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Rep. Maxine Waters Chooses Ethics Trial – FOX News
Fox News has confirmed that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to go through an ethics trial akin to the one likely on the docket for Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY). Waters is accused of using her position to help arrange for federal bailout funds fo... »
Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration – Laramie News
The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. The internal draft written b... »
On Eve Of Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding, Details, News, Conjecture And Gossip – NPR News
The Hudson Valley News, a local newspaper in Rhinebeck, New York, where Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky are to be married. Stan Honda / AFP The Hudson Valley News, a local newspaper in Rhinebeck, New York, where Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky ar... »
Medicare Goes Mayberry: Andy Griffith Sells Health Reform Law – ABC News Blogs
ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: Andy Griffith is the new pitch man for the new health care law, promising seniors their benefits will not be cut. The 84 year-old TV icon appears in a video produced by HHS, posted online and set to air on cable TV. It pr... »
Rangel ethics trial in House could hurt Democrats in fall elections – Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fa... »
US gas stations: Stay BP and its tainted image since Gulf oil spill or change name to Amoco? – FOX News
BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. Some ... »
Enbridge pipeline spill threatens Lake Michigan – Duluth News Tribune
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled into a major river in southern Michigan, and the governor is sharply criticizing cleanup efforts as “wholly inadequate.” BATTLE CREEK, M... »
Phillies acquire Roy Oswalt from Astros – San Jose Mercury News
Three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt gave his OK to a trade from Houston to Philadelphia on Thursday, becoming the latest star pitcher to join the hard-charging Phillies. After getting Roy Halladay in the offseason, the two-time defending NL champions got Os... »
Minnesota Twins acquire closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals – Winona Daily News
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins have acquired All-Star closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals for minor leaguers Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa. The Twins say they will also receive cash from the Nationals. Capps got his 26th save in 30 opportunities e... »
SEC accuses Sam, Charles Wyly of secrecy, insider trading – Dallas Morning News
Dallas tycoons Sam and Charles Wyly reaped more than a half-billion dollars while breaking federal securities laws over a 13-year period, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a lawsuit Thursday. The agency's 78-page suit, filed in New York... »