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Departure of longtime spending leaders unlikely to change Senate much
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Two aging symbols of Congress' penchant for pouring billions into lawmakers' pet projects are stepping aside next year. While that will probably do little to change Capitol Hill's culture of spending, the biggest challenge may come...Tags: Jose Serrano, Robert Byrd, National Government, Lisa Murkowski, Anchorage
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Barack Obama saves National Book Awards
The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining. "It's a good time to be alive," announced author, Obama fan and fiction committee chair Gail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out an envelope...Tags: Book, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Awards and Prizes, Heads of State, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Hail to the chief's look
In the hectic closing days of the campaign, Barack Obama exhibited a casual style in an open-neck white shirt, dark slacks and a windbreaker. One recent morning he stole away to a Gold's Gym in a track suit. He was also spotted in jeans and flip-flops...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Michelle Obama sets the trend agenda
Chicago TribuneA new big O is ascending on the fashion scene. Incoming first lady Michelle Obama is poised to be the new Oprah and the next Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis -- combined! -- for designers, retailers and fashion aficionados. (Does that make her a double-O agent...Tags: Nancy Reagan, Oleg Cassini, Oscar de la Renta, Narciso Rodriguez, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Notebook
4 join senior Obama team President-elect Barack Obama is putting some longtime aides in senior posts at his White House. Obama named four new members of his West Wing staff Wednesday. The positions include a senior adviser job for his chief campaign...Tags: John Lewis, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, National Government, The White House
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At 10th anniversary, space station's future hangs in balance
Sentinel Staff WritersRight now, as you are reading this, 10 Russian and American men and women orbiting 200 miles above your head are busy installing toilets, refrigerators and new bedrooms aboard the most complicated construction project ever undertaken: the international...Tags: Technology, Space Programs, Ronald Reagan, Retirement, Lower House
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AL-QAIDA NO. 2 BLASTS OBAMA
The Associated Press-Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred President-elect Barack Obama with a derogatory racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims. Ayman al-...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Armed Conflicts, Minority Groups, National Government, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Ex-Sen. Tom Daschle tapped to revamp health-care system
Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to become Health and Human Services secretary and lead the effort to revamp the U.S. health-care system, a Democratic official familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The former South...Tags: National Government, The White House, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, Government, Parliament
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Their fashionable coming-out party
The Obamas' first official appearance as first family-elect will be long remembered for many weighty historic reasons -- but also for their striking fashion sense. The Obama family took the stage in Chicago on election night in color-coordinated outfits,...Tags: The White House, Democratic National Conventions, Narciso Rodriguez, Michelle Obama
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Return of Magic's Mickael Pietrus means it's pine time for J.J. Redick
SG Mickael Pietrus said he expects to play Friday night when the club faces the Pacers in Indianapolis. Pietrus sat out Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Raptors with bruised ribs. "I'm good to go," Pietrus said. "I couldn't sleep [Monday night]...Tags: Jameer Nelson, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, Rashard Lewis, Bars and Clubs
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Final results give Mo.'s electoral votes to McCain
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri - the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over Obama breaks a bellwether streak in which Missourians had...Tags: John McCain
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