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C&L's Late Night Music Club With Donna Summer [18 May 12, 9:44am] Title: She Works Hard For The MoneyArtist: Donna SummerMan, it seems like we lose another one every day. R.I.P. Donna Summer
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Spain to kick off banking sector audit [18 May 12, 8:33am] MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, under pressure from the European Union to accelerate its bank clean-up, will name independent auditors on Friday to probe bad loans and property holdings in the financial sector and determine how big a state bailout is neede…
Politics live: readers' edition - Friday 18 May [18 May 12, 8:24am] Share your views, links and ideas about this week's political news and join the discussionI'm not writing my Politics Live blog today but, as an alternative, here's Politics Live: the readers' edition. It's intended to be a p…
Securities and Exchange Commission faces heat from Democrats over settlements [18 May 12, 8:20am] Source: {b}washington post{/b} The Securities and Exchange Commission, which polices corporations, can usually count on support from Democrats and a rougher reception from Republicans. But, on Thursday, the agency found an issue on which its…
House Republicans call for overhaul of tax code in 2013 [18 May 12, 8:18am] Source: {b}washington post{/b} As part of a year-end budget deal, House Republicans are urging adoption of “fast-track procedures” to force lawmakers to complete a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 2013.House Ways and Means Commi…
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With cookies and conversations, Romney tries charm - AP - msnbc.com [18 May 12, 8:05am] Mitt Romney is on a charm offensive with the national reporters covering his campaign for president. Romney seldom engages with the reporters who travel with him. On Wednesday, relations had soured to the point of a Romney aide grabbing a reporter�…
Everett mail facility remains on USPS closure list - msnbc.com [18 May 12, 7:15am] EVERETT -- The U.S. Postal Service is continuing with its plan to close nearly 250 mail-processing centers, but it is still unknown if the closures include the facility in Everett."It's not 100 percent certain, but it remains on the list,&q…
MN Senate begins final stadium debate - msnbc.com [18 May 12, 5:42am] ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has opened debate on a Vikings stadium plan, and their vote could effectively wrap up the team's long desire for a new home with the help of public money. Gov. Mark Dayton has said he will sign the bil…
Kansas redistricting remap work continues as court deadline looms - Kansas City Star [18 May 12, 3:47am] TOPEKA -- Kansas legislators worked Thursday on new proposals for redrawing the state's political boundaries, but a federal court could take redistricting out of their hands at the end of the month. Majority Republicans in the Senate were trying…
Biden incredulous at GOP claims to understand middle class - MSNBC Firstread [18 May 12, 2:14am] MARTIN'S FERRY, OH -- Republicans say they understand the middle class. Joe Biden says, "C'mon man!" On the second day of a two-day tour of eastern Ohio, the vice president -- wearing his characteristic aviator sunglasses -- conti…
GOP freshmen press Boehner, Cantor for Holder contempt vote - YAHOO! [18 May 12, 12:05am] Six House Republican freshmen have written to Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor demanding they bring a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress to the House floor for a vote as soon as po…
AP Interview: Walker not afraid to lose recall - msnbc.com [17 May 12, 11:15pm] HARTLAND- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he's not afraid to lose the recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way.Walker's first 16 months in office hav…
Ron Paul to headline at state Republican Convention - Dallas Morning News (blog) [17 May 12, 11:15pm] The state Republican Party has secured U.S. Rep. Ron Paul to deliver a key address at its state convention in Fort Worth on June 7. The party and Paul have never been particularly close, but the invitation and acceptance is a nod to the "revolut…
Taking a Whack at Romney's Private Equity Past - Businessweek [17 May 12, 11:01pm] Even before Mitt Romney was the presumptive Republican nominee, President Barack Obama’s political advisers made it clear that their reelection effort would center on attacking Romney’s tenure as head of Bain Capital. Now we know what they had in…
AP Interview: Walker Not Afraid to Lose Recall - ABC News [17 May 12, 10:40pm] Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he's not afraid to lose the historic recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way. Walker, the 44-year-old son of a p…
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Trayvon Martin documents reveal new details in shooting [18 May 12, 2:10am] Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin from a very close range, according to documents a Florida prosecutor released Thursday that indicate a hand-to-hand struggle occurred before the teenager was killed.Read full article…
Securities and Exchange Commission faces heat from Democrats over settlements [18 May 12, 1:53am] The Securities and Exchange Commission, which polices corporations, can usually count on support from Democrats and a rougher reception from Republicans. But, on Thursday, the agency found an issue on which its traditional friends are its critics and…
America’s not perfect, but it’s certainly not in decline [18 May 12, 1:48am] “Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned,” said President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union address, “doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”It was a “rah-rah America!” applause line for a…
Obama hopes summit meetings can quiet overseas questions [18 May 12, 1:41am] Eager to avoid any setbacks that would distract the president’s attention from the U.S. economy in an election year, the Obama administration hopes to use a pair of summits with foreign leaders this weekend to develop some consensus around an inter…
D.C. delegate to Congress silenced at hearing [18 May 12, 1:15am] Rep. Trent Franks’s district in suburban Phoenix is two time zones away from Washington, a fact not lost on D.C. leaders as the Arizona Republican presided Thursday over the latest in a long series of attempts to control social issues in the nation…
U.S. grants visa to Raul Castro’s daughter but denies visit by Cuban academics [18 May 12, 1:12am] The Obama administration granted a visa this week to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro but rejected visas for nearly a dozen other Cubans to attend an academic conference in California, angering both conservative Cuban American leaders and…
Federal Diary: House subcommittee looks into Homeland Security corruption [18 May 12, 1:07am] On a gorgeous spring Thursday, kids on class trips were all over the Capitol grounds, many in matching T-shirts, posing for pictures on the granite steps.They were having a great time learning history and about how government works. If they had cross…
House Republicans call for overhaul of tax code in 2013 [18 May 12, 1:03am] As part of a year-end budget deal, House Republicans are urging adoption of “fast-track procedures” to force lawmakers to complete a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 2013.House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said T…
Mitt Romney distances himself from racially fueled proposal to attack Obama [18 May 12, 12:20am] Mitt Romney wants to talk about the economy. But his ostensible allies keep interrupting him, and his own party is threatening to drown him out.A reality of modern campaigning is that any candidate — even one as buttoned-down and disciplined as Ro…
Al Gore has a girlfriend: California donor and activist Elizabeth Keadle [17 May 12, 11:32pm] It’s never easy to re-enter the dating pool after years away — probably especially so if you’re one of the most famous men in the world. But things seem to have worked out for Al Gore. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former VP has a serious…
