President Obama asks congress to pass small business jobs bill
NECN
(NECN/CNN) - President Barack Obama requested congress to pass his small business jobs bill. He says the legislation is being blocked by key republicans. He says he plans on holding another special press conference next week to announce another jobs ...
Obama Talks UnemploymentTIME
Obama calls for improving small business climateCNN (blog)
Obama in Jobs Speech Pushes Small Business MeasuresBarron's (blog)
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Globe and Mail
US scientist questioned in Miami airport bomb scare
Reuters
MIAMI (Reuters) - A 70-year-old US scientist was detained for questioning at Miami's international airport after a suspicious metal canister in his luggage triggered a bomb scare that shut down airport operations overnight, authorities said on Friday. ...
Police question scientist in Miami airport scareThe Associated Press
MIA reopens after evacuation due to 'suspicious item'MiamiHerald.com
Suspect held over suspicious package, Miami airport reopensAFP
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CBS News
Obama Promises New Economic Proposals Next Week
CBS News
President Barack Obama reports on the economy as the latest unemployment figures are released, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. In the wake of a new jobs report showing increased unemployment, President Obama ...
Obama: New jobs numbers 'positive' but not enoughThe Associated Press
Obama says to address new economic ideas next weekReuters
Obama promises new jobs initiativesCNN International
New York Daily News -AFP -Los Angeles Times (blog)
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Boston Globe
Erick Erickson: Conservatives Need to Pull the Plug on Delaware
The Atlantic
A suggestion from Erick Erickson, the influential blogger who leads RedState: "pull the plug" on efforts to elect conservative Christine O'Donnell over moderate Congressman Mike Castle in the Delaware Senate race. For what it's worth, Tea Party Express ...
Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidateThe Associated Press
Tea party poised for another upset in Delaware's Senate primaryMiamiHerald.com
Tea Party Candidate Christine O'Donnell's War on MasturbationAOL News
WGMD Radio -CNN (blog) -The News Journal
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Gilroy Dispatch
Pilot walks away from helicopter crash on Hwy. 101
San Francisco Chronicle
(09-03) 07:20 PDT -- The California Highway Patrol is directing traffic off of US Highway 101 after a helicopter crashed onto the roadway near Salinas Municipal Airport, an officer said. The helicopter, which landed upside down in the roadway, ...
Pilot injured in chopper crash on Calif. highwayThe Associated Press
Helicopter crashes on Highway 101 in SalinasSan Jose Mercury News
CHP: Helicopter has crashed on Highway 101 in SalinasThe Salinas Californian
Channel 6 News Online -KCRA Sacramento -KSBY
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Telegraph.co.uk
Mariner Gulf Fire Sparks Calls to Keep Drilling Ban
Bloomberg
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks and Opinions LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Melissa Long about an explosion on a Mariner Energy Inc. platform in the Gulf of Mexico, ...
BP's Deepwater Disaster Costs MountForbes
BP says offshore oil limits could hurt payouts in spillAFP
BP oil spill costs hit $8 billionMarketWatch
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Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
Shooting in southwest Chicago leaves 4 men dead
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Four men have been killed in a shooting in southwest Chicago. Authorities say the men were in a garage in the West Lawn neighborhood Thursday night when they were gunned down. Police say they believe the men were specifically targeted in the ...
Four Men Bound With Duct Tape, Shotmyfoxny.com
Four Men Found Slain, Bound With Duct Tape In Chicago GarageHuffington Post (blog)
Four Shot Dead in Southwest Side GarageMyFox Chicago
Southtown Star -Chicago Sun-Times -NBC Chicago
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Politic365 (blog)
Vincent Gray wins key endorsement from fellow council member in DC mayor race
Washington Post
DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and Council Chairman Vincent Gray faced each other two weeks before the mayoral election in a Washington Post Live debated moderated by The Post's Eugene Robinson. By Tim Craig and Nikita Stewart DC Council Chairman Vincent C. ...
Michelle Fenty campaigns for her husbandWashington Post
Watch the DC Mayoral Debate Adrian Fenty vs. Vincent GrayMyFox Washington DC
Gray's slow reaction to federal order cost District nearly $2 millionWashington Examiner
Washington Blade -San Francisco Examiner -NBC Washington
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Washington Times
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
msnbc.com
PHOENIX — The US Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics ...
Feds Sue Arizona Sheriff In Civil Rights ProbeCBS News
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probemyCentralOregon.com
Arizona's Anti-Immigration Firebrands: Fueled by Out-of-StatersTIME
The Associated Press -Las Vegas Sun -Blue Wave News (blog)
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AFL-CIO (blog)
AFL's fall strategy: Less TV, more one-on-one
Politico
Facing an angry and skeptical electorate, the AFL-CIO plans on scaling back its political advertising budget for the mid-term election, convinced that its members can more effectively reach voters than the usual ...
Unions gearing up to support Dems in NovemberThe Associated Press
Union 'mobilization' plans to blast GOP, stump for DemocratsWashington Times
US Chamber to Push for Tax Cuts, Clarity on Labor RulesWall Street Journal (blog)
Bloomberg -FOXNews (blog) -The Morning Journal
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The Hindu
At Discovery building, all-clear after deadly James J. Lee standoff
Washington Post
A man identified as James J. Lee entered Discovery Communications on Wednesday. He was fatally shot, and his three hostages were freed without injury. By Dan Morse, Theresa Vargas and Michael E. Ruane The Discovery Communications headquarters in ...
