the word historic has been a near mantra when describing barack obamas candidacy. yesterday his nomination as the first black candidate for a major political party caused delegates political commentators and viewers alike to tear up at the grand significance of that moment. a new washington post poll provides a snapshot of how obamas candidacy has stirred hopes in the hearts of black voters nea...
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newscommentary india and japan have more women going to work but the contrast between each nations response to this change in the social structure could hardly be more different. two separate stories from the washington post this week show in vivid detail what indian and japanese women are up against because they want to have careers. in india there is a violent backlash against working women. aga...
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kriege sind im internet angekommen. eine der ersten auseinandersetzungen bei der digitale angriffe die militrischen operationen begleiteten war der kaukasuskonflikt zwischen russland und georgien im august 2008. zahlreiche hackerattacken legten server lahm die georgische regierung suchte digitales asyl auf den seiten des polnischen prsidenten lech kaczynski. nun untersucht eine kanadische hackergr...
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the washington post ran two opposing views of lynn johnstons for better or for worse comic strip. mike cavna writes a lengthy but excellent article on lynns career and accomplishments and hank stuever writes a piece entitled something for everyone to hate which sums up his opinion. mike rhode notices that at the end of mikes comics riff blog mike spills the beans that the post will drop fbofw from...
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a roundup of this mornings mustread stories coming to you live from the cherry creek hotel in sunny denver colo.tropic blunder jason horowitz new york observer the thing about the conventions is that so many reporters come to them. the result is that its rare for anyone to write anything important. i dont like events where there are a gazillion reporters mr. nagourney said. if you come here ...
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barack obama formally nominated in a unanimous vote made on the democratic national convention floor barack obama was formally nominated as the democratic presidential nominee the first africanamerican to win a major party nomination in american history.a chants of yes we can filled the hall following the historic roll call. it also brought closure to a twoyear political struggle with chief d...
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washingtonpost.com arctic sea ice has shrunk to the secondlowest level since recordkeeping began three decades ago a group of international researchers determined yesterday a revelation underscoring how rapidly climate change is transforming ecosystems in northern latitudes. the extent of arctic sea ice is now 2 million square miles below the longterm average for aug. 26 according to the internati...
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denver one of barack obamas only legislative accomplishments in the u.s. senate is the legislative transparency and accountability act which passed in september 2007. when he announced his candidacy in springfield ill. obama called the bill the most sweeping ethics reform since watergate. critics from left and right however have called it a chilling threat to free speech. this is something to boa...
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sen. barack obama will give his acceptance speech tonight at invesco field previously known as mile high stadium on the 45th anniversary of martin luther kings i have a dream speech. aboard a campaign plane to denver yesterday obamas chief strategist told politico that obama is drawing inspiration for his acceptance speech thursday night from three past convention speeches those of bill clinton...
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despite the pundits we will not lose sight of the 45th anniversary of mlks i have a dream speech alec macgillis straight news black lawmakers celebrate the history obama is making and now for the pundits gail collins no one has been more gracious and more forthcoming and more helpful to me michelle said at a joint appearance with hillary on tuesday. do we believe this people it doesnt mat...
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it seems that john mccain has made up his mind on a running mate and will announce his choice tomorrow morning in dayton ohio sedona ariz. aug. 27 republican presidential candidate john mccain has settled on a running mate and the pair will appear together on friday at a .........
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joe biden didnt disappoint last night.a there was that amtrak mention i profoundly disagree with the direction that john wants to take the country from afghanistan to iraq. from amtrak to veterans. hardly a tough prediction that hed plug that massively subsidized program right well heres the angle we didnt anticipate.a and .........
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washingtonpost.com nasa researchers yesterday released images collected by a new telescope studying highenergy gamma rays. a combined image from 95 hours of the telescopes initial observations showed bursts of gamma rays glowing across the plane of the milky way. nasa researchers yesterday released images collected by a new telescope studying highenergy gamma rays. a combined image from 95 hours ...
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several press reports including this one from the boston globe which is keeping a close eye on hometown prospect mitt romney say john mccain will announce his vice presidential nominee friday morning at a rally in dayton ohio. the new york times and the washington post both report that mccain who has no public events scheduled today has already made up his mind. both papers say speculation c...
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eager to avoid the missteps that plagued the first months of the clinton administration aides to barack obama have begun working in concert with top democrats in congress to craft a preliminary legislative agenda that would guide the senator from illinois should he capture the white house in november. read more......
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as you know lynn johnston is closing up shop sorta this week putting an end to the patterson saga in her daily strip for better or for worse though she will be going back in time to redraw older strips and occasionally add new dialogue and such. the washington post has an interview with her about her semiretirement what the reflective johnston 60 realized was that after decades of her identity and...
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the patriot act allows the fbi to issue national security letters to isps and other organizations seeking information on users of those service providers with an automatic gag order forbidding the service provider from telling anyone that they have received an nsl. not surprisingly this resulted in the nsls being widely abused with the fbi issuing them in many many cases when they were not appro...
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beijing sam maron came to china posing as a tourist excited about his first trip to the country. with his pointandshoot camera and monotone tshirts he blended into the crowds of other foreigners in town for the olympic games. read more......
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denver aug. 27 sen. barack obama of illinois completed an improbable and historic journey here wednesday when he was nominated by acclamation as the democratic candidate for president becoming the first african american to lead a major political party into a generalelection campaign. read more......
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everything i learned in my eight years as president and in the work ive done since in america and across the globe has convinced me that barack obama is the man for this job. he has a remarkable ability to inspire people to raise our hopes and rally us to high purpose. he has the intelligence and curiosity every successful president needs. his policies on the economy taxes health care and energy a...
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to those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician i say lets compare senator mccain to candidate mccain. candidate mccain now supports the very wartime tax cuts that senator mccain once called irresponsible. candidate mccain criticizes senator mccains own climate change bill. candidate mccain says he would vote against the immigration bill that senator mcc...
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