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Spill panel slams Congress over inaction on safety WXVT 15 Greenville Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of a presidential commission that investigated the Gulf Oil spill say they are encouraged by safety improvements made by industry and the Obama administration, but give Congress poor marks for failing to enact major legislation newly two years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Press Preview of Camp David G8 Summit Business Wire Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:14 AM PDT --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Save the Children: WHAT: With just one month until President Barack Obama hosts G8 leaders at Camp David, leading NGOs offer their perspectives on the Summit’s key issues. During this conference call, development experts will put this year’s Summit in the context of previous commitments and detail the possible development agenda. The call comes as G20 Finance Ministers are set ... Obama's Drug Plan: Fewer Arrests, More Treatment ABC News Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:14 AM PDT President Obama’s new strategy to curb drug abuse takes the focus off of prison and puts it on treatment. In the plan released today, the Obama administration says that the “mass incarceration” of nonviolent drug users is an “outdated” policy. Instead, the White House says... Obama wants to target oil market manipulation Pioneer Press Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:13 AM PDT WASHINGTONâ€"President Barack Obama is asking Congress for help in policing oil markets to be on the lookout for price manipulation by speculators. What would Winthrop Rockefeller do? Arkansas News Bureau Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER: Ernest Dumas thinks he’d have been an Obama supporter like Linwood Holton, another Southern moderate Republican governor. As promised, Ernest Dumas, who was an eyewitness, has joined the discussion on the Arkansas Republican Party’s recent efforts to cloak itself in the good done by Winthrop Rockefeller when his wealth enabled him to upend the [...] First Lady to visit W. Pa. air unit set to close WTRF Wheeling Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak at the 911th Air Wing outside Pittsburgh Tuesday afternoon to recognize veterans and military families, but there's a hitch in the usual script. Is Michigan in Play? Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT While many continue to list Michigan in President Obama's column in the presidential race, Charles Mahtesian notes that "with native son Mitt Romney as the nominee, big GOP gains in 2010 and the state's continued economic woes, it looks competitive at the moment." Obama moves to curb oil speculators CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Canada Finance Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT Obama moves to curb oil speculators Obama Will Speak at Holocaust Museum The Forward Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:08 AM PDT President Obama will commemorate the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Click here for the rest of the article... Blogs: Obama slip shows media bias Politico Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:07 AM PDT What’s in a name? A lot, according to conservative writers.

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