Romney Uses the L-Word

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joined the Republican contest this year by pitching himself as the only true conservative.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 04:12.

Congress Votes To Broaden Openness Law

Taking aim at Bush administration secrecy, Congress yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would toughen the Freedom of Information Act and penalize government agencies that fail to surrender public documents on time.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 04:12.

Giuliani’s Kerik Woes Resurface Through Informant

In the heady days of the 1990s when Rudolph W. Giuliani was mayor of New York and Bernard B. Kerik was one of his most trusted lieutenants, Lawrence Ray enjoyed his own wild ride.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 04:12.

Fed Takes Aim at Deceptive Home Lending Practices

The Federal Reserve proposed new regulations yesterday to clean up a broad array of deceptive mortgage lending practices, a move that represents the central bank’s most significant response to the nation’s housing tumult.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 04:12.

Judge Schedules Hearing On CIA Tape Destruction

A federal judge in Washington yesterday ordered a court hearing Friday to examine whether the CIA violated a judicial order by destroying videotapes showing harsh interrogation methods, rebuffing pleas from the Bush administration that he stay out of the matter while the executive branch’s own probe…
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 03:12.

Iowa Poll Spotlights Importance Of Turnout

Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York remain deadlocked in Iowa, with former senator John Edwards of North Carolina trailing, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that underscores the importance of the massive efforts the Democratic candidates have set in…
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 03:12.

Iraq Funds Approved In Senate Budget Bill

The Senate last night approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, shortly after bowing to President Bush’s demand for $70 billion in unrestricted funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 02:12.

‘Clone-Free’ Milk Could Get Label

Responding to consumer queasiness about eating meat and drinking milk from cloned animals, and frustrated by continued delays in the government approval process, the nation’s two largest cloning companies will today roll out a voluntary program aimed at helping shoppers avoid food from clones.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 02:12.

Administration Plans to Shrink U.S. Nuclear Arms Program

The Bush administration yesterday announced its intention to modernize and sharply reduce the size of the nation’s aging nuclear weapons program by closing or abandoning 600 buildings at facilities across the country and gradually reducing the associated workforce by at least 7,200.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 02:12.

Former U.S. Attorney Fires Back

Justice Department communications director Brian Roehrkasse is one of the few senior officials in that agency to survive the prosecutor-firings scandal that consumed his last boss, former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 19.12.2007 on 01:12.