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Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan leaves a mostly shining legacy

Chicago Tribune 1.13.36 1:00 AM | Public schools chief is expected to sail through confirmation hearings Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan is expected to sail through Tuesday's confirmation hearing to become...
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Town hall protests tilt public opinion

Indianapolis Star 8.13.09 12:00 AM | WASHINGTON -- The raucous protests at congressional town-hall-style meetings have succeeded in fueling opposition among some Americans to proposed health-care bills, a USA Today/Gallup Poll has...
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Clarion Ledger 8.12.09 10:16 PM | Soybean rust has been found in Mississippi.
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Stark to push ahead with town hall meetings

Alameda Star 8.12.09 10:02 PM | The congressman from Fremont says he's unfazed by the rancor at other public forums.
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Crist defending his conservative credentials

Miami Herald 8.12.09 10:00 PM | Facing perilous conservative revolts, Gov. Charlie Crist has been quietly reaching out to Republican county leaders throughout the state to gauge his political support, defend his policies -- and...
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Clinic participants say they want health care now

Las Vegas Review Journal 8.12.09 9:56 PM | Helen Kiros, 75, is standing in the eye of the health care debate storm. She's a senior citizen, but doesn't qualify for Medicare, the government-sponsored program that provides health insurance...
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Sen. Edward Kennedy awarded presidential Medal of Freedom

The Springfield Republican 8.12.09 9:56 PM | Film star Sidney Poitier, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa were among the 16 people who received the honor. Photo by...
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AP source: Obama officials to tour Michigan prison

Seattle Times 8.12.09 9:48 PM | Obama administration officials plan on Thursday to tour a soon-to-be-shuttered Michigan state prison considered an option to hold terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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Jam-packed crowds press Grassley on health care

Seattle Times 8.12.09 9:07 PM | Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican who is a key bargainer on health care reform, played to packed crowds across the state who left little doubt that they are not happy with what's on the table.
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Obama honors activists, actors, athletes, others

Seattle Times 8.12.09 8:01 PM | President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 16 "agents of change" on Wednesday, highlighting their accomplishments as examples of the heights a person can reach and the...
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Crow Chief receives Medal of Freedom

Seattle Times 8.12.09 6:46 PM | A 95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint under his World War II uniform has been awarded the nation's highest civilian honor.
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State official chides Venezuelan on golf comments

Seattle Times 8.12.09 6:46 PM | The State Department spokesman, a once-a-week golfer, teed off Wednesday on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for criticizing the gentleman's game as a "bourgeois sport."
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Garrett Graff Gets Top Job at Washingtonian

Washington Post 8.12.09 5:02 PM | Huge shakeup at the Washingtonian: After 40 years at the monthly magazine, top editor Jack Limpert is stepping down, replaced by Garrett Graff, the hotshot executive editor who joined the staff...
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White House comments on Medal of Freedom winners

Seattle Times 8.12.09 4:46 PM | Statements from the White House on the 16 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which President Barack Obama awarded on Wednesday:
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Civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery awarded Medal of Freedom

The Birmingham News 8.12.09 4:26 PM | Lowery, a Huntsville native who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was an early leader of the civil rights movement, gave the benediction at...
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrated at White House

Seattle Times 8.12.09 4:16 PM | President Barack Obama threw a big White House party Wednesday to celebrate Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court's first Latino justice - and to publicly savor the victory sure to earn him points...
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Justice Sotomayor welcomed as newest member of Supreme Court

Chicago Tribune 8.12.09 4:04 PM | President Barack Obama, honoring the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court today, hailed the seating of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as "another step toward that more perfect union that we...
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Plan for Guard troops on border stalls over money

Seattle Times 8.12.09 3:31 PM | A government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and how they would be used.
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MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Social Security crisis looms

Seattle Times 8.12.09 3:16 PM | As Congress agonizes over health care, an even more daunting and dangerous challenge is bearing down: how to shore up Social Security to keep it from burying the nation ever deeper in debt.
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Obama to talk about military at VFW on Monday

Seattle Times 8.12.09 2:01 PM | The White House says President Barack Obama will address the nation's largest organization of combat veterans next week.
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