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January 31, 2011 - Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Waiting in the Wings? Click here ; Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional Click here ; Obama Administration Has Given Obamacare Waivers to 28 Food Workers Union Locals Click here ; Foreclosure losses picked up by taxpayers, investors Click here ; White House starts distancing itself from cap-and-trad Click here ; Lighting switch requires a change in mind-set Click here

January 28, 2011 - House GOP debates Medicare privatization Click here ; Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising Click here ; Credit card interest rates at near record highs Click here ; Browner Resignation, Obama Omission Could Spell the End of Global Warming Policy, Say Climate Change Analysts Click here ; Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Pence will begin his version of a listening tour Click here ; Hernia causes Charlie Sheen's medical emergency Click here

January 27, 2011 - CBO: Social Security to Run $45 Billion Deficit in 2011 Click here ; Medicare official doubts health care law savings Click here ; White House to push gun control Click here ; Bomb-sniffing plants fight terrorism Click here ; Gallup: Public's view of GOP positive again Click here ; Dennis Kucinich sues House cafeteria over olive pit Click here

January 26, 2011 - Bachmann Takes Obama to Task over High Unemployment, Obamacare, Gov’t Spending Click here ; State of the Union: Fact-checking Obama's speech Click here ; Obama's plan would cost another $20 billion Click here ; CBO: this year's budget deficit to hit $1.5 trillion Click here ; First Lady Asks Businesses to Allow Employees to Spend Part of Work Week Mentoring Youth Click here ; Walmart offers new makeup line for 8-12-year-olds Click here

January 25, 2011 - Study: Genghis Khan's mass killings cut carbon footprint Click here ; Economy among key topics in State of the Union Click here ; NOW President: Federal Government Should Run a Deficit To Keep Social Programs Click here ; Cantor opposes allowing states to declare bankruptcy Click here ; Hawaii official now swears: No Obama birth certificate Click here ; Liberals trying to draft Keith Olbermann for Lieberman's seat Click here

January 24, 2011 - Key questions and answers on the debt limit Click here ; Mortgage giants leave legal bills to the taxpayers Click here ; Federal government to start their own drug company Click here ; A border fence that never was Click here ; Film focuses on stressed-out students Click here ; EPA aircraft monitoring Super Bowl? Click here

January 21, 2011 - Pressed on human rights, Chinese presidents give stiff-arm to Congress Click here ; Who had the Worst Week in Washington? Hu Jintao Click here ; Outspoken Tucson sheriff faces recall bid Click here ; Democrat urges Obama to target minority hardships Click here ; Taxpayer Dollars Being Used to Fight for Homeless People Living in Illegally Parked Vehicles Click here ; Sacha Baron Cohen to play Saddam Hussein Click here

January 20, 2011 - Chinese Government Threatens to Use Force to Close Catholic Orphanage for Disabled Children Click here ; Obama: 'We welcome China's rise' Click here ; GOP's healthcare law repeal; now for the hard part Click here ; 200 Economists Ask Lawmakers to Repeal Obamacare Click here ; A three-way pileup atop 2012 GOP presidential race Click here ; Mob bust nets 127 suspected members of New York's crime families Click here

January 19, 2011 - 27 of 50 States Now Challenging Constitutionality of Obamacare in Court Click here ; Democratic Congressman Likens GOP Obamacare Critics to Goebbels and the Nazis Click here ; Boehner and now McConnell skipping dinner with Hu Click here ; Hawaii governor can't find Obama birth certificate Click here ; Pa. abortion doc charged with 8 counts of murder Click here ;Gov't Charge Cards Used to Buy Girls Gone Wild Videos, $13,000 Steak Dinner and New Orleans Saints Season Tickets Click here

January 18, 2011 - Hu Jintao set for lavish White House reception on state visit Click here ; Seven questions about the Chinese president's visit Click here ; Record food prices cause African riots Click here ; GAO: More Homeowners Have Been Cancelled Out of Obama’s Homeowners Program than Obtained Permanent Loan Modifcations Click here ; Family of dead Mexican teen file suit against Border Patrol Click here ; Police say man shot over french fry argument Click here

January 17, 2011 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Helped ‘Plant the Seeds’ for ‘Environmental Justice Movement,’ Says Attorney General Holder Click here ; Human-rights protestors ready for Hu Click here ; States eye 'sin' taxation as salvation for budgets Click here ; House GOP lawmaker targeting key healthcare reform provision Click here ; Senate Dems indicate willingness to 'break apart,' fix health reform Click here ; Mike Reagan calls brother, Ron, an 'embarrassment' Click here

