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Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol
September 13, 2009Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it’s a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show’s judging table, let’s all just take a deep breath and give...
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President Obama addresses Congress on health care
September 13, 2009President Obama lays out health care reform specifics in a speech before Congress on Wednesday. Here is a transcript of the speech.
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Attempt to alter textbooks at center of Republican frenzy over Obama speech on education
September 13, 2009While President Obama’s address to students was a consoling speech on education, staying in school and students’ taking personal responsibility for their learning, David Bradley, a Republican member of the Texas State Board of Education and...
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Illinois governor to strikers: ‘You speak for all on health care’
September 13, 2009“This picket line is really speaking for all the people of Illinois who need decent health care,” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn told striking workers at SK Hand Tools Corporation. “Health care is not a privilege. It’s...
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Vietnam urges U.S. to act on Agent Orange clean up
September 13, 2009US funding promised to help clean up an airport contaminated by the wartime herbicide Agent Orange has not been disbursed fast enough, said a Vietnam official Sep. 8.
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