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October 2009

October 30, 2009 - House healthcare bill costs $2.24 million per word  Click here ; Health care bill: Calorie counts for Big Macs, vending machines  Click here ; New Study Reveals Connection Between Enforcing Immigration Laws and National Security  Click here ; Republicans may stall climate change bill  Click here ; Dead heat between Owens, Hoffman in NY State race  Click here ; Drop the Halloween Mask! It Might Scare Someone  Click here

October 29, 2009 - White House Says No ‘Veracity’ to Argument That Forcing Individuals to Buy Health Insurance Is Unconstitutional  Click here ; Pelosi: New health care bill is 'historic moment'  Click here ; EPW Climate Hearings Day 2: Roundup  Click here ; Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands  Click here ; White House slams AP story  Click here ; No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells  Click here

October 28, 2009 - Constitutionality of health overhaul questioned  Click here ; U.S. to Protect Populous Afghan Areas, Officials Say  Click here ; 1-year poll shows changed views on Obama  Click here ; Democratic donors rewarded with W.H. perks  Click here ; Baucus balks at climate change legislation  Click here ; School recalls student shirts with sex chat number  Click here

October 27, 2009 - Joe Lieberman: I'll filibuster Harry Reid's plan  Click here ; Nineteen States Move to Defend Individual Health Care Choice  Click here ; U.S. official resigns over Afghan war  Click here ; Right Battles G.O.P. in a Pivotal Race in New York  Click here ; Government-Run Rail System Losing $32 per Passenger, Study Shows  Click here ; CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks  Click here

October 26, 2009 - Senate on Verge of Health Bill  Click here ; Senate likely to cut employer mandate from health care legislation  Click here ; Obama Declares H1N1 Flu 'National Emergency'  Click here ; Activists Press for Homosexual 'Rights' to Be Included in Comprehensive Immigration Reform  Click here ; U.S. troops hope Afghanistan sacrifices not in vain  Click here ; Clunkers clogging up auto yards  Click here

October 23, 2009 - When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?'  Click here ; Boehner: ‘I’m Not a Constitutional Lawyer, But I Think It's Wrong to Mandate the American People to Have to Do Anything'  Click here ; Top employees leave financial firms ahead of pay cuts  Click here ; Murtha, Moran steer millions to software firm  Click here ; Lawmakers warm to the public option  Click here ; Guilty plea in motorized La-Z-Boy DWI case  Click here

October 22, 2009 - Pay czar rulings to keep firms competitive: Geithner  Click here ; Sebelius Says U.S. Will Donate Part of H1N1 Vaccine Supply to Foreign Nations Before Meeting This Nation’s Demand  Click here ; Poll: Americans' belief in global warming cools  Click here ; China's push for oil in Gulf of Mexico puts U.S. in awkward spot  Click here ; Dems seek cover to boost debt limit  Click here ; Musicians call for release of records on Guantanamo detainee treatment  Click here

October 21, 2009 - Hoyer Says Constitution’s ‘General Welfare’ Clause Empowers Congress to Order Americans to Buy Health Insurance  Click here ; Democrats to Consider Credit Options for ‘Underbanked’ Americans  Click here ; Swine Flu Cases Overestimated?  Click here ; Pro-Amnesty Advocates Decry Amendment to Add Immigration Status Question to 2010 Census  Click here ; TN legislative panel acts to rein in U.S. government  Click here ; Pay Czar to Slash Compensation at Seven Firms  Click here

October 20, 2009 - CNN Poll: Half the country disagrees with Obama on the issues  Click here ; Economy trumps climate as concern  Click here ; Budget tricks rife in health reform effort  Click here ; Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Says Teach Respect for Homosexuality in Kindergarten   Click here ; Justice concludes black voters need Democratic Party  Click here ; Philip Morris may have to fund tests for smokers  Click here

October 19, 2009 - NYT Environment Reporter Floats Idea: Give Carbon Credits to Couples That Limit Themselves to One Child  Click here ; White House Science Czar Advocated FCC Forcing Broadcasters to Air Enviro-Population Control Ads  Click here ; Gordon Brown warns of climate change 'catastrophe'  Click here ; Government Unveils New Mortgage Help  Click here ; Florida plan advises hospitals to bar some patients in event of severe flu pandemic  Click here ; Cheyenne to issue $750 fines for talking on phone while driving  Click here

October 16, 2009 - $72,408 Per Stimulus Job? White House Says No  Click here ; $400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan  Click here ; 'Die quickly' pays off for Grayson  Click here ; 'You lie!' worth $2.7M for Joe Wilson  Click here ; Lawyers Call for Changes in International Law to Help ‘Climate Exiles’  Click here ; Heterosexual couple sues cruise line after being put on gay cruise  Click here

