Politics
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D.C. May Have To Choose: Gay Rights or Helping Homeless?
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has given Washington D.C. an ultimatum: You pass gay rights legislation, they cut off an arm - the charitable arm of the church, that is. Social programs to help the needy may come to an end.
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Obama Tours Pacific Nations
President Obama began a diplomatic tour of Asia in an effort to rebuild relationships with Pacific countries.
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House Proposes New Combined Health Care Bill
The House of Representatives' Democrats have compiled a new Health Care Bill based on three separate bills that have passed House committees.
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President Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future.”
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Teenager in Trouble for Gluing Posters of Obama as Joker
Teenager may be charged with felony for hanging posters of Obama as the Joker.
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Pennsylvania Budget Stalemate
The Pennsylvania Budget Stalemate causes problems for both state workers and foster care.
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Clinton Secures Pardon for American Journalists in North Korea
Two American journalists are being pardoned from a 12-year North Korean sentence after former President Bill Clinton visited and negotiated with Kim Jong-il on Tuesday.
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Matthew Shepard Act passed in Senate!
The Matthew Shepard Act has been passed by the Senate. The bill, which was also passed by the House of Representative on April 23, 2009, is now on its way to President Barack Obama who will either pass the bill or veto it.
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Obama Checks Out Teenager?
A compromising picture of President Obama has caused quite a stir. Was he really ogling the behind of a junior delegate? Or was he just facing the wrong way at the wrong time?
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First Trial Without Jury to Be Conducted in UK
The first trial since the legalisation of the option of a trial judged by a judge alone in 2003 in England and Wales has been approved.
