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A Final Weekend Push for Primary Candidates
Sep 8, 2008 — New York Times
In the Staten Island Congressional district, the 13th, there are spirited races in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. Jamshad I. Wyne, the finance chairman for the Staten Island Republican Party. Former elected officials are hoping to make political comebacks in two other Democratic primary races for the State Senate.
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Breslin urges energy plan passage Facing first primary challenge, Democratic senator advocates proposal GOP calls election-year ploy
Sep 8, 2008 — Times Union
Scott Waldman Sep. 8, 2008 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- ALBANY -- Facing his first ever primary challenge this week, Democratic state Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna, said a GOP plan which calls for giving tax credits to offset home heating costs for lower- and middle-income homeowners, has already passed the Senate. Running against him in Tuesday's primary are Charlie Voelker, 44, of Delmar, and David Weiss, 52, of Medusa.
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Congress keeps goals small in vote's shadow
Sep 8, 2008 — Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Blanche Lincoln and Pryor were part of a bipartisan group of 10 senators who attempted to negotiate an agreement on energy policy before Congress’ August recess. Passing an energy bill is a longshot according to some congressional observers. Republicans have become “emboldened” on energy issues, specifically on removing barriersto increased domestic oil drilling, and Democrats are split over a “continuing” intraparty battle over energy policy.
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EDITORIAL: Band of brothers Group marching to different drummer
Sep 8, 2008 — The Daily Oklahoman
The latest to hop aboard is oil magnate and philanthropist George Kaiser of Tulsa. The institute has hired a former Alaska governor, Tony Knowles, to study alternative energy (OOTC:AEGC) sources. Pickens is spending millions to promote wind power and other alternative sources. Benge wants to use state tax incentives to lure people away from the gasoline pump.
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Identity crisis Law bars officials from cross-checking Social Security numbers
Sep 8, 2008 — The Columbus Dispatch
Citizens basically have no way to find out if their number has been compromised. Birdwell has been down this road once before. He is a former deputy director of the Social Security Administration. "There definitely is the issue of the potential of driving people further underground. Instead of having these payroll taxes being paid, they would just stop paying them," Lockhart said. Former U.S. Rep.
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Jobs in the balance Do illegal workers help or hurt the U.S. economy?
Sep 8, 2008 — The Columbus Dispatch
Who reaps the benefit of illegal (immigrants)? The greedy contractor." Dampf, 60, closed his construction business, Commercial Systems, and retired in January. Job contracts kept going to other companies that Dampf said were able to underbid him ...
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Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney's Papers Be Made Public
Sep 8, 2008 — Washington Post
It will name Cheney, the executive offices of the president and vice president, and the National Archives and chief archivist Allen Weinstein as defendants. Extending the argument, scholars say, Cheney could assert that he is not required to make his papers public after leaving office. For the first time, it provided for the preservation of vice presidential records.
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Nominees return to Congress' issues
Sep 8, 2008 — Atlanta Journal Constitution
But there are glimmers of movement on energy. Republicans have objected to Democratic proposals to raise taxes on some corporate and investment income to pay for extending the energy, business and education tax breaks as well as the $60 billion AMT fix. The House and Senate also are trying to work out compromises on bills to fund Amtrak and revamp a federal flood insurance program facing new challenges this hurricane season.
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Obama says he'd delay yanking Bush tax cuts
Sep 8, 2008 — Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Obama and McCain have sparred over tax policy for months. Obama says McCain wants to continue Bush administration policies, noting that McCain had voted against the Bush tax cuts but then embraced them as he campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination. McCain has repeatedly hammered Obama over taxes.
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Obama, McCain economic plans rely on tax cuts, but in sharply different ways
Sep 8, 2008 — Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The economic plans that McCain and Obama have put forward do include the billions needed to deal with the AMT plus extending the Bush tax cuts. Rather, the campaigns like to compare their proposals to a current policy baseline which assumes the Bush tax cuts are extended and the AMT is patched every year. Obama is also not embracing McCain's proposal to cut the top rate on corporate taxes.
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Sloppy school records may cost Metro $35M
Sep 8, 2008 — Tennessean
JAIME SARRIO Metro Nashville Public Schools could lose $35 million in federal money this school year because of concerns over lax bookkeeping in the district's grants office. Metro is the only district in the state with that designation. District spokeswoman Olivia Brown said Metro tracks equipment, just not on a districtwide level.
