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Biden brings green car funding to Motor City
August 6, 2009DETROIT — With an official unemployment rate of 17%, what better place than the Motor City for Vice President Joe Biden to announce grants of over $2.4 billion to auto companies and suppliers to research and...
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Obama announces electric car grant
August 6, 2009Elkhart, Indiana, residents cheered President Obama Aug. 5 as he announced $2.4 billion in federal grants -- $39 million of it for economically devastated Elkhart -- to develop electric cars and trucks “right here in the...
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It’s time to confirm Sotomayor, supporters say
August 6, 2009Despite ongoing floor debates in the Senate today, Sonia Sotomayor’s history-making confirmation is almost certain, which would make her the country’s first Latina Supreme Court justice. Last week, Sotomayor’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, with...
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Health reformers cheer public option, single-payer vote
August 6, 2009'Astroturfers' stand on sidelines, insurance insider blows the whistle CHICAGO – “To protest against health care is like protesting against air,” said one woman who had stopped after work to attend the Aug. 4 health care...
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Pa. shooters blog mixed racism, sexism, despair
August 6, 2009The gunman who killed three women and then himself at a Pittsburgh-area fitness club yesterday had a blog in which racist and sexist comments mixed with constant talk of his failure to have relationships with women,...
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