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Obama: 9/11 'renews our resolve'
The Swampby Mark Silva On a rainy morning eight years after airline-hijacking terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and struck the Pentagon outside of Washington, President Barack Obama took part today in a somber wreath-laying at........Tags: Taliban, Employment, Republican Party, Air and Space Accidents, Defense
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Today's parlor game: Who was at Gallagher's FBI party?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsOne of the juicier nuggets in the criminal complaint against suspended Broward school board member Beverly Gallagher: a party thrown by an undercover agent for ???influential persons who could assist the construction company client.??? According to the...Tags: Education, FBI, Construction
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Obama's New Orleans tour: 3 hrs, 45 min.
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Former President George W. Bush started his day in California, the morning he made his first, albeit aerial inspection of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. President Barack Obama will end his......Tags: Colorado, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Politics, Arne Duncan, Natural Disasters
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FBI antics: Bad manners or good undercover work?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsIs it appropriate, reasonable or ethical for an undercover FBI agent to use a legitimate business as a prop in a sting operation without its knowledge or consent? I ask because that appears to have happened in the FBI???s corruption......Tags: Broward County School Board, Schools, Corruption, Bribery, Hialeah
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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Standards, Colleges and Universities, Arne Duncan, Politics, National Government
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Obama says Iraq War weakens Israel
The Swampby Mike Dorning In his first foreign policy speech of the general election campaign, Barack Obama went before the most influential pro-Israel lobbying organization to declare the security of the Jewish state "sacrosanct" and make the case that his...Tags: John McCain, National or Ethnic Minorities, Defense, Politics, Energy Resources
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Hillary Clinton's concession speech
The Swampby James Oliphant Here is the full text of the speech Hillary Clinton gave in Washington today, in which she ended her presidential campaign and endorsed Barack Obama: "Thank you so much. Thank you all. Well, this isn't exactly the......Tags: Local Elections, National or Ethnic Minorities, Politics, National Government, Hillary Clinton
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Jeb Bush, citizen, reformer: Summit
The Swampby Mark Silva Jeb Bush, old governor of Florida, has not faded away. Bush, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, is rounding up a two-day summit of educators for a conference featuring New York Mayor......Tags: Schools, Local Elections, Executive Branch, Politics, George W. Bush
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Clinton, Doyle: reading tea leaves
The Swampby Christi Parsons A year ago, Hillary Clinton said she couldn't imagine running for office without Chicago's Patti Solis Doyle at her side. A lot has transpired between the two friends since then -- including a failed presidential campaign in......Tags: History, Los Angeles, National or Ethnic Minorities, Local Elections, Politics
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Obama ties funding, student performance
The Swampby Christi Parsons Declaring that there should be "no excuse for mediocrity" in public schools, President Obama this afternoon pledged to push for recruitment of better teachers, better pay for those who succeed and dismissal of those who let their......Tags: Education, Public Schools, Schools, National Government, Barack Obama
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First Ladies of health: Obama, Clinton
The Swampby Mark Silva Former First lady Hillary Clinton wasn't the only spouse in the White House with a hand in health-care reform: First Lady Michelle Obama organized and ran a health-care initiative in Chicago credited for cutting emergency room costs,......Tags: Employment, Colleges and Universities, Politics, National Government, Hillary Clinton
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Jesse Helms, 1921-2008
The SwampSen. Jesse Helms high-fives Johnathan Prevette, 6, of Lexington, N.C., during pre-race activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway near Concord, N.C., October 1996. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file) by Frank James Jesse Helms, a conservative stalwart who for...Tags: Jesse Helms, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, Local Elections, National or Ethnic Minorities
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