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The Hot Seat: New Hampshire Race Focuses on the Pocketbook
Sep 8, 2008 — New York Times, A1
Jeanne Shaheen, says in the commercial as the pseudo-Sununu keeps shoveling behind her. Sununu has already sought to seize the energy issue by portraying Mrs. Shaheen sought to draw the contrasts even clearer.
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Unions look to federal proposal as giving employees freedom of choice
Sep 8, 2008 — The Kansas City Star
Otherwise, a federal arbitrator could step in and set the terms of the initial agreement.As with most labor/management issues, the Employee Free Choice Act elicits strong feelings on both sides. Then the workers decided in the privacy of a secret-ballot election process. Last year, there were 15.7 million union workers, or 12.1 percent of the entire work force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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'We're all learners'
Sep 7, 2008 — Telegram & Gazette
Caradonio and his wife, Linda Youngblood, remain in Worcester. Q: Why did you leave the seminary? Q: Where were you a cave guide?
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Albert Gallatin initiative boots teachers
Sep 7, 2008 — Pittsburgh Tribune Review
But Albert Gallatin High School may be ready to challenge for the right to adopt that slogan, thanks to efforts of dedicated administrators, teachers, coaches, and the Pennsylvania Coaching Initiative. Some 32,000 students are benefiting from the program. Albert Gallatin's coaches include math coach Anne-Marie Layhue and literacy coach Jennifer Philips, both from Intermediate Unit 1, encompassing Fayette, Washington, and Greene counties.
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An Adviser Molds a Tighter, More Aggressive McCain Campaign
Sep 7, 2008 — New York Times
Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to Mr. Schmidt on the Bush campaign and, for a time, on the McCain campaign. Schmidt gave the war room a more central place in Mr.
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Backlash in the heartland Tougher enforcement turns up heat on illegal immigrants
Sep 7, 2008 — The Columbus Dispatch
Why do we want to scare so many people away?" Combs disagrees. "We need to recognize illegal immigration is a problem. We don't even know." The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that a third to half of Ohio's 284,000 Latinos live here illegally. Escudero moved to Columbus, graduated from Ohio State and published a bilingual newspaper for three years. Polished and poised, Escudero rose quickly to a position of authority in state government.
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Blowing Into Duke City Oil Man Pushes For Wind Technology
Sep 7, 2008 — Albuquerque Journal
Pickens wants us to vastly increase the electricity we get from wind. He acknowledges that the costs of such a grid would be enormous, but he told the Senate he believes it could be paid for with private-sector money, given the proper tax incentives.
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Congress's Return Adds Another Facet to Elections
Sep 7, 2008 — Washington Post
Lawmakers return to the Capitol tomorrow for a quick session loaded with political traps and minefields, for each other and for presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain. These include offshore oil drilling and economic stimulus, with a possible health-care surprise. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) in the Democratic primary.
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Demographic shifts mark historic race
Sep 7, 2008 — Honolulu Advertiser
Will the McCain-Obama election be a turning point in American politics? Demographic destiny Major demographic changes have shaped and reshaped American politics throughout the nation's history. Those voters, particularly older ones, weren't a receptive group for Obama in the primaries.
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Education big issue in 6th District race
Sep 7, 2008 — News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware
GINGER GIBSON Two Democrats are vying for a chance to challenge Minority Whip and 14-year Senate incumbent Liane Sorenson for the 6th District seat. College instructors John Mackenzie and Michael Terranova are seeking to represent the district that includes Hockessin and western Newark. Both cite education reform as a primary goal if elected.
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Future of Hawaii renewable energy projects uncertain
Sep 7, 2008 — Honolulu Advertiser
Hamakua Biomass is a partnership between Chief Executive Officer Guy Gilliland and Kent Smith and Hilton Unemori, who are investors in Maui's Kaheawa Wind Power project. Gilliland was an asset manager for Kamehameha Schools until 2003, but said his former employment has no bearing on the Hamakua Biomass project. Hu Honua and Tradewinds both have received strong support from the ILWU, which hopes the biomass projects will generate jobs for area residents.
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Grand Prairie parents drop schools not making grade
Sep 7, 2008 — The Dallas Morning News
Showell said. Deciding to leave Kathleen Reed put her daughter, Rebecca, on a different path out of Grand Prairie High. Last year, she began trying to get an interdistrict transfer for Rebecca to Ranchview High School in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. At first, Carrollton-Farmers Branch rejected her plea. But Carrollton-Farmers Branch does not accept PEG transfers and did not accept Rebecca under that program.
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How Obama, McCain stand on trade
Sep 7, 2008 — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In a sour economy, though, trade issues heat up, as workers blame globalization for the outsourcing of U.S. jobs. COST There are no reliable cost estimates for Obama's trade policies. COST There are no reliable cost estimates for McCain's trade policies.
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Nuclear waste conference says public input needed
Sep 7, 2008 — The Salt Lake Tribune
Public opposition has derailed at least five nuclear waste facilities in two decades. That means just 14 states have somewhere to send all their low-level waste. It's considered to lose its hazardous quality in about 100 years. State lawmakers outlawed Class B and C waste in Utah three years ago. It's hazard lasts about 300 and 500 years, respectively. High-level waste is dangerously radioactive.
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Off the Shelf: A Call to Action, for Earth and Profit
Sep 7, 2008 — New York Times
Our planet is becoming hot because flat (globalization, in Mr. Friedman’s legions of readers: source, anecdote, pop metaphor. To Americans who abhor talk of higher taxes, Mr.
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Palin pick may have torpedoed Dems' strategy Huntsman says the GOP ticket is the most Western in U.S. history
Sep 7, 2008 — The Salt Lake Tribune
Richardson got a rousing ovation at Mile High Stadium before Obama's speech on the final night. And Montana Gov. Mark Udall, the Democratic Senate candidate in Colorado, got a huge boost in terms of interest and enthusiasm after the convention, said his spokeswoman, Tara Trujillo.
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Palin stirs debate on bias, social change
Sep 7, 2008 — Richmond Times-Dispatch
Olympia Meola Sep. 7, 2008 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Alaska Gov. The poll has a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Some party loyalists, like Hazel Rigby, don't want just any woman. She said Palin supports teaching creationism alongside evolution in schools and thinks abortion should be illegal, except to save the mother's life.
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Parents of Special-Needs Children Divided Over Palin's Promise to Help
Sep 7, 2008 — New York Times
What lawyers, advocates and parents are seeking now, Ms. Palin’s spokeswoman, would not elaborate on Ms. Parents of children with disabilities have sought to educate prospective parents on the emotional rewards of having children like their own.
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Sep 7, 2008 — Birmingham News, Alabama
There are glimmers of movement in the Senate on energy. In the House, Pelosi has taken whatever means available to prevent Republicans from getting a vote on offshore drilling. Republicans have objected to Democratic proposals to raise taxes on some corporate and investment income to pay for extending the energy, business and education tax breaks as well as the $60 billion AMT fix.
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Risking Armageddon for Cold, Hard Cash
Sep 7, 2008 — Washington Post
India and the United States, along with deep-pocketed corporations, have been steadily pushing along a lucrative and dangerous new nuclear pact, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. This is what the U.S.-India nuclear deal is really all about. ...
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Smithtown schools to get solar panels
Sep 7, 2008 — Newsday
The system's life span is 25 years. Installation should be completed by the end of the year, Piro said.
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So What Is Fair Game With Sarah Palin? Look at the Rules Hillary Clinton Had to Play By.
Sep 7, 2008 — Washington Post
John McCain did on Palin's behalf last week, on the grounds that the question was unfair? Clinton has been surprisingly quiet in the days since Palin was nominated. Which is why so many Clinton loyalists believe -- and I believe they really believe it -- that Palin could help McCain draw some voters from the Clinton base.
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State of Ohio reprises crucial role in deciding next president Candidates ramping upstate efforts
Sep 7, 2008 — The Blade
Kerry didn't heed advice to focus harder on Ohio. "Our people told John Kerry, 'Campaign in Ohio. So John lost Ohio and John lost the presidency," Mr. DeWine said. An Aug. 26 Quinnipiac University poll of likely Ohio voters showed Mr.
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The New Season | Pop Listings: Some Chartmakers to Be: Metal Gods and Idols Past
Sep 7, 2008 — New York Times
RCA. (N. C.) JENNY LEWIS Ms. Oct. 7. Geffen. (J. C.) RACHAEL YAMAGATA Ms. In country music, this means an instrumental album.
