Obama Defends His Overseas Trip
(Undated) -- As Barack Obama winds down his overseas trip, he's rejecting criticism it was inappropriate of him give the Berlin speech. Obama points out he's been meeting with the same leaders as John McCain who has delivered speeches in Canada, Colombia and Mexico ...Read & Hear More
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Orrin Hatch Blasts Democrats Over Oil Shale
(Washington, DC) -- Senate Republicans are continuing their vigorous attack on Democrats over the issue of oil shale. Both Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett delivered speeches on the Senate floor denouncing Democrats and their extremist environmental allies ...Read More
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Consumer Confidence Up
(Undated) -- There are strong gains on Wall Street following a positive report on consumer confidence. The latest numbers show a stronger than antipated measure of consumer confidence. The Dow rose over 80 points after the numbers came out ...Read More
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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch Dead At Age 47
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- Randy Pausch has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. The 47-year-old Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor became famous for his speech called "The Last Lecture ...Read More
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Republicans Block Oil Spec Bill
(Washington, DC) -- Senate Republicans have blocked legislation aimed at curbing excessive speculation in energy markets. Democrats blame oil speculators for fueling the spike in gas prices. Republicans disagree and argue that the soaring prices aredue to global supply and demand problems ...Read More
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Mississippi River Oil Cleanup Continues
(New Orleans, LA) -- A stretch of about 100 miles of the Mississippi River is still closed to commercial traffic after an oil spill. Crews are trying to clean up and assess the spill of nearly a half-million gallons of heavy fuel oil on the stretch of the river between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico ...Read More
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