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Archive for July, 2009

Aquino, former Philippines president, dead at 76(Comments Off)

Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a “people power” revolt and sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.

Sen. Dodd has early stage prostate cancer(Comments Off)

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd tells The Hartford Courant that he has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer and will undergo surgery during the August congressional recess. “It’s something that’s very common among men my age,” the 65-year-old Democrat told…


Only a few beers and a band-aid?(Comments Off)

Now that the brew and the camera crew have left after the boys gathered for some beers…..Did this make any difference in your opinion to bridge the gap, fix the remarks by Mr. Obama and the arrest of Mr.

McCaskill won’t vote to give ‘clunkers’ more money(Comments Off)

Even though the House quickly approved an additional $2 billion for the cash-for-clunkers program today, the Senate may be an entirely different matter. One prominent Democrat — Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri — posted on her Twitter account minutes ago…


McCaskill won’t vote to give ‘clunkers’ NEW money(Comments Off)

Even though the House quickly approved an additional $2 billion for the cash-for-clunkers program today, the Senate may be an entirely different matter. One prominent Democrat — Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri — posted on her Twitter account minutes ago…



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