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Miami-Dade: Marlins stadium deal rests with city of Miami
MIAMI (AP) -- Until Miami city commissioners can decide if they want a new ballpark for the Florida Marlins, county officials will back away from the deal. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez on Monday said he has instructed County Manager George...Tags: NFL, Eyes and Vision, Philosophy, Football, Public Officials
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GOP's Steele: Limbaugh not 'bogeyman''
The Swampby Mark Silva First the Democrats call Rush Limbaugh "the voice of the Republican Party.'' Then the chairman of the Republican Party calls Limbaugh up to apologize for calling him an "entertainer.'' The Democrats are laughing all the way to......Tags: Republican Party, Rahm Emanuel , National Government, Michael Steele, CNN
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Obama snow days: First lady grounded
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who voiced his wintry discontent the day that his daughters' school in Washington closed "because of what... some ice?'' may have to hold down his objections today. "School is closed,'' the Web-site at Sidwell......Tags: Arne Duncan, Schools, National Government, Chicago Public Schools, The White House
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After Burris, a flood of contenders
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Roland Burris may be clinging barnacle-like to the Senate seat to which former Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him, but the conventional wisdom is that his political career is on borrowed time, that voters will send him......Tags: Chicago, William Daley, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson
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Howard Dean: Made it 'pretty clear'
The Swampby Mark Silva No sour grapes here, of course, but Howard Dean, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and erstwhile candidate for president, says he made it "pretty clear'' that he would have liked to serve as President Barack Obama's......Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Local Elections, National Government, Vermont, Kansas
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Biden, Durbin: 'Serious' jobs in Chicago
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama maintains that his $787-billion economic stimulus will create or save 3.5 million jobs. They've found 250 in Chicago. "Serious'' jobs. The $16 billion provided by the stimulus bill for weatherization projects is...Tags: California, National Government, Chicago Jobs, Employees, Joe Biden
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Blagojevich's book deal: 'Six figures'
The Swampby Mark Silva Write your own lede here:.... The second sentence goes like this: The publicist for impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois says the ousted governor is writing a book. The book will be "exposing the dark side......Tags: Book, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Books and Magazines, Rod Blagojevich
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Southern conservatives like their pork
The Swampby Frank James Taxpayers for Common Sense has e-mailed reporters its database of earmarks in the omnibus $420 billion spending bill currently being debated in the Senate and here's one conclusion to draw from it: Republican senators from the South......Tags: National Government, Louisiana, Mary L Landrieu, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Democratic Party
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'Global grand bargain' for Obama: Brown
The Swampby Mark Silva The first European leader to visit the White House of President Barack Obama this week will arrive offering a "global grand bargain.'' British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a former finance minister, said today that he will be......Tags: National Government, Gordon Brown, Business Institutions, Wars and Interventions, European Union
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Obama's Marine One secrets in Iran?
The SwampU.S. President Barack Obama and family arrive from Chicago aboard Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House February 16, 2009. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images) by Frank James A Pittsburgh TV station is reporting that a......Tags: National Government, Television Industry, Networking, Wesley Clark, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Obama worries charities
The Swampby Frank James Peter Orszag, the Obama Administration's Office of Management and Budget director, defends the White House proposal to reduce the tax savings the wealthy get from their itemized deductions, a proposed change charities fear would harm...Tags: National Government, State Budgets, Peter Orszag, Charity, Social Services
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Obama hires: Back-taxes, mixed results
The Swampby Mark Silva There's probably a threshhold for owing back taxes that disqualifies a candidate for appointment to a high position. Ron Kirk, President Barack Obama's nominee for trade representative, apparently hasn't met it. The Senate Finance Comittee...Tags: National Government, Regional Authority, Internal Revenue Service, State Budgets, Parliament
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