A Poor Republican Performance In Upstate New York

April 2, 2009

Congress-watchers who were hoping to write a piece on the final outcome of the special election in now-Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s upstate New York district are going to have to wait. With all the precincts in and about 6,000 absentee votes outstanding, first-time Democratic candidate Scott Murphy holds a 65-vote lead over Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco.

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Public's Sound And Fury Over Budget Are As Deafening As "Crickets Chirping"

April 2, 2009

With President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget hitting the House and Senate floors this week, groups for and against the spending plan have issued strong appeals for citizens to pick up their phones and let their voices be heard on Capitol Hill. But, even in the offices of targeted Democrats whose budget votes may be up […]

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Hidden Planet Discovered in Old Hubble Data

April 2, 2009

A new technique has uncovered an extrasolar planet hidden in Hubble Space Telescope images taken 11 years ago The new strategy may allow researchers to uncover other distant alien worlds potentially lurking in over a decade’s worth of Hubble archival data.

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US Property Prices Down 29 Percent and Falling Fast

April 2, 2009

The latest figures dash hopes that emergency action by the US Federal Reserve over the winter would at least slow the pace of decline. Prices dropped 19pc in the 20 largest cities in the year to January, with an accelerating downward lurch during the first weeks of 2009.

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DC Aims to Save Money by Releasing Inmates

April 2, 2009

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty wants to help balance the District’s recession-squeezed budget by allowing as many as 80 percent of the city’s inmates to qualify for early release, borrowing a tactic that has stirred controversy elsewhere in the nation.

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The Queen and Mrs. Obama: Did First Lady Break Protocol?

April 2, 2009

The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a reception. Etiquette is quite stern about this (“Whatever you do, don’t touch the Queen!”). […]

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Mason: A Reading List for G-20 Policy Leaders

April 2, 2009

World leaders lugging a financial crisis in their suitcases to the G20 summit probably don’t have room for light bedtime reading. Maybe Gordon treats Mrs B to a few pages from Fordyce’s Sermons when they’re in their PJs, but I’d hazard a guess that policy documents and briefing notes dominate the bedside table.

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New Dean of Episcopal Divinity School Sparks Anger From Pro-Life Community

April 2, 2009

With the Election of Radical Pro-Abort Dr. Katherine Ragsdale as its New Dean, it’s Time for Episcopal Divinity School to Change its Name or Close its Doors. Quoth Ragsdale: \”Abortion is a Blessing, and Our Work is Not Done\”

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Israel Emerges as India's Number One Defense Partner

April 2, 2009

New Delhi signs deal with Israel to produce missile defense system valued at over $2 billion. “This makes Israel India’s biggest defense supplier, clocking over a billion dollars in new contracts in 2007 and 2008 to overtake Russia.” In the wake of Mumbai, India continues to bolster its defenses against attacks from Pakistan or Bangladesh.

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Tactics in Abortion Battle Change: Pro-Life "Imagine the Potential" Web Vid Gets 1.8 Million Views

April 2, 2009

Pro-lifers and pro-choicers get into the viral marketing game in a big way, opening up a new front in the political battle over abortion. “Known in some antiabortion circles as the “hearts and minds” tactic…the strategy depends on presenting the antiabortion movement in an unexpected light, the better to catch and hold attention.”

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