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House cracks down on AIG bonuses
The Swampby James Oliphant Working furiously to respond to public outrage over Wall Street excess, the House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that seeks to recoup the lion's share of the $165 million in bonuses paid to executives of American......Tags: American International Group, Politics, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Steve Israel, Mortgages
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A Cold War Hawk Who Set the Stage for Peace
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — When Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981, the United States faced two major foreign policy challenges: the generation-long Cold War with the Soviet Union, and an unfamiliar new threat from militant Islamic movements, which had...Tags: Armed Forces, Death, Arts and Culture, St. Louis Cardinals, Health and Safety at School
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King speech shook America 40 years ago
Baltimore Sun StaffIt was a violent time with violent prospects. But instead of rage and fury, he gave America a dream. Forty years ago today in Washington, 17,000 combat-ready troops prepared for what only seemed inevitable. Stores closed and chain-locked their doors;...Tags: Bible, Newspapers, Duke University, Death, Religious Texts
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As past rushes back, all at risk
Sun StaffATLANTA - The change in Jamal Lewis last season was subtle but unmistakable. An extra measure of resolve. A willingness to lead. Most of all, a hunger for recognition, not as one of the workmanlike but faceless NFL running backs who dependably gain chunks...Tags: Athletes, National Football League, Arts and Culture, Surgery, Brian Billick
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New man on the Hill
Washington BureauBarack Obama was determined to get to the White House, if someone could just show him the way. It was his first day in Washington, the afternoon before he would swear an oath to become the junior U.S. senator from Illinois, which would make him the...Tags: Richard Lugar, Cell Phones, Harry Reid, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Illinois
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Clinton acquitted
Sun ReporterEnding a tumultuous year of political scandal, the Senate acquitted President Clinton of high crimes and misdemeanors yesterday, after House prosecutors failed to muster even a bare majority of senators in favor of removing the nation's 42nd president...Tags: Utah, West Virginia, Fred Thompson, Texas, Idaho
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When it comes to race, Obama makes his point--with subtlety
Tribune national correspondentThe night before the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum was dedicated, Barack Obama sat awake in his room at the Renaissance Hotel, agonizing over a speech he would deliver about a man he calls his political hero. As midnight approached, after...Tags: Entertainment, African Americans, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Television Stations
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Solemn vote ends 'year of agony'
Sun ReporterSuspenseful it was not. And yet, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called for the verdict in President Clinton's impeachment trial, he suddenly placed the weight of history on 100 sets of shoulders in the hushed Senate chamber. "Senators, how say...Tags: Sheila Jackson-Lee, Bart Stupak, Mary L. Landrieu, Texas, Susan Collins
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Kerry courts black voters
Tribune national correspondentHe prayed where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached in Atlanta. He swayed to the strains of a gospel choir in Milwaukee. He high-fived political leaders in Harlem. And he rallied supporters here the other night at the California African American Museum....Tags: Justice and Rights, Al Gore, African Americans, Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008)
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