January 14, 2011 - Health care reform law back on House agenda for Tuesday Click here ; Rising gas prices sour consumers' mood Click here ; Carolyn McCarthy unveils gun control bill Click here ; Some firms still basing insurance rates on gender Click here ; Catholic Doctor Explains Native American Prayer He Delivered at Arizona Memorial Click here ; The app that can read your mind: iPhone brainwave detector arrives Click here

January 13, 2011 - Obama: ‘We Cannot…Use this Tragedy As One More Occasion to Turn on Each Other’ Click here ; Gun-control advocates disappointed with White House silence Click here ; Some Democrats seek to dial back overheated rhetoric on shootings Click here ; Jobless claims jump, wholesale food costs surge Click here ; EPA Handing Out Millions in Taxpayer Money to Study Combination of Pollution and ‘Social Stressors’ in Poor Neighborhoods Click here ; Ted Williams, man with the golden voice, enters rehab Click here

January 12, 2011 - Palin accuses media critcs of 'blood libel' following Arizona shootings Click here ; Media Research Center Documents Liberal Death Wishes Against Conservatives Click here ; 2012 GOP hopefuls to address Republican House retreat Click here ; Fla. jogger won't be charged for shooting teen Click here ; Border patrol agent accused of harboring his illegal father Click here ; Fewer Americans Bought Hybrid Cars in 2010; Green ‘Movement’ Fades, Harris Poll Finds Click here

January 11, 2011 - Members shouldn't carry weapons says sergeant at arms Click here ; New York Times Calls for Congressional Action on Gun Control Click here ; Gingrich blasts liberals over Giffords Click here ; Patrick Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin Click here ; CBO: 748,000 Foreign Nationals Granted U.S. Permanent Residency Status in 2009 Because They Had Immediate Family Legally Living in America Click here ; Beverage tax: Pepsi to stop making beverages in Baltimore Click here

January 10, 2011 - Liberal Newspaper Seizes Gun Control Moment, Blames Republicans for Stoking Anger Click here ; Amid calls to soften political tone, shooter's motivation increasingly unclear Click here ; Journalist urged caution after Ft. Hood shootings now rush to blame Palin Click here ; Dem planning bill that would outlaw "threatening" language Click here ; Obama flashback: 'If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun' Click here ; Obama eyeing Internet ID for Americans Click here

January 7, 2011 - Budget Chairman: House Budget Won't Include Funds for Obamacare; Spending Bills Will Include 'Mechanisms' to Stop It Click here ; Jobs growth disappoints but jobless rate falls Click here ; Bernanke: 4 to 5 years before normal employment Click here ; Doctors group sues USDA over vegetarian alternative to food pyramid Click here ; Lakes emit greenhouse gases, scientist says Click here ; Report: No More Candy in Safe-Sex Kits for Students Click here

January 6, 2011 - Federal Agency's Claims of Jobs Saved by Stimulus Were 'Unclear and Misleading,' Says Inspector General Click here ; Democrats plan attack on Republican health care law repeal effort Click here ; 2nd person denied Ariz. transplant coverage dies Click here ; Rep. Steve King unveils birthright bill Click here ; GOP state legislators aim to redefine citizenship Click here ; Artichoke-Eating Instructions and Electrolysis for Convicted Killer among ‘Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2010’ Click here

January 5, 2011 - Boehner elected Speaker of the House Click here ; 19 Democrats vote against Pelosi Click here ; Pelosi: Repealing Obamacare Would Do ‘Very Serious Violence to the National Debt' Click here ; Administration reverses on end-of-life counseling Click here ; Trial set for firing of use of 'n-word' Click here ; New Edition Removes Mark Twain's 'Offensive' Words Click here

January 4, 2011 - Gas prices rise in U.S. Click here ; Obama hits back against GOP attempt to repeal Obamacare Click here ; Republican Congressman: Ban Funding of Obamacare in Every Appropriations Bill This Year Click here ; Feds open criminal probe into alleged NYC city worker conspiracy during storm response Click here ; Feds luring veterinarians to underserved rural areas with subsidies Click here ; San Francisco public housing now has free WiFi Click here

January 3, 2011 - Lawmakers at odds over U.S. debt Click here ; National debt tops $14 trillion Click here ; Oil near $100 a barrel Click here ; 50 million taxpayers must delay filing Click here ; Stocks rise sharply, getting 2011 off to a good start Click here ; Kiss your 100-watt light bulb goodbye Click here