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'Amazing Race' recap: I got GPS, OK? [Updated]
Show TrackerOK, so maybe it wasn’t on the level of Frances Perkins (first woman on the U.S. Cabinet) or Sandra Day O’Connor (first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court) or Sally Ride (first American woman in space). But in the corrupt...... -
NYC's Mayor Michael Bloomberg Hit With "Third Term-itis": Poll
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.
The NY1-Marist Poll also showed that...Tags: Snow Storms, Quinnipiac University, New York, Colleges and Universities, Michael Bloomberg
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Wiretaps detail Blagojevich's wish list
Tribune reportersThe first day of testimony closed with prosecutors playing what could be described as Rod Blagojevich’s “I have a dream” wiretap, though the sentiments expressed by the then-governor on Nov. 5, 2008, were considerably less noble than...Tags: Trials, Public Officials, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Government
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Mel Martinez out, placeholder coming
The Swampby Mark Silva Resignation news from Republican ranks: Sen. Mel Martinez, the Florida Republican who announced last winter that he would not seek a second term next year, announced today that he will step down more than a year before......Tags: Tampa, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Mitch McConnell, Florida
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Obama's back-to-school lesson plans
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 230 pm EDT The suggested lesson plans accompanying President Barack Obama's planned address to schoolchildren next week have been modified, but this hasn't mollified critics of the president's back-to-school speech.: The...Tags: Parties and Movements, Teaching and Learning, Education, Republican Party, Public Schools
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Rio wins, Chicago loses, 2016 Olympics
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Mark Silva Rio de Janeiro has won the right to host the Olympic games in the summer of 2016, a decision that will set the games in South America for the first time. "In every competition,......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee, CNN (tv network), Government
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U.S. Government about to be "Shockwaved"
KTLA NewsToday there will be a simulation taking place that will offer a clear indicator as to whether or not the United States would be ready for a real full-fledged Cyber Attack. The Bipartisan Group is organizing what is called "Cyber Showckwave." the group is...Tags: Justice System, Corruption, National Security, White House, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gulf oil spill: Officials warn BP to work harder
GreenspaceGovernment officials sent BP a tough message at the Friday briefing: Work harder to end the oil spill that threatens the Gulf of Mexico. There was no "or else." Officials have repeatedly promised that the company will have to pay...... -
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrested on federal charges
Tribune staff reportsThe predawn rousting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich from his Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in Illinois' storied history of elected scoundrels and thrust the state into an unprecedented...Tags: Justice System, Local Elections, Trials, Ravenswood, Crime, Law and Justice
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Feds arrest Gov. Blagojevich to stop ... A political 'crime spree'
Tribune staff reportersThe predawn rousting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich from his Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in Illinois' storied history of elected scoundrels and thrust the state into an unprecedented...Tags: U.S. Army, Justice System, Local Elections, Trials, Ravenswood
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The Wolfowitz non-story
RUTH WEDGWOOD is professor of international law and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies.ON TAKING office, World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz set two priorities for the world's premier development institution. He asked for a focus on Africa's persistent poverty, and he targeted corruption that diverts aid dollars from the poor....Tags: Ethics, Career and Workplace, International Economic Institution, Washington (U.S. state), Values
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Obama's well-stocked Cabinet
Now that Barack Obama has filled all of the seats at (and near) his Cabinet table, one thing is clear: The candidate who campaigned on a platform of change attaches equal importance to competence.
Seldom has a presidential Cabinet included so many...Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Iowa, Crime, Law and Justice, Robert Gates
Dec 13, 2010
| Los Angeles Times
Apr 1, 2011
|Story| WPIX-LTV
May 3, 2011
|Story| Chicago Breaking News
Aug 7, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Sep 4, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Oct 2, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Feb 16, 2010
|Story| KTLA-LTV
Apr 30, 2010
| Los Angeles Times
Dec 10, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 10, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 17, 2007
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 28, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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