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Sen. Claire McCaskill answers an audience member's question at a town hall meeting in Springfield, Mo., Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Monday's event was the tenth and final town hall meeting that McCaskill has held around the state in recent weeks.
(photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein)
McCaskill: Mo. politicians posturing on stimulus
The Examiner
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Sen. Claire McCaskill accused Missouri officials of political dishonesty Monday for bashing big spending by Washington while using federal stimulus money to help balance the state budget. | McCaskill didn't call out anyone by name, but the Democratic senator generic...
Barack Obama
(photo: Creative Commons / tialikely)
Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies
The New York Times
| Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. | During a public meeting between the president and Senate Democrats, Mr. Specter asked whether Mr. Obama would upend existing ...
When States Can't Pay, Small Employers Face Cash Drought
Wall Street Journal
By MARSHALL ECKBLAD | An Illinois non-profit named Springfield Arc Inc. is doing the people's work, serving the mentally disabled. | Trouble is, the people are six months late in paying. Getty Images | The historic Illinois State Capitol building in ...
High winds, 10 inches of snow expected in Illinois
The Examiner
Comments CHICAGO (Map, News) - Hundreds of flights were canceled, schools were closed and road conditions slick and slippery in Illinois on Tuesday as a winter storm moving across the state was forecast to accumulate up to 10 inches of snow in some a...
Discrimination suit against Ill. college tossed
The Examiner
Comments BENTON, Ill. (Map, News) - A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit against a southern Illinois college by an administrator who claimed he was passed over for the school's presidency because he's an Iraq native and Muslim. | U.S. District Ju...
ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: For some outdoor lovers, vacation is work
The Examiner
Comments BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (Map, News) - Barry Brenneman has a different idea about how to spend a vacation. | He works outdoors for free. | Brenneman, 60, leads a volunteer work crew at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior off the coast of Mic...
The President answers direct questions from Republicans in Congress in a frank and honest discussion rarely seen in American politics.
White House / Pete Souza
Obama budget, jobs plan get early tests on Hill
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's proposed budget, stuffed with initiatives to spark jobs and the economy, is getting an early test with lawmakers weary of record deficits, ...
President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Tampa, Fla.
AP / Edmund Fountain, Pool
Obama unveils $8B plan for high-speed rail
Toledo Blade
TAMPA - President Obama sought to rekindle the fire of his presidential campaign yesterday as he left behind his political challenges in Washington and began a series of trips arou...
Drunken man steals ambulance with patient inside
The Examiner
Comments MADISON, Wis. (Map, News) - Dane County authorities say a drunken man stole an ambulance from a ski area with the patient still inside. | The Dane County Sheriff's Department says Fitch-Rona emergency responders were treating a patient in th...
Job openings plunged by one-quarter last year
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | |  QUICK JOB SEARCH Select a state -All United States- Alabama, US Alaska, US Arizona, US Arkansas, US California, US Colorado, US Connecticut, US Delaware, US District of Columbia, US Flori...
Kentucky gets stimulus funds for broadband study
Business Journal
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President Barack Obama holding a canon camera.jpg
(photo: Creative Commons / (Magnus Manske))
Obama banking plan complicates regulatory bill
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's stepped up demand for tougher restrictions and new taxes on big banks is complicating Senate efforts to write a bipartisan financial regulation overhaul, even drawing a sharp rebuke from a top presidential ally in the Senate. | In an unusual reprimand, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-...
Business
Motorola C118 Welcome Screen - cellphone
(photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Research in Motion wins a battle in patent war with Motorola
Business Journal
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Research In Motion’s profit rises 32% Toshiba seeks to block Wistron imports of certain notebook computers U.S. ...



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