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Martin Luther King Jr. Day closings
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 9 months ago
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Schools, colleges and universities will not hold classes. -- Banks, the Des Moines Public Library, and federal and state government offices will be closed, including the Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Workforce Development offices. Most Des...
Tags: Martin Luther King, Jr., president, obama, celebration, Barack Obama, elect barack
North Korea claims to have weaponized plutonium
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility Senior North Korean officials say the communist regime has "weaponized" its stockpile of plutonium, according to a U.S. scholar, in a move suggesting that North Korea may have significantly hardened its stance on nuclear negotiations. Selig Harrison,...
Tags: north korea, obama, missile launch, North Koreans, n korea, Barack Obama, U.S, elect barack, N. Korea
Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Amtrak: Trains to D.C. nearly sold out
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility With just three days left to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama , options for getting to Washington are running out. Unless you already have a ticket, don't count on taking the train. AAA is warning Philadelphia area residents not to attempt...
Tags: inauguration, president, obama, barack, Barack Obama, news, elect barack
Obama to 'rapidly engage' on Mideast
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Barack Obama will quickly get down to work on the Middle East and hopes a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants will endure, a top aide said today. "Let me say that all of us are hopeful that a cessation of violence will hold," David Axelrod, an...
Tags: Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian, Mr Obama, Gaza Strip, Gazans, David Axelrod, Palestinians, Timothy Geithner, elect barack, Egyptian
President-elect Obama continues inaugural tour
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility President-elect Barack Obama continued his inaugural train ride on Saturday after making a whistle-stop in Wilmington, Delaware, where he picked up Vice President-elect Joe Biden. Both men, together with their families, led a brief ceremony and addressed...
Tags: obama, Barack Obama, Washington, Lincoln Memorial, elect barack, stop tour, Joe Biden, Abraham Lincoln, obama arrived
Senate Republicans block delay in TV transition
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a bill that would have delayed next month's nationwide shutdown of analog TV signals until June 12, but Democrats vowed to bring the measure back for a vote next week. The bill was defeated even after President-elect...
Tags: republican, obama, democrat, digital tv, Senate Republicans, Senate GOP, analog tv, Barack Obama, senator republicans, elect barack
Slow roll events added to Obama whistle stop tour
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced another opportunity for people to see President-elect Barack Obama during his Whistle Stop Tour to Washington. Events will be held Saturday in at the Philadelphia and Wilmington train stations and at...
Tags: obama, Barack Obama, whistle stop, Philadelphia-to-Washington, stop tour, elect barack, stay away
'Let's get tough on Zim'
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for UN ambassador, Susan Rice, on Thursday vowed to get tough with Zimbabwe and revive US leadership globally with an emphasis on beefing up peacekeeping capacity. At her Senate confirmation hearing, Rice pledged...
Tags: United Nations Susan Rice, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Barack Obama, confirmation hearing, Robert Mugabe, Israel, Zimbabwe, U.S, elect barack
Perdue chases federal money
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Gov. Bev Perdue visited members of Congress and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Wednesday in hopes of winning federal money for North Carolina. Obama has been lobbying Congress for a stimulus package that could be as large as $775 billion.
Tags: obama, Bev Perdue, economy, Barack Obama, Congress, North Carolina, Washington, Sen. Kay Hagan, elect barack
SEC pick suggests key regulatory changes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Mary Schapiro, the Obama administration's nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday told lawmakers that the embattled regulatory agency should consider a number of sweeping changes that could significantly impact financial markets....
Tags: Mary Schapiro, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Barack Obama, Schapiro Pledges Tough Enforcement, financial crisis, Senate Banking Committee, elect barack, confirmed hearing, enforcement efforts
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