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Friday, February 29
Fred Harteis News Articles- New Clinton Ad Prompts Reply From Obama
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maba
on Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:38 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Playing on anxieties about national security, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has produced a “red phone moment” advertisement that suggests she would be better able to respond to a crisis than Senator Barack Obama.
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep,” says a narrator as threatening music surges over dark black-and-white images.
There’s a world crisis and the White House phone is ringing. “Your vote will decide who answers that call,” the narrator says. “Whether it’s someone who already knows the ... more »
Thursday, February 28
Fred Harteis News Articles - Oil Hits a High; Some See $Gas by Spring
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maba
on Thu 28 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles- Gasoline prices, which for months lagged the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly, with some experts fearing they could hit $4 a gallon by spring. Diesel is hitting new records daily and oil closed at an all-time high on Tuesday of $100.88 a barrel.
The increases could not come at a worse time for the economy. With growth slowing, high energy prices that were once easily absorbed by consumers are now more likely to act as a drag on household ... more »
Wednesday, February 27
Fred Harteis News Articles- Leap Year
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maba
on Wed 27 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles- A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, February would have 29 days in a leap year instead of the usual 28. Seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of full days, so a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would over time drift ... more »
Tuesday, February 26
Fred Harteis News Articles- Poll Shows Obama Is Seen as More Likely to Beat McCain
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maba
on Tue 26 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles- In the past two months, Senator Barack Obama has built a commanding coalition among Democratic voters, with especially strong support among men, and is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able to defeat Senator John McCain, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.
After 40 Democratic primaries and caucuses, capped by a winning streak in 11 contests over the last two weeks, Mr. Obama has made substantial gains across most major demographic groups in the Democratic Party, including men and ... more »
Monday, February 25
Fred Harteis News Articles - Rising Inflation Creates Unease in Middle East
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maba
on Mon 25 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is squeezing this region’s middle class and setting off strikes, demonstrations and occasional riots from Morocco to the Persian Gulf.
Here in Jordan, the cost of maintaining fuel subsidies amid the surge in prices forced the government to remove almost all the subsidies this month, sending the price of some fuels up 76 percent overnight. In ... more »
Sunday, February 24
Fred Harteis News Articles- Texas Women Size Up the Democrats
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maba
on Sun 24 Feb 2008 02:29 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - She served as first lady through her husband’s two terms, suffered the indignities of his impeachment and then made history running for his office on her own.
No, not her. It was Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson, known as “Ma,” the first woman elected governor of Texas, back in 1924.
So you’ll pardon the women of Texas (and Ma Ferguson was known for her generous pardons) if they don’t go all wobbly over the idea of the first female president.
Texas is ... more »
Saturday, February 23
Fred Harteis News Articles - Soldiering On, but Somber as the Horizon Darkens
by
maba
on Sat 23 Feb 2008 08:14 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - To her longtime friends, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds unusually philosophical on the phone these days. She rarely uses phrases like “when I’m president” anymore. Somber at times, determined at others, she talks to aides and confidants about the importance of focusing on a good day’s work. No drapes are being measured in her mind’s eye, they say.
And Mrs. Clinton has begun thanking some of her major supporters for helping her run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“When this is all over, ... more »
Friday, February 22
Fred Harteis News Articles - Clinton Says Debate Remark Not Meant as Farewell
by
maba
on Fri 22 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - With the mood of her campaign darkened by the death of a motorcycle officer escorting her motorcade Friday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to carry on her campaign despite reflective remarks in a debate Thursday night that some people took as a valedictory to her long effort to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
In television interviews and at two voter rallies here in Texas, Mrs. Clinton returned to the theme of her closing remarks at the debate with Senator Barack Obama on Thursday ... more »
Thursday, February 21
Fred Harteis News Articles- Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility
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maba
on Thu 21 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last three decades, a study being released on Wednesday says.
The authors of the study, by scholars at the Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, warned that widening gaps in higher education between rich and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities for the poorest families.
The researchers found ... more »
Wednesday, February 20
Fred Harteis News Articles- Castro Circle Likely to Hold Power After His Resignation
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maba
on Wed 20 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Fidel Castro said Tuesday he would step down as the president of Cuba after a long illness, opening the way for his brother Raúl Castro or another member of his inner circle to become Cuba’s president when Parliament chooses a new leader this weekend.
The announcement was made in a letter to the nation under Mr. Castro’s name, which was read on radio and television programs that many Cubans heard as they headed to work.
Under the Cuban Constitution, a newly ... more »
Tuesday, February 19
Fred Harteis News Articles- Clinton and Obama Emphasize Economic Themes
by
maba
on Tue 19 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama intensified their populist economic appeals on Monday in an effort to attract support from economically struggling voters in Ohio and Texas, which are taking shape as potentially decisive contests in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Mrs. Clinton, campaigning in Wisconsin but looking forward to the big state primaries on March 4, issued a 12-page compendium of her economic policies that emphasized programs that aid families stressed by high oil prices, home foreclosures, costly student ... more »
Monday, February 18
Fred Harteis News Articles- Presidents Day
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maba
on Mon 18 Feb 2008 07:00 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Presidents Day (or Presidents' Day), is the common name for the federal holiday officially designated as Washington's Birthday, and both variants are among the official names of a number of coinciding state holidays. It is celebrated on the third Monday of February.
As the official title of the federal holiday, Washington's Birthday was originally implemented by the federal government of the United States in 1880 in the District of Columbia (20 Stat. 277) and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices (23 Stat. ... more »
Sunday, February 17
Fred Harteis News Articles - Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test
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maba
on Sun 17 Feb 2008 11:00 AM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - Few Americans have heard of credit default swaps, arcane financial instruments invented by Wall Street about a decade ago. But if the economy keeps slowing, credit default swaps, like subprime mortgages, may become a household term.
Credit default swaps form a large but obscure market that will be put to its first big test as a looming economic downturn strains companies’ finances. Like a homeowner’s policy that insures against a flood or fire, these instruments are intended to cover losses to banks and bondholders ... more »
Saturday, February 16
F.B.I. Received Unauthorized E-Mail Access
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maba
on Sat 16 Feb 2008 01:15 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - A technical glitch gave the F.B.I. access to the e-mail messages from an entire computer network — perhaps hundreds of accounts or more — instead of simply the lone e-mail address that was approved by a secret intelligence court as part of a national security investigation, according to an internal report of the 2006 episode.
F.B.I. officials blamed an “apparent miscommunication” with the unnamed Internet provider, which mistakenly turned over all the e-mail from a small e-mail domain for which it served as ... more »
Friday, February 15
Fred Harteis News Articles - Gunman Was Once 'Revered' on Campus
by
maba
on Fri 15 Feb 2008 07:39 PM EST
Fred Harteis News Articles - A day after a lecture hall was attacked at Northern Illinois University, the gunman emerged in two portraits not easily reconciled.
In recent weeks, Steve Kazmierczak, turned erratic after suspending an unidentified medication. He gathered the tools for a slaughter, and carried it out quickly, silently and without emotion.
But that person bore no resemblance to the 27-year-old man who Donald Grady, the chief of the college’s department of public safety, said “was revered by the faculty and staff and students alike” ... more »
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