Celebrities Set To Host Super Bowl Parties
While your guest list might include some friends and relatives for a low-key, high-calorie affair in someone’s living room, some big-name celebrities are throwing more high-end parties this weekend. According to Tampa Bay Online, the Super Bowl’s …
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Super Bowl XLIII prediction
I was told by an avid reader that I needed to pick up my game for the playoffs. Think I’ve more than obliged by winning my last eight games and posting an 8-2 record in the postseason. I fully expect to make it nine row as the Pittsburgh Steelers …
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Chavez urges Obama to hand over Cuban exile
CARACAS (Reuters) ‘“ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged U.S. President Barack Obama to extradite an anti-Castro Cuban exile wanted in Venezuela who the administration of George W. Bush had refused to hand over. Extradition of former CIA …
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FACTBOX: Obama White House tightly manages message
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has tightly managed the White House message during his first days in office, staging media events that portray him as a leader taking the country in a new direction who keeps his promises. He traveled to the State …
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Obama should start afresh
US President Barack Obama’s decision to appoint high profile special envoys for the Middle East and the Pakistan-Afghanistan regions merits both recognition and criticism. In sharp contrast to the controversial tenure of former president George W …
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Obama lets CIA keep controversial renditions tool
WASHINGTON — The CIA’s secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to being a wind-swept naval base on the southeastern corner of Cuba. But even while dismantling …
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Obama to tap Republican as commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) — Republican Senator Judd Gregg has emerged as Democratic President Barack Obama’s top candidate for U.S. commerce secretary and a decision could come as early as Monday, an administration official said Saturday. The choice of …
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Obama readies map for bailout spending
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies a new road map for spending billions from the …
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Obama readies road map for new bailout spending
House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor, left, of Virgina, and House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, of Ohio, spearheaded the Republican revolt Wednesday against the economic-stimulus package, snubbing President Obama’s personal salesmanship efforts …
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UPDATE 1-Obama unlikely to toughen Wall St pay rules-report
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The Obama administration is unlikely to impose tougher restrictions on executive pay on most firms receiving aid under the government’s $700 billion financial rescue program, The Washington Post reported on Saturday …
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