Friday, October 8, 2010

Jerry Brown Leaves a Voice Mail



Year After Obama Won Nobel, World Looks for Signs of Peace
ABC News
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN One year after the Nobel prize jury made its controversial decision to award President Obama the prize for world peace, a larger jury is still waiting for the president to live up to those lofty expectations. ...
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James Jones to step down as national security advisor
Los Angeles Times
The retired Marine general will be replaced by his deputy, Tom Donilon, an administration official says. The move comes amid a larger turnover in the Obama White House. By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau President Obama will announce Friday ...
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US Sheds Jobs, But Private Payrolls Inch Higher
Forbes
The Labor Department printed another negative number in its September nonfarm payrolls report Friday morning, reporting a loss of 95000 jobs. The bulk of the job losses came from the government though, as private sector payrolls showed a moderate ...
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Death toll rises in Hungary toxic sludge spill
BBC News
Pollution levels in the River Danube from Hungary's toxic sludge spill have declined, officials say, calming fears of an ecological disaster. Hungary's PM Viktor Orban said the situation was "under control". However, concerns remain that toxins from ...
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California Senate approves main budget bill
Reuters
SACRAMENTO Oct 8 (Reuters) - California's state Senate on Friday approved the main budget bill for the current fiscal year and is working on remaining budget-related legislation. The budget is a record 100 days late following the start of the state's ...
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Boehner, seeking House speakership, returns to stump
Los Angeles Times
The GOP leader plans a defiant speech in his home district in Ohio, trying to frame the November election as a referendum on the Obama administration. By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), the House Republican leader ...
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Fayyad slams IDF's killing of two Hamas terrorists
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH PA prime minister's comments come ahead of important meeting with Arab League poised to back Abbas decision to leave direct talks. "The path to peace does come by way of killing our citizens, harming them, ...
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Suspect in Ill., Ind. shootings in custody
Washington Post
AP JOLIET, Ill. -- Authorities in northeastern Illinois say they've arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding two others in rural parts of Illinois and Indiana. A spokesman for the Will County sheriff's office says the man is ...
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Jerry Brown Leaves a Voice Mail
New York Times
By JESSE MCKINLEY The Los Angeles Times released a recording on Thursday night of a voice-mail message left by Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor in California, in which an unidentified person apparently can be heard suggesting that his ...
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Gov. Chris Christie scraps long-planned NJ-NY railroad tunnel
Dailyrecord.com
TRENTON, NJ (AP) — As a candidate last year, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was willing to support the planned New Jersey-to-Manhattan rail tunnel. As governor, he now says the nation's largest public transportation project is a luxury the state can no ...
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