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Obama stimulus plan boosts business tax refunds
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress
President-elect Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago. The refunds are popular among business groups and could increase pressure on Republicans to...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific
The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama. The opening day of a two-year session is...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Nation’s health spending rises, but not so much
The home of a giant land crab, a sunken island ringed by pink-colored coral, and equatorial waters teeming with sharks and other predators are being designated national marine monuments by President George W. Bush in the largest marine conservation...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
With nothing good to say, Obama keeps mum on Gaza
Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion. There was a silver lining in the numbers: The increase in health spending was the...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Burris making personal bid to join the new Senate
President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks. Obama's reserve...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Schauer, Peters entering Congress
Although he calls himself a senator, Roland Burris has found little support among fellow Democrats in his effort to take the Senate seat to which embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him. The Senate was scheduled to convene at noon Tuesday...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
New Congress includes wealthy Missouri businessman
Michigan's new members of Congress are taking office Tuesday. Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters are entering the U.S. House after defeating Republican incumbents last November.
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Wealthy businessman Blaine Luetkemeyer will be among the freshman to be sworn in as the new Congress convenes in Washington. Luetkemeyer is Missouri's only new addition to Congress. New members of the U.S. House and Senate are being sworn in Tuesday....
Breaking News From California
Judge orders trial for man accused of 1964 killing
An elderly man has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly strangling a Santa Ana motel manager more than 40 years ago. After a two-day hearing, a Superior Court judge on Monday ruled there is enough evidence to try 68-year-old Charles Faith Jr.
Breaking News From Chicago
Fatal Minn. crashes down 16 percent in 2008
Preliminary results show Minnesota in 2008 had the fewest number of traffic deaths in 64 years. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says preliminary results show that 424 people died in crashes involving a vehicle last year - a decline of 16 percent over the 510 people killed in 2007.
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New York Lottery Rdp
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North Carolina Education Lottery results
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Breaking News From Minnesota
Fatal Minn. crashes down 16 percent in 2008
Preliminary results show Minnesota in 2008 had the fewest number of traffic deaths in 64 years. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says preliminary results show that 424 people died in crashes involving a vehicle last year - a decline of 16 percent over the 510 people killed in 2007.