of ethnic taunts by Army colleagues. He was haunted by the wartime disabilities of soldiers he treated as an Army psychiatrist, Hamad recalled, and was overwhelmed by a growing caseload he felt unable to manage.

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Bishops' backing may get bill to 218

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Patrick O'Connor - Nov. 07 (News Report) - When Rafik Ismail Hamad last traveled from the West Bank to visit relatives in America, he was struck by the pressures one of his nephews was facing. The younger man, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, spoke to his uncle of ethnic taunts by Army colleagues. He was haunted by the wartime disabilities of soldiers he treated as an Army psychiatrist, Hamad recalled, and was overwhelmed by a growing caseload he felt unable to manage.

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Health bill reaches moment of truth

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Jared Allen, Molly K. Hooper - Nov. 07 (News Report) - The House healthcare bill has taken more twists and turns and has zig-zagged its way through more Democratic districts than the Mississippi River. And after a month’s worth of legislative wrangling and deal-making, the bill is approaching its final destination: a vote on final passage, expected sometime before the sun rises on Sunday. Pressing toward dawn on Saturday, the Rules committee passed a rule after nearly 12 hours that would set up a vote on the healthcare bill at 6 p.m.

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Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank