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How AP calls elections before all the votes are in

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
The call came at 10:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday, just over an hour after polls closed in Wisconsin: Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived the recall election and defeated Democrat Tom Barrett....
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How AP calls elections before all the votes are in

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
The call came at 10:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday, just over an hour after polls closed in Wisconsin: Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived the recall election and defeated Democrat Tom Barrett....
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Walker survives recall election in Wisconsin

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning both the right to finish his term and a voter endorsement of his strategy to curb state spending, which included the explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers....
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Eyes turn skyward as Venus travels across the sun

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
HONOLULU (AP) -- None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again....
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First lady walks fine line on NYC drink proposal

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says banning big servings of sugary drinks isn't anything she'd want to do at the federal level, but she offered some kind words Tuesday for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to do just that. She later issued a statement backing away from taking a stand on New York's controversial proposed ban....
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Post offices, Ellis Island join endangered list

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of historic U.S. post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the U.S. Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered historic places....
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California voters weigh $1 per pack cigarette tax

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Early election returns showed Californians divided Tuesday on whether to slap an additional $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to fund cancer research....
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1940 NY census records are now searchable by name

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to their own relatives....
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Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....
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Few options left for Obama on economy

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the wake of an alarmingly weak jobs report last week, President Barack Obama and lawmakers in both parties find themselves possessing few if any realistic options for jolting the economy out of its doldrums before Election Day....
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Disney's new diet for kids: No more junk food ads

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- There won't be any more candy, sugary cereal or fast food on TV with the morning cartoons....
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Disney's new diet for kids: No more junk food ads

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- There won't be any more candy, sugary cereal or fast food on TV with the morning cartoons....
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Disney's new diet for kids: No more junk food ads

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- There won't be any more candy, sugary cereal or fast food on TV with the morning cartoons....
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AP: 1940 NY census records now searchable by name

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers - from Joe DiMaggio and Jacqueline Kennedy to their own relatives....
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Interview: Steven Hayward – Presidential Report Card: From Wilson to Obama

Eagle Forum - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
American voters grade our presidents on many things: values, economic policy, likeability, etc. But do we remember to grade them on how well they keep their oath to uphold the Constitution? Listen to Eagle Forum Live Radio Program aired on 6-02-12 Listen every Saturday (11-Noon CST): Bott Radio Network Archived Eagle Forum Live Radio ProgramsEagleHQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11651769185405454458noreply@blogger.com0

Why Women Make Less Than Men

Eagle Forum - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
The Barack Obama campaign staff has been denouncing what it calls the Republican War on Women. Exhibit A in this contrived publicity stunt is the oft-repeated lie that American women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Let's examine the facts, and let's state at the outset that we are not seeking a society where everyone is paid the same wage. We believe in equal pay for equal Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0

Man cannot browse children's books

Eagle Forum - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
An Arizona newspaper reports: A Scottsdale man is claiming that a Barnes & Noble bookstore discriminated against him when an employee forced him out of the store because he was a male shopper alone in the children's area. Omar Amin, 73, said store worker Todd Voris told him that a female shopper had complained about him being in the children's area May 4 in the store at Shea Boulevard and Loop Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.com0

Obama's War on Women

Eagle Forum - Thu, 2024-11-28 12:55
The now well publicized criticism of Mrs. Ann Romney as a women who "never worked a day in her life," made by a prominent feminist named Hilary Rosen, perfectly fits the definition of a gaffe. A gaffe is a statement that reveals what the spokesperson really thinks but turns out to be embarrassing when it is publicly discussed. In this case, the embarrassment fell mostly on the Obama Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0
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