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Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday (Reuters)

September 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the latest employment statistics released on Friday, alongside Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in the Rose Garden of the White House, September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.


Why Unemployment Could Spike By Election Day (U.S. News World Report)

September 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories
U.S. News World Report - As if Democrats don't have enough problems, the economy they've tried so hard to revive is lapsing back into a stupor. By the midterm elections in November, it might even seem worse than it is now. And that could add fresh punch to the Republican wave some forecasters think could sweep Democrats out of the majority in both houses of Congress.

White House: No second stimulus being considered (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.


White House: No second stimulus being considered (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.


White House: No second stimulus being considered (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.


Afghan leader condemns air strike as Gates arrives (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a meeting with U.S. senator John Kerry at the Presidential Palace in Kabul August 20, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Cortez/PoolReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Thursday an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although U.S. officials maintained it was aimed at an Islamist leader.


NATO air strike kills 10 civilians: Afghan president (AFP)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

A soldier mans his position at the rear of a British helicopter as it is flown over the Helmand province of Afghanistan on August 31. An Afghan official has said that 10 election campaigners were killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country.(AFP/Andrew Winning)AFP - Ten Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in a NATO air strike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement.


NATO checks claim air strike kills 6 Afghan campaigners (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, Afghan firemen carry fire a fire hose to extinguish a burning oil tanker, unseen, after an explosive device planted underneath it exploded, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Reuters - An apparent air strike by foreign forces killed six election campaign workers in Afghanistan's north on Thursday, a government spokesman said, and NATO-led forces said they were investigating the incident.


Factbox: Reaction to Obama’s address on Iraq (Reuters)

August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to the American combat mission in Iraq and said America's most urgent task now is restoring the sagging U.S. economy.

Florida voters can’t strip down Obama health-care bill, judge rules (The Christian Science Monitor)

August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories
The Christian Science Monitor - The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that sought to amend the state’s constitution to establish that Florida residents have a right to refuse to purchase mandatory health insurance – including under President Obama’s reform effort.