Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:02 AM EST
In his fiscal 2011 budget, President Barack Obama makes further cuts in funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income, mostly minority students. He ended the program last year but pledged to continue funding for the students already enrolled.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:01 AM EST
In September, President Barack Obama told a joint session of Congress that his administration would look into tort reform as a means of lowering health care costs, but the administration's Department of Health and Human Services stated in congressional staff report that medical malpractice reform is "not a priority."
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:39 AM EST
Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:58 AM EST
Republicans have held up Craig Becker's confirmation for months, saying they fear he will push an aggressive union agenda at the National Labor Relations Board, an agency that referees labor disputes between unions and management.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 05:45 AM EST
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced NOAA will set up the new Climate Service to operate in tandem with NOAA's National Weather Service and National Ocean Service.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 03:30 AM EST
With a message to Beijing to 'stop sending your spies here,' a U.S. judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer to more than 15 years in prison for economic espionage and acting as an agent for China.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 03:30 AM EST
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ratcheted up tensions ahead of Thursday's anniversary of the Islamic revolution by vowing that the nation will deliver a "punch" to stun its enemies.
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