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On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops
Today is Thursday, July 9, the 190th day of 2009. There are 175 days left in the year.
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On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
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In 1540,...Tags: Millard Fillmore, United States, Railway Accidents, Brian Dennehy, Earl Warren Jr.
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AP Interview: Rep. Kennedy says relapse warning signs led him to seek addiction treatment
Associated Press WriterPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Wednesday that he decided to enter an addiction treatment center last month because he was showing signs of a relapse and had been dealing with stress. Kennedy told The Associated Press in an...Tags: United States, Havre de Grace, Punishment, National Government, Medicine
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Franken as 60th Democratic vote a big brouhaha over nothing
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe recent swearing-in of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, is being hailed by know-nothings as the magic 60th vote needed for the Democratic majority to stifle filibuster attempts by the opposition. Such a scenario exists only in pipe dreams. First, the...Tags: Al Franken, U.S. Senate, Robert Byrd, Democratic Party
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Questions and answers about how Congress is writing health care legislation
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's top domestic priority is revamping the nation's health care system. Obama wants to bring down costs, improve quality and provide coverage to the nearly 50 million Americans who lack it. But the president...Tags: Healthcare Policies, The White House, National Government, Upper House, Government Health Care
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Franken takes his Senate seat. No joke.
Tribune NewspapersAl Franken, the funnyman who wrote the best-seller Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, was sworn in as the junior senator from Minnesota on Tuesday without doing one single funny thing. Once, he was known on the Saturday Night Live stage as the lisping,...Tags: Genres, Joe Biden, Comedy (genre), Rush Limbaugh, National Government
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Democrats treat Franken as a trophy, reward him with a bit part in Sotomayor drama
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Turns out that not-funny senator bit was an act. "I'm an extremely good-looking person," satirist-turned-senator Al Franken cracked as photographers snapped his picture Tuesday after he took the oath of office. Funny, ha-ha....Tags: Illinois, National Government, Upper House, Rod Blagojevich, Hands
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Obama supports new long-term care benefit as part of health overhaul
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to broaden the scope of the health care overhaul, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind creation of a program to help families struggling with burdensome costs of long-term care. The voluntary insurance...Tags: Judd Gregg, Insurance, Kathleen Sebelius, Laws, National Government
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Franken: No. 2 Minnesotan, 60th senator
The Swampby James Oliphant Al Franken -- the former comedian who won a bruising, eight-month vote recount and court battle in Minnesota -- arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday, a day before he was to be sworn in as a new......Tags: Laws, Republican Party, National Government, Virginia, Upper House
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Congressman Patrick Kennedy plans to return to House on Tuesday
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he's "feeling healthy and strong" and plans to return to Congress Tuesday after receiving treatment at a Maryland addiction treatment center. The Rhode Island Democrat said Monday he was looking forward...Tags: Havre de Grace, Rhode Island, Maryland, Road Accidents
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The Big 60: Use It or Lose It!
Good things don't come easily. It took 239 days, but the Minnesota Supreme Court finally declared Al Franken the winner over Norm Coleman. And suddenly Democrats have 60 votes in the Senate -- and no more excuses. For six months, we've heard nothing...Tags: Ben Nelson, Joe Biden, The White House, National Government, Republican Party
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'The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works' by Henry Waxman with Joshua Green
Pretty faces and promising careers tend to flash across our local political firmament with the frequency of shooting stars -- and with about as much effect. But for more than two decades, the most consequential elected official in Southern California...Tags: Willie Brown, United States, Newspaper and Magazine, Books and Magazines, Los Angeles
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Iraq War Veteran Leads Effort To Reverse 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe congressional effort to reverse the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbians in the military has landed on the desk of Rep. Patrick J. Murphy (D-Pa.), an Iraq war veteran and Bronze Star recipient who Democrats hope will give the...Tags: United States, National Security, International Military Interventions, Defense Equipment, Los Angeles Times
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