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August 27th, 2008

Live blogging the DNC, Day 3

The live blog starts at 5 PM EST.

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August 21st, 2008

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008)

Sadly, we can confirm today that Ohio Representative, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, passed away yesterday, a little after 6pm (EST); Representative Tubbs Jones had suffered a brain aneurysm Tuesday.
She was serving her 5th term in Congress as the Representative from Ohio’s 11th Congressional District (in the Cleveland area). She had served as the Chair of […]

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August 14th, 2008

Democrats announce Convention Lineup.

The names (and dates) of the featured speakers at the 2008 Democratic Convention have been released.
The convention, being held in Denver, Colorado, begins of Monday, August, 25th. The program on Monday will include a tribute to the Kennedy family (one night? we dedicated a whole day!).
Senator Hillary Clinton is scheduled to […]

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July 25th, 2008

Obama Sponsors Olympics Coverage

Barack Obama’s campaign will be sponsoring NBC’s coverage of the Olympics to the tune of $5 million. This puts Obama among the largest advertisers during NBC’s coverage, along with McDonalds and Anheuser-Busch. It’s also some of the most expensive TV advertising done by presidential candidates in years, according to Advertising Age.
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July 22nd, 2008

Barack Obama visits the Middle East

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Continuing his foreign travels (which will take him to Asia, the Middle East and Europe) Barack Obama spent Monday in Iraq.
In Baghdad, Senator Obama met with Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani.
Obama also met with Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki and the two discussed, and, reportedly, generally agreed on the concept of an eventual withdrawal of […]

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July 20th, 2008

Barack Obama visits Afghanistan

Barack Obama, along with fellow Senators Chuck Hagel (R- NE) and Jack Reed (D-RI), traveled to Afghanistan this weekend.
Obama met today with Afghan President Karzal in Kabul. Obama has, in the past, criticized the Afghan leader for not doing more to secure the nation, but he was quoted to say that for this meeting, […]

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July 15th, 2008

Gas and Oil Prices? Who is to blame?

There are, obviously, hundreds of factors that have contributed to the gas prices that we as consumers and business people face every day - some old, some new(er) - and while you can’t really point a finger at any one policy, event, trend, place or person…
Check out Ren’s series on Accounting Solver - about the […]

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July 15th, 2008

Live Blog transcript - Barack Obama on Larry King Live

Here is the transcript of the Live Blog of Barack Obama’s appearance on Larry King Live
9:01 Larry King Live - Barack Obama speaks out about the New Yorker cover
9:01 Larry- that New Yorker cover… what do you make of that?
9:02 obama: I know that it was an attempt at satire - but it’s […]

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July 13th, 2008

Tony Snow 1955 - 2008

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Former White House press secretary and Fox News anchor, Tony Snow, died on Saturday, following a prolonged battle with colon cancer.
Snow, who was a speech writer for George H. W. Bush, anchored the Fox News Sunday program, before being named George Bush’s press secretary […]

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July 13th, 2008

“W” actors cause a stir.

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Actors, Josh Brolin and Jeremy Wright (and 5 other crew members), who are currently filming the Oliver Stone movie “W,” were arrested Saturday night, following a bar fight, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The movie “W” portrays the life and presidency of George […]

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