As employees return, gunman's body removed from Discovery buildingBaltimore Sun
Gunman's body removed from Discovery buildingThe Associated Press
Gunman's reality show pitch to Discoverymsnbc.com
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Ha'aretz
Netanyahu: Israel prepared to go long way for real peace
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF PM tells DC peace gathering that Israel wants good neighbors and to shape a new reality for itself and the Palestinian people; Clinton says talks in US interests but it won't impose on solution on both sides. ...
Netanyahu: Israel ready to go a long way for peaceHa'aretz
Israel, Palestinians sit down for talksUSA Today
Why most Palestinians don't support Israeli-Palestinian talks – or another ...Christian Science Monitor
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MiamiHerald.com
Chiles throws support to Sink in Fla. gov's race
MiamiHerald.com
AP TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Lawton "Bud" Chiles is throwing his support to Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida governor's race. Sink joined Chiles for a news conference Thursday in Tallahassee to formally announce he is dropping his independent candidacy. ...
New poll in the Governor's race shows toss upWDBO Radio
New Poll Shows Governor's Race Too Close To CallWOKV
Chiles expected to drop out of governor's raceOrlando Sentinel
Tampabay.com (blog) -Bloomberg -The Bradenton Times
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Kansas City Star
Dan Maes Facing Mounting Pressure To Drop Out Of Governor's Race
Huffington Post (blog)
Reports are circulating Thursday that Republican power brokers will replace the party's gubernatorial nominee, Dan Maes, within the next few days. The GOP's efforts to replace Maes follow a report in Wednesday's Denver Post indicating that the ...
Ex-Sen. Hank Brown Withdraws Support For Dan Maescbs4denver.com
New Scandal Hits GOP Gubernatorial CandidateABC News (blog)
Pressure mounting on GOP candidate Maes to withdraw from guv raceThe Colorado Statesman
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msnbc.com
Romer on Why the Government Should Do More
The Washington Independent
I highly recommend that anyone with interest in economics read the full text of the speech (PDF) Christina Romer, outgoing head of the Council of Economic Advisers, gave yesterday. It is personal and hardly academic ...
Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheonWashington Post
Economist: Economists Don't Know Why Unemployment Is So HighNPR (blog)
Romer Calls for Washington to 'Spend More and Tax Less' in Farewell SpeechFOXNews
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TPMDC (blog)
Making hard choices on the budget
Washington Post (blog)
Megan McArdle does some back-of-the-envelope math that leads her to doubt that Social Security's 75-year shortfall and extending Bush's upper-income tax cuts would both cost about 0.7 percent of GDP. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has ...
Calculating the Relative Cost of Budget ItemsThe Atlantic (blog)
Letter: A birthday wish for Social SecurityPrescott Daily Courier
Alliance for Retired Americans still pushing for Simpson's removalDaily Kos (blog)
TPMDC (blog) -Cherry Hill Courier Post -Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Kansas City Star
How Alaska's Joe Miller Managed Stunning Upset over Lisa Murkowski
CBS News
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded last night to her Republican primary challenger Joe Miller in one of the most surprising and significant upsets of the midterm elections so far. Miller's victory defied the all the odds and the conventional wisdom ...
In Targeting Murkowski, Tea Party Chooses WiselyNew York Times
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska bows out, is seventh losing incumbentChristian Science Monitor
Tea Party gets a boost with Joe Miller's victory in AlaskaUSA Today
Anchorage Daily News -WNCT -The Washington Independent
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Kansas City Star
Calif. bill would raise fees for lobster fishing
BusinessWeek
California lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that would raise fees for a group that is not usually on the Legislature's radar - lobster fishermen. Under the bill, AB408, fishermen who trap lobsters off the California coast will have ...
California Strikes Down Proposal to Ban Plastic BagsABC News
California rejects ban on plastic shopping bagsUSA Today
California bill to ban plastic bags failsCNN
NBC Los Angeles -MiamiHerald.com -The Associated Press
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Los Angeles Times
Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina debate: watch out for 'head blimp'
Christian Science Monitor
The race between Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) of California and her Republican challenger, Carly Fiorina, has already had some odd moments. On Wednesday night, the two debate. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) greets supporters after speaking to the Commonwealth Club ...
Lively exchanges expected in Calif. Senate debateSan Francisco Chronicle
Boxer vs. Fiorina: Battling for the Center in CaliforniaTIME
Sen. Boxer vows to hold Obama accountable on Afghanistan troop withdrawalsLos Angeles Times
OCRegister -89.3 KPCC -San Jose Mercury News
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Authorities find bodies of missing Vallejo women linked to Hercules homicide ...
San Jose Mercury News
Authorities have discovered the bodies of two missing Vallejo women linked to a slain Hercules man already suspected of two killings and possibly another, police said. The bodies of Segundina "Rita" ...
Two bodies found in Vallejo after slaying suspect is shot dead by CHPSan Francisco Chronicle
Bodies Found After East Bay Chase, ShootingCBS 5
Bizarre Case Unfolds After Fatal CHP ChaseNBC Bay Area
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