Senate panel calls on Martha Stewart (AP)

April 15th, 2008

AP - Martha Stewart will provide her personal experience and celebrity status when a Senate committee reviews on Wednesday how the government should expand and train its long-term care work force.

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McCain proposes consumer tax cuts to boost economy (Reuters)

April 15th, 2008

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses members of the Alliance for American Manufacturing on the challenges facing manufacturers in the U.S. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 14, 2008. (Jason Cohn/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential hopeful
John McCain proposed a summer gas tax reduction and other tax
cuts on Tuesday in a bid to reassure voters he would help them
navigate an ailing economy.


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Huckabee starts PAC to raise money for fellow Republicans (AP)

April 15th, 2008

AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Tuesday unveiled a new political action committee he’s formed to raise money for fellow Republicans, jumping back into the political fray a month after his White House bid ended.

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Court returns tax dispute in Lexis/Nexis sale to Illinois (AP)

April 15th, 2008

AP - Corporate taxpayers won a round in the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case challenging the long arm of state tax collectors.

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Obama says Clinton criticism not racially motivated (AP)

April 15th, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall-style meeting with veterans at Washington Jefferson College in Washington, Pa., on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed a voter’s suggestion that when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called him elitist it “bordered on uppity.”


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Obama responds to Clinton ad criticizing “bitter” comments (AP)

April 15th, 2008

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Plane crashes in Congo, confusion over death toll (Reuters)

April 15th, 2008

The burnt cockpit is seen at the crash site of the Hewa Bora Airways passenger jet in Goma, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu province, April 15, 2008. (Lauren Vopni/Reuters)Reuters - A Congolese airliner crashed into a
market district in the eastern city of Goma on Thursday,
killing at least 21 people on the ground, while the airline
said most of the 79 passengers on board survived.


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Clinton sketches first 100 days, Obama vows to help workers (AP)

April 15th, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., takes questions from the audience, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the Newspaper Association of America convention in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined an aggressive 100-day presidential agenda on Tuesday and Sen. Barack Obama promised to “play offense for working Americans,” both rivals observing something of a lull in an increasingly personal Democratic nomination struggle.


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FBI says problems with letters fixed (AP)

April 15th, 2008

AP - The FBI is resisting legislation that would put more restrictions on domestic surveillance of Americans’ private records, saying the agency already has tightened its rules to crack down on wrongful use of national security letters.

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US military chief calls Iran top challenge, urges dialogue (AFP)

April 15th, 2008

US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, seen here in February 2008, said Iran was likely to be the top challenge for the United States over the next five year adding that a way should be found to open a dialogue with Tehran.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Iran is likely to be the top challenge for the United States over the next five years, the top US military officer said Tuesday, adding that a way should be found to open a dialogue with Tehran.


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