October 15, 2009 - Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy, CBO Chief Says  Click here ; Obama's stimulus paves few new roads  Click here ; U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects  Click here ; Poll: Mexicans say Mexican-Americans Owe Loyalty to Mexico Over U.S.  Click here ; Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policies  Click here ; Michigan town lobbies for Gitmo transfers  Click here

October 14, 2009 - Climate Change Will Be Its Highest Priority, Says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   Click here ; Interest groups battle to deflect health taxes   Click here ; House panel begins push on financial overhaul  Click here ; Thousands of immigrants rally in Washington for reform bill  Click here ; Senators try to exclude illegal immigrants from 2010 Census  Click here ; Political scientists fight to keep federal grants  Click here

October 13, 2009 - Universal healthcare coverage appears elusive  Click here ; Dems scramble after warning from health insurers  Click here ; GOP Graham's endorsement boosts climate change bill  Click here ; Manners help make a miracle  Click here ; New bill: Get DNA on arrest  Click here ; Baltimore Schools Embrace Anti-Meat Movement with ‘Meatless Mondays’  Click here

October 12, 2009 - Scientists Rebut Claim That Man Causes Climate Change  Click here ; Obama Urged to Intensify Push for Climate Measure  Click here ; What happened to global warming?  Click here ; Tea partiers turn on GOP leadership  Click here ; Protesters sing outside NJ school over Obama song  Click here ; Columbus is no hero in some classrooms  Click here

October 9, 2009 - Obama Will Accept Nobel Peace Prize As ‘Call to Action’  Click here ; World Reaction to a Nobel Surprise  Click here ; Border fence funds pulled at request of lawmakers  Click here ; Arizona Sheriff Vows to Enforce Immigration Law Whether ‘Feds’ Like It or Not   Click here ; Emerging Goal for Afghanistan: Weaken, Not Vanquish, Taliban  Click here Off-color remark caught by House mic  Click here

October 8, 2009 - American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains  Click here ; CBO: Finance Committee Health Bill Subsidizes Health Insurance for Americans Up to 400% of Poverty Level But Still Reduces Deficit by $81 Billion  Click here ; Napolitano May Move Captured Illegal Aliens from Jail to ‘Converted Hotels, Nursing Homes’  Click here ; Criminals may have been hired for census  Click here ; Breakfast at school now is on the principal  Click here ; Father of Palin’s Grandson to Pose Nude for Playgirl  Click here

October 7, 2009 - Reid ‘Likely’ to Make Entire Health Bill an Amendment to Unrelated Tax Bill That House Passed in March  Click here ; Medicaid Fraud More than $63 Million in 5 States Alone, GAO Report Finds  Click here ; ACORN throws out Republican voter registrations  Click here ; Bill Ayers claims he wrote Obama's "Dreams From My Father"  Click here ; Approval of U.S. Congress Falls to 21%, Driven by Democrats  Click here ; Airline asks passengers to use the toilet before boarding... so they will weigh less and help cut carbon emissions  Click here

October 6, 2009 - White House's botched 'op'  Click here ; 3 of 4 doctors flanking Obama at event donated to his campaign  Click here ; Gates blames past lack of troops for Taliban edge  Click here ; Most in U.S. would back Iran strike  Click here ; Institutional Racism Ignored  Click here ; CNN Fact Checks Last Saturday's SNL Obama-Razzing Skit  Click here

October 5, 2009 - Hold onto your wallets, here comes Obamacare  Click here ; Obama Holds Doctors' Summit in Effort to Promote Health Care Overhaul  Click here ; Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan  Click here ; The 'sale-less' recovery  Click here ; MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan: Conservatives Don't Care If ‘Half the Country Dies’ in Order to ‘Take Down Obama’  Click here ; India pilots in mid-air 'scuffle'  Click here

October 2, 2009 - La Raza President Wants Health Care Reform for ‘Everyone,’ Including Illegal Aliens  Click here ; U.S. Sept non-farm payrolls plunge 263,000  Click here ; Chicago out of Olympic running  Click here ; Axelrod: 'Politics' sank Obama's Olympics effort  Click here ; McCain Strategist: Palin in 2012 Would be 'Catastrophic' for GOP  Click here ; Class ring makers join boycott against Pebble Mine  Click here

October 1, 2009 - Health care reform bill survives GOP challenges  Click here ; What Makes a Health Plan a 'Cadillac'?  Click here ; E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions  Click here ; Court case will test extent of gun rights  Click here ; Millionaire Filmmaker Michael Moore: ‘Capitalism Did Nothing For Me’  Click here ; The new American Girl doll: homeless  Click here

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