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Feds say inauguration attractive terrorist target - Yahoo News


WASHINGTON – The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats to the Jan. 20 event. An internal intelligence ...


7 Jan 2009

House requires info on presidential library donors - Dallas Morning News


WASHINGTON – Future donations to presidential libraries would have to be publicly disclosed, the House decided Wednesday. The library vote and a separate one making it more difficult for former presidents to prevent documents from entering the ...


7 Jan 2009

Soaring deficit may pose threat to Obama stimulus plan - Tri-City Herald


WASHINGTON The forecast Wednesday of a jaw-dropping $1.2 trillion one-year federal budget deficit will make it harder for President-elect Barack Obama to win broad support for a massive stimulus package that would add even more to the red ink. With ...


7 Jan 2009

Reichert named to House Ways and Means committee - Bellingham Herald


Republican Rep. Dave Reichert has been named to the U.S. House's Ways and Means committee, his office announced Wednesday. Reichert was re-elected in November for his third term in Congress after a bruising fight with two-time Democratic challenger ...


7 Jan 2009

Senate Democrats move to seat Burris - Boston Globe


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an abrupt switch, Democratic leaders began talks on Wednesday to swear in Roland Burris, appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Amid pressure from ...


7 Jan 2009

Obama gets advice at 'extraordinary' gathering of US presidents; Bush ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune


WASHINGTON - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club. In an image bound to go ...


7 Jan 2009

Obama, Bush dine with ex-presidents at White House (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Obama, Bush dine with ex-presidents at White House (Reuters via Yahoo! News)President George W. Bush and his successor, Barack Obama, joined all the living U.S. presidents on Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House two weeks before the country's next transfer of power.


7 Jan 2009

Cole, LaTourette Land on House Appropriations (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Cole, LaTourette Land on House Appropriations (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)Rep. Tom Cole, who gave up his House Republican leadership post after the party lost seats in the November elections, has landed on the Appropriations Committee.


7 Jan 2009

House TARP bill to tighten exec pay caps: aides (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - House TARP bill to tighten exec pay caps: aides (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Limits on executive pay for companies receiving aid under the Treasury Department's $700-billion financial bailout program will be tightened in a bill being prepared in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to two House aides familiar with the legislation.


7 Jan 2009

House Dems to vote on Obama-favored health plan (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - House Dems to vote on Obama-favored health plan (AP via Yahoo! News)House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care, specifically children's health care, next week.


7 Jan 2009

Police: Woman tries to firebomb neighbor's house (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Police: Woman tries to firebomb neighborPolice said a feud among neighbors escalated when a Memphis woman lobbed flaming bottles of gasoline onto a neighbor's house. The woman was being held on $5,000 bond on a charge of aggravated arson after her arrest Tuesday.


7 Jan 2009

House to vote Friday on two pay fairness bills (Washington Post)


YAHOO - House to vote Friday on two pay fairness bills (Washington Post)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Friday on two bills to combat workplace sex discrimination, including legislation named after an Alabama woman who lost a pay equity case at the U.S. Supreme Court because she waited too long to file a lawsuit, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.


7 Jan 2009

House Passes Disclosure Bills on Presidential Library Donors ...


The House passed twin measures today that are aimed at coaxing more public disclosure from the business of a president’s legacy. Groups raising money to build a presidential library would have to disclose any contributions of $200 or ...


7 Jan 2009

Cops stumble on weapons in house: South Africa: News: News24


News24: South Africa: News: Cops stumble on weapons in house: Police have found illegal firearms, including hunting rifles and an assault rifle, and explosives in a house south of Johannesburg.


7 Jan 2009

Cheryl Saban: Grandma's in the House


Grandma's in the House - The Huffington Post. ... Iran's Poor Economy Could Lead To Breakthrough In Nuclear Dispute: Chatham House Report · Ahmadinejad · Al Roker In Vegas: "I've Been Doing Jello Shooters With Ann Coulter" ...


7 Jan 2009

Daily Kos: The New House Rules package -- Free Prizes Inside!


If you caught the opening session of the 111th Congress yesterday, you saw the House work through its ritual biennial reconstitution, including the adoption of a new set of standing rules. Because every Member of the House is reelected ...


7 Jan 2009

Demise of Library House shows databases are heading to the cloud/crowd


Cambridge-based technology VC deals tracker Library House, which went into administration last month, has had its database of deals sold to Dow Jones. ...


7 Jan 2009

Countdown: Blair House Was Not Booked | Video Cafe


Keith Olbermann talks to Margaret Carlson about the snub of President-elect Obama by the Bush administration with their request to stay at Blair House when their children started school. According to Carlson, they asked former ...


7 Jan 2009