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President Obama to honor Ted Kennedy at funeral service this morning
Reno Gazette-Journal Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:14 PM PDT
BOSTON (AP) â€" Leaders and other luminaries paid final tribute Saturday to Edward M. Kennedy, mourning the loss of a senator who made an indelible impact on U.S. life over 47 years in Congress and the man who held up America’s most famous family during tragedy and triumph.

Ted Kennedy mourned as a great leader and humanitarian during Boston funeral
Reno Gazette-Journal Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:14 PM PDT
BOSTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama led the nation Saturday in mourning and remembering “the greatest legislator of our time,” celebrating the indelible impact of Edward M. Kennedy as a senator for nearly a half-century and leader of America’s most famous family during tragedy and triumph.

Steele: Americans Shouldn't Be "Guilted" Into Passing Health Care Reform By Kennedy's Death
The Huffington Post Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:12 PM PDT
It does seem like the August doldrums are renewing the progressive appetite for pushing Obama -- even the House Progressive Caucus is starting to channel its inner Evan Bayh and actually threaten to withhold votes.

Ari Melber: Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Health Care Push
The Huffington Post Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:12 PM PDT
Two former advisers to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, famed labor organizer Marshall Ganz and urban policy expert Peter Dreier, are now publicly criticizing Obama's health...

Conspiracy theory: Could the president take over the Internet?
Scientific American Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:11 PM PDT
Could President Obama, in the event of a massive cyber attack against government computers, be given the power to bring Internet traffic to a stop? [More]

A 'civilian surge' to Afghanistan is just starting
KMIR 6 Palm Springs Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:11 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months after President Barack Obama ordered a dramatic increase in American civilian experts in Afghanistan to undergird a new military push, the so-called civilian surge is moving too slowly, U.S. officials and outside experts warn.

Obama to address AFL-CIO convention, as labor grows frustrated with health care debate
The Washington DC Examiner Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:09 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama will speak at the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh next month. Obama will address the labor convention on Sept. 15. The organization endorsed Obama during last year's presidential election.

Ousted Ill. Governor Explains Himself In New Book
CBS 3 Philadelphia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:08 PM PDT
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress.

Racism shadows Obama
New York Amsterdam News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:07 PM PDT
Race is not one of President Barack Obama’s favorite subjects, but as he demonstrated so convincingly in March 2008 in Philadelphia, he can rise to the occasion and deal with the menace it projects.

Tobacco Regulation Challenged in U.S. Free-Speech Suit (Update1)
Bloomberg Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:06 PM PDT
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Tobacco legislation that President Barack Obama signed in June violates the First Amendment protections for free speech, according to a lawsuit joined by Reynolds American Inc.’s R